Forty new state-of-the-art beds were delivered to HCA Florida Englewood Hospital this week. Hospital officials said the new design supports a positive patient experience with enhanced comfort and convenience while simplifying how the care team works at the bedside. The beds enhance patient safety through fall prevention, pressure injury prevention and continuous heart rate and respiratory rate monitoring. A pressure redistribution feature helps protect the patient’s skin by managing pressure and removing excess moisture. Air continually circulates from the seat to the patient’s head, allowing optimal wound prevention and healing, hospital officials said. Other technical features support infection control. The alert system, touchscreen surface of the keypad and digital icons provide verbal and visual indications of activated features, including bed alarms. The beds wirelessly connect to the hospital Wi-Fi network to send nurse calls, room controls, bed alerts and other bed-generated data to the nurse call system, providing real-time patient data so care teams can intervene sooner.