Tips for buying Patient Scale
- Patient scales are designed to measure and display the body weight of patients who cannot stand on a scale or sit in a chair scale.
- Some patient scales are designed to weigh prone or supine patients mainly for routine weight checks, while others continuously monitor a patient's weight during procedures in which small changes in body weight are critical, such as hemodialysis, or during fluid maintenance to prevent dehydration or fluid overload.
- These hammock scales eliminate the risk of pain or injury that could be incurred by moving these patients.
- Drug dosage must be based on body weight, so these hammock scales are used for close monitoring of weight in patients who are comatose, paralyzed, debilitated, or severely burned.
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