MEDICAL SCALES FOR WHEELCHAIR BOUND PATIENTS

The challenge of weighing a patient, that does not have the use of their legs or lower body, has always been a task for sheer strength for both patient and doctor. With an appropriate medical scale, this task was considerably reduced with the design of the wheelchair weighing scales. The mobility of the patient being a blunt obstacle, no longer a challenge, it is a simple task to weigh patients with specialized needs such as paraplegias or amputees.

These medical scales are capable of weighing both the wheelchair and the patient simultaneously, giving separate weights for the patient and the chair, allowing the patient to remain comfortably seated and the doctor to have accurate information to asses the health and\or recovery of the patient. The option to weigh the chair and the patient separately also still available, makes it versatile to the patients needs. Not only does this improve the health service the patient receives, it also makes that service efficient and accurate, resulting in less strain on the system and the patient. These benefits all coming from focused and strategic application of this technology.

One of the more prominent names in medical scale manufacturing is Kern, renowned for its quality scales and marked by a notorious precision consistency across their range of products for the medical weighing needs of hospitals, clinics and day facilities. The range ofwheelchair platform scales from Kern no exception; they innovatively consider the patients needs as well as what the doctor needs to know in order to treat the patient. The more sophisticated wheelchair scales compatible with some computer systems with the integration of onboard processing in the recent years, to make it that much more convenient to manage and record the information.

In cases of treating ongoing health issues of patients with lost limbs or quadriplegia, this becomes important, as the process of coming to terms with their disability will affect their health dramatically. With easier facilities, such as using a medical wheelchair scale, the patient is already at ease and more likely to respond positively to any treatment and physiotherapy being received.

Extra features ranges from model to model and from one manufacturer to the next. A Common feature, the handrails along the sides to assist with stability, along with most models, has a mechanism to lock the chair in place, whilst being weighed. Some makes of wheelchair scales like those of Kern, has a unique compact design, allowing it to be folded away for even more convenience.

Clearly, the difference is in the lives it improves, and Kern along with a few more names have been keeping that standard of excellence high with the ever-improving technology being applied and so too improving people's lives.