Hill-Rom®

VersaCare® Integrated Bed System

with P500 Surface

Safe Skin

No Falls

Surface Protection

No Injuries

Connectivity

Born CMS Ready.

Your patient’s protection and healing are important. Now, with the new CMS guidelines,
providing safe and effective care is critical. The VersaCare® bed was designed to help
deliver better care.
The VersaCare® bed with P500 surface can help manage the mobility, skin care and comfort needs of Med-Surg
patients. The VersaCare® bed with P500 surface can create a safer environment for both you and your patients,
and can be an integral part of Hill-Rom’s Safe Skin™, No Falls™ and No Injuries programs.
Hill-Rom®
VersaCare® Integrated Bed System
with P500 Surface

The P500 surface integrated with the VersaCare® Bed System is designed
to enhance patient and caregiver safety with its unique features:
• Lowest bed height of any acute care bed on the market
• LowChair® position with one-button activation
maintains low bed height while in chair position
• Automatic surface adjustments based on patient’s
unique body features and position in bed
• FlexAFoot™ feature decreases need to pull patient up in bed
• One step CPR level flattens frame and max inflates surface
• Advanced Bed Exit System customizable to patient
position, alert volume and alert sound
• Obstruction detection both stops and raises the bed if
an object is detected
• Battery backup for all bed articulations
• Zero gaps for easier patient transfers
• Accurate, integrated bed scales

Connectivity NaviCare® Platform … to the nurse station

When combining the Connect …

Hospital Network Enhance
VersaCare® bed with the At the bedside Outcomes
NaviCare® Patient Safety* … directly to the caregiver
module, Hill-Rom
makes it easy for caregivers
to be better informed.
* Available with Hill-Rom NurseCall … directly to HIS/EMR
Module NCM (3.4 or 4.0) or Patient
• ADT information
Safety systems. Contact your Hill-Rom
• Risk Assessments
representative for details. • Head of bed angle
• Patient Weight, etc.

Surface Protection
The VersaCare® P500 surface • Superior, patented technology that provides surface
Clean
features nano Ag+® technology protection
embedded in the surface ticking • Kills >99.9% of stain and odor-causing bacteria that
that kills stain and odor-causing can affect the surface
bacteria on the surface.
• No known toxicity or allergic reactions
Safe
• No known disposal or handling concerns

Long-lasting • Lasts for the expected life of the product

Cost-effective • Protects the surface for less than a quarter a day

The VersaCare® Bed System with the P500 Surface can help create
a safer environment for you and your patients by supporting
Hill-Rom’s SafeSkin™, No Falls™, and No Injuries Programs.

Safe Skin™ Advanced Microclimate™ technology

The VersaCare P500 surface supports the
Safe Skin™ program by helping to prevent
and treat Stage I-IV pressure ulcers through
a combination of:

• Weight-based pressure redistribution

• Shear and friction management
• Advanced Microclimate™ technology —
the next generation low air loss

A precise flow rate moves air horizontally under the surface

and exits at the head end to prevent heat build up.

No Injuries
The VersaCare® bed System
integrated with the P500 surface
helps take the burden of moving
patients with:

• Rapid Turn Assist

• Boost® feature
• X-ray cassette sleeve

Boost® feature X-ray cassette sleeve

No Falls™
The VersaCare® bed integrated
with the P500 surface features
new SafeView™ local alert, so,
at a glance, you can see if your
safety protocols are set.

SafeView™ alerts
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VersaCare® Integrated Bed System
with P500 Surface

Technical Specifications
Bed height
Low position – surface edge to floor...................................................................... 18" (45.7 cm)
with optional IntelliDrive® power transport ...................................................... 22" (55.9 cm)
Maintains low height when placed in chair.............................................................................Yes
High position – surface center to floor................................................................... 37" (94.0 cm)
Headboard/push handles maintain same height regardless of patient surface height..........Yes
Sleep surface
Surface thickness....................................................................................................... 8" (20.3 cm)
Width.................................................................................................................... 35.5" (90.2 cm)
Length, fully extended........................................................................................... 86" (218.0 cm)
Length, fully retracted........................................................................................... 75" (191.0 cm)
Radiolucent sleep deck...............................................................................................................No
Overall width
Siderails stowed....................................................................................................... 37" (94.0 cm)
Siderails up............................................................................................................. 40" (102.0 cm)
Overall length
Fully extended....................................................................................................94.5" (240.0 cm)
Fully retracted.....................................................................................................82.5" (210.0 cm)
Bed angles
Head section........................................................................................................................ 0°-65°
Knee gatch........................................................................................................................... 0°-16°
Foot section.......................................................................................................................... 0°-27°
Max Trend/reverse Trend.................................................................................................. 15° / 10°
Head and Trend angle indicators...............................................................................................Yes
Caster and braking system
Optional IntelliDrive® power transport.....................................................................................Yes
Caster diameter.......................................................................................................... 5" (12.7 cm)
with IntelliDrive® power transport........................................................................ 6" (15.2 cm)
Four-wheel braking...................................................................................................................Yes
Brakes lock both rolling and swiveling.....................................................................................Yes
Optional light alerts
Feature indicators............Low low bed/chair, siderails down, brake not set, bed exit not armed
Optional bed exit alarm system
Sensitivity levels........................................................................................................................... 3
Modes......................................................................................... Positioning, Exiting, Out-of-Bed
Optional scale system
Accuracy....................................................................................................... 1% of patient weight
Weigh in any position (except Trend/Rev Trend)......................................................................Yes
Scale weight capacity.......................................................................................... 500 lbs (227 kg)
Patient controls
Siderail patient bed controls.............................................................................................Standard
Docking pendant.............................................................................................................. Optional
SideCom® patient communication controls
(Nurse call, universal TV/radio, and lighting) ................................................................. Optional
Electrical characteristics
Backup battery power......................................................................................................Standard
Safety listings............................................................................................ UL2601 & IBC 60601-1

VersaCare A.I.R.® Surface Upgrade

VersaCare
VersaCare A.I.R.®
VersaCare® Rental Capital
to VC900 Series
A.I.R.® to
VC800 Series
P500 Options: VCP500 VC800 Series VC900 Series P3218A P3219A P3220A
(rev A-E) (rev G,H)
SafeSkin™ Advanced Not available Not available
Program Microclimate™ 3 3 3 3
technology
(AMT)
No Falls™ SafeView™ alerts Option Option Separate Separate Separate
Program 3 upgrade upgrade upgrade
Patient helper & Option Option Separate Separate Separate
traction adaptor 3 upgrade upgrade upgrade
No Injuries X-Ray cassette Not available Not available
Program sleeve 3 3 3 3
Surface nano Ag+®
Protection technology 3 3 3 3 3 3
Connectivity NaviCare® Patient Option Option Separate Separate Separate
Safety ready 3 upgrade upgrade upgrade

Hill-Rom reserves the right to make changes without

notice in design, specifications and models. The only
warranty Hill-Rom makes is the express written warranty
extended on the sale or rental of its products.

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