Hill-Rom Progressa Bed - Visitor Notification; Patient Transfer; Traction Equipment; Intellidrive Transport System Batteries

Safety Information
74 Progressa™ Bed User Manual (171528 REV 1)
WARNING:
Observe lines closely during articulations. Always use good line management techniques,
particularly as the head section rises. Failure to do so could cause injury.
WARNING:
When routing cables from other equipment in the MEDICAL BED, precautions shall be taken to
avoid squeezing those between parts of the MEDICAL BED.
Visitor Notification
Instruct visitors not to attempt operation of caregiver controls. They may assist the patient with patient
controls.
Patient Transfer
WARNING:
Use extreme caution when transferring a patient from one surface to another (such as the bed to a
stretcher). Failure to do so could cause injury.
Use Max-Inflate surface mode to maximize the firmness of surface to assist in patient surface-to-
surface transfers (available on Progressa™ Therapy and Progressa™ Pulmonary surfaces only).
Traction Equipment
Evaluate patients for entrapment and asphyxiation risk according to facility protocol, and monitor
patients appropriately. Failure to do so could cause serious injury or death.
IntelliDrive® Transport System Batteries
CAUTION:
If the bed is disconnected from mains power for longer than 6 months, and the IntelliDrive®
Transport System is installed and not activated, transport system battery performance may be
affected.
If the bed is disconnected from mains power for longer than 6 months, and the bed has the
IntelliDrive® Transport System installed and not activated, reduced battery performance, to include the
inability to charge, may result. Disconnect the bed battery and IntelliDrive® Transport System batteries
for periods of storage longer than 6 months.
CAUTION:
If the bed is disconnected from mains power for longer than 4 days, and the IntelliDrive® Transport
System is installed and activated, transport system battery performance may be affected.
If the bed is disconnected from mains power for longer than 4 days, and the bed has the IntelliDrive®
Transport System installed and activated, reduced transport system battery performance, including the
inability to charge, may result.