Durable Medical Company Provides Hospital Beds to ALS Patients

SAN DIEGO - May 27, 2018 - PRLog -- ALS, (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) also known as "Lou Gehrigs" disease is a disease which is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. In ALS, nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control movement stop functioning. The condition leads to paralysis, and patients eventually cannot breathe or swallow on their own.

The disease afflicts about 350,000 people a year worldwide, and about half of patients die within three years of diagnosis. A San Diego medical equipment is helping many ALS patients find comfort for symptoms of this disease by selling a specialized hospital medical bed called the "Hill Rom TotalCare Sport Connect 2" bed model.

As a hospital bed company that sells hospital beds refurbished the price of the Hill Rom P1900 TotalCare Sport Connect 2 from "Hospital Direct Medical" is about seventy percent less than buying the bed new and the bed features provide much needed comfort to patients who have special needs.

The Hill Rom P1900 TotalCare Sport 2 Connect 2 hospital bed has the following features that help tends to the needs of ALS patients by providing:

(1) A full chair position to help patients sit more upright and also assist in patient transition. The bed can be stopped in any of the upright positions while going into chair and thus keeps the comfortable in a multiple group of positions.

(2) An auto rotation mattress feature also known as "lateral rotation" mattress will provide a turn assist ability to assist in patient turning and movement and thus reducing or eliminating the chance of getting bed sores and skin ulcers.

(3) An air mattress system with "low air loss" which runs a layer of air conditioned air over the top of the mattress to keep the patient cool and reducing the chance of getting too warm or sweating.

(4) A "percussion - vibration" feature will help break up upper respiratory congestion by helping thump the lung area while rotating the patient from side to side. This comes in handy for patients that develop bronchitis or other types of upper respiratory infections.

According to WebMD an estimated number of 350,000 patients per year develop ALS and many new treatments like advanced stem cell treatment with radicut(edaravone) for MND or ALS is showing to be effective.

In the meantime "Hospital Direct Medical" based out of San Diego California and Richmond and Winchester Virginia continues to sell the TotalCare P1900 medical hospital beds to these patients and families that need a higher level of care that other bed models are not able to provide.

"We have been contacted by ALS patients and family members who have purchased the refurbished Hill Rom P1900 TotalCare Sport beds and have been very happy with the level of care they provide", said company CEO Sean Callahan who said that the company is also working on a program to reduce the cost for patients who can help provide feedback and testimonials on how the bed has helped them.

"Many ALS family members have asked us to do more to promote this bed model to others dealing with this disease since there is not a lot of resources on hospital bed models for ALS patients online so we are trying to do more to get the word out so that others will be able to be helped by receiving a higher level of care with the Hill Rom P1900 TotalCare hospital bed. "

For any patients or families looking for a hospital - medical bed for an ALS patient call Hospital Direct Medical at their San Diego California location at 858-263-4894 or in Virginia at 540-327-7376. For more information on the Hill Rom P1900 TotalCare Sport Connect 2 bed model visit the links below for videos and photos. Questions can also be sent via email at hospitaldirectmedical@gmail.com.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A51a_f2oJ7U



https://www.1hospitalbeds.com/hill-rom-p1900-totalcare-hospital-bed-models/hill-rom-p1900-totalcare-sport-connect-2-bed/

https://www.1hospitalbeds.com/2018/04/20/hospital-bed-model-choices-for-als-patients/