Who We Help: Acute Care -

Acute Care

Multi-User products, clinically designed for specialist needs within the acute setting.

Benefits of Early Mobilisation

Early mobilisation as soon as medically safe during a recovery from critical illness has been shown to improve long term outcomes for the patient, decrease repositioning needs, expedite discharge and reduce re-admissions. Seating Matters chairs have been clinically designed to help aid early mobilisation and reduce the need for time spent in bed.

Preserves Muscle Strength

Bed rest results in 12% loss of muscle strength each week, intensifying to 50% loss after 3-5 weeks. Encouraging the patient to sit in a chair as early as possible into their treatment can be a key factor to preserve muscle strength.

Increased Independence and Improved Health

Early mobilisation using the correct chair that fully supports a patient’s posture and meets his or her clinical needs can contribute to their overall health and wellbeing.

Psychological Wellbeing

Providing a patient with the ability to sit out of bed can have overwhelming benefits on the patient’s psychological wellbeing, their dignity and confidence.

Speed of recovery

As a result of their improved psychological well-being, they will start to feel better mentally and be more motivated to interact with staff members, family and other patients. The impact on speed of recovery can be life changing.

Reducing Healthcare Costs

If a person remains in bed, their mobilization can be delayed. This can lead to many secondary complications including pressure injuries and an increased length of stay.

We must look at the financial and the physical impact of a patients delayed discharge or prolonged stay in bed.

$1,878
per day the average cost of a hospital stay

5 times
more likely for a patient to die within one year if they develop a hospital acquired pressure injury

The Sydney GoFlat™

The Sydney GoFlat™ seat has been designed to enable the safe and efficient transfer of critical care patients from lying in bed to a fully seated, clinically optimized position offering care professionals new options in early patient mobilization.

Sydney incorporates the Seating Matters principles of pressure management to ensure that when repositioned and sitting out of bed that the patient is supported correctly to reduce the risk of pressure injuries.