PARAMOUNT BED CA-54380 - Safety Precautions: Operation Guidelines and Hazards; Patient Compression and Orientation Hazards; Correct Patient Posture and Operation

■Use the bed in the correct orientation.
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Lying down on the bed with the feet at the head end and
the head at the feet end induces an unnatural posture
during bed operation (base angle) which may result in
injury.
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Do not perform any angle adjustment when the patient is lying face down or on their side
(in any posture other than lying face up).
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There is a risk of injury caused by extending the joints
backward.
■Use the bed according to the patient’s medical condition.
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The bed operations may adversely affect the medical conditions of patients with specific symptoms.
Before the patient or a family member operates the bed, make sure that the physicians or nurses
explain details given in the instruction manual and proper usage to suit the patient’s medical condition.
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Do not stand on the bed.
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There is a risk of injury caused by the person falling
off the bed or falling down, or the bed could be
damaged or deformed. Pay close attention to children.
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
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Do not perform the bed operation such as raising the back or knee section base with a
restraint belt attached to the main frame.
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The patient's body may be squeezed resulting in injuly or the bed may get damaged or deformed.
●If a patient or family can come into contact with the handheld controller, the side-rail integrated
panel or the patient control panel, limit the operation by either of the following methods in order
to prevent accidents caused by inccorrect operation.
・ Rotate the switch on the Lock-out switch to the lock position to disable the handheld controller
operation.
・ Press the Lock button on the side-rail integrated panel to disable the side-rail integrated panel and
the patient control panel operation.
・ Unplug the power plug.
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Do not use the bed for infants or small children.
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This product is not designed for infants or small
children. There is a risk of injuly caused by the
infant or small child getting caught in gap between
the side-rails.
●There is a risk that infants may fall off the bed
through the gap between the side-rails, even when
the side-rails are used.
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Pay attention to prevent the patient from being compressed by back raising.
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Especially before birthing, if the back section base is raised excessibly, the patient might be
compressed, resulting in injury.