Deep-floatation water burn bed of Burn recovery bed
This type of burn bed is similar in construction to a typical water bed, except the surface covering of the water pool has a large amount of slack and extra folds of material around the perimeter of the pool.
To limit the depth of immersion into the burn bed water pool, the water’s density may be increased by adding several hundred pounds of salt to the water, as is done with a relaxation float tank.
As the patient is placed onto the bed, they displace the water and can freely sink down into the pool, unlike a typical consumer water bed. As they sink down, the slack around the edges is played out so that the patient is now sunk into the water, in a form-fitting, very gentle, and dry depression in the pool.
Generally the pool is not deep enough to permit a patient to lay on their side in the pool, but even so, laying sideways is a safe condition since the patient is at no risk of breathing in water and drowning due to the water-isolation covering.
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