Vive Alternating Air Pressure Mattress Pad - The Original Bed Sore Prevention Solution - Hospital Topper for Bedridden

A very satisfactory product. I ordered this five months ago and received it in a reasonable time. It is being used for a family member who has been disabled by a stroke. She was beginning to show signs of bed-sores from the use of a home hospital bed whose mattress (which has since been replaced) deteriorated very rapidly. This device has worked like a champ - easy install, has worked entirely reliably, and functions almost identically to the air mattress that she had in the hospital. The skin irritation - that was precursor to bed-sores - began to fade almost immediately and, after five months of use, no new evidence of skin irritation. It has a nice self-shutdown feature that will turn off after extended use - which is good for us as the patient does spend time out of bed during the day and we sometimes forget to turn it off manually. It's absolutely worth the modest cost in terms of preventing huge pain (and potentially fatal infection) problems for a long-term disabled patient that spends much of the day in bed. Read more

This alternating air pressure mattress pad works great. It’s a bit long for the hospital bed at home but it still works as it should. No leaks, it’s holding up great, keeps my husband comfortable. This pad was definitely an awesome choice and well worth the price. Read more

I have only had this product for a week, but so far, the mattress is exactly as described and I am very pleased. I purchased this mattress for my 94 year old mother with dementia who spends 15 hours a day in bed. The mattress fits her twin bed perfectly when inflated. We experimented with the different firmness settings and she is most comfortable at the softest setting. The pump is very quiet, with only a slight hissing noise every 6 minutes when the pressure adjusts. I can already see a difference in the pressure points on mothers back. She had a bedsore developing and I am optimistic that this will heal given the use of this mattress, time and the medical honey cream we are using. We turn the pump on when we put mother into bed and turn it off when we get her out of bed for the day. The pump easily turns off and on and is conveniently hanging on the bed rail on the side of her bed. I am very thankful for this product and would recommend it to anyone else caring for a person who is mostly bedbound. Read more

This has been on my mom’s bed for about a week now. It was fairly easy and straigh forward for me to assemble and the components are of good quality. She adapted to it very well. She has a severe hearing impairment, but even still, the noise that this creates seems minimal. The inflation/deflation transition is gradual enough that one only feels very slight movement. I adjusted the pressure two settings below the maximum. At maximum the pressure is almost rock-hard in the inflated cells and it didn’t seem as if that was absolutely necessary in my mom’s case, because she doesn’t weigh that much. My biggest concern is that her cat sinks her claws into it so I have doubled a light sheet blanket to cover it; so far so good. Read more

My husband isn't bedridden full time but tends to lay on one side anytime he is in the bed. He had the beginning of two bed sores. I read the reviews on this product and decided to give it a try. It works perfectly!!! He has had NO hot spots since he has been using this product. What a blessing!!!!! I think the price is fair and so far it appears to be good quality. We are both so happy we found and purchased this mattress pad. Read more

I decided to give it a try. Here's why I like it. It was easy for me to adjust to the Air Pressure Mattress Pad. I'm sleeping for longer periods of time. I really think it relaxes me, and I enjoy staying in bed for a longer period of time. There's no noise to worry about. I also haven't had leg cramps since sleeping on it. I actually bought it for my husband. He decided it wasn't for him. I'm glad, because I would have had to buy another for me. Read more

We had purchased this pad for my mother who had spent almost two weeks in the hospital and was unable to get out of bed and walk around. She had developed what they call “fishers” on her bottom in between her cheeks (tearing of the skin). My mother expressed how painful and uncomfortable this was for her and before we had purchased this pad, And we were trying to alternate her body position like they were doing in the hospital to relieve the pressure on her open wound. However this wasn’t working so I decided to try this pad out. After her almost two week Hospital visit, we used this mattress pad for her. My mother immediately said that she didn’t feel pressure anymore on that area and was actually able to withstand sitting directly on her bottom. Within about 3-5 days we seen her exposed skin start to scab up and heal itself. I do believe this pad works because when my mother would get out of bed and sit in her recliner chair or the sofa, she would still say that she felt too much pressure on her backside and would want to go back in bed and sit on her mattress pad. I say sit on her mattress pad in bed because we also purchased a large pillow wedge so she could actually sit up while in bed. We don’t have one of those fancy beds that can be adjusted to sit up in bed. This machine made absolute no noise which was amazing. It also was a great size (twin) that has longer flaps (flaps are thin and do not inflate) at the top and bottom of the pad to allow you to tuck in underneath your mattress pad to avoid it from moving around. We used this feature but we also used a rug grip pad that we already had at home. So I can’t say for sure if this pad stayed in place because of the flaps that are built in or if it was the rug grip pad that we used. The only downfall I can report on is threat my mother asked for the mattress pad to be a little less firm. The pump has a dial where you can adjust how firm the mattress pad gets. We adjusted it all the way to soft however from my perspective of just feeling the pad, it didn’t seem like the pad got any softer than when it was positioned at “firm” But my mother did say that it was comfortable to sleep in, however the 4 stars for comfortability instead of 5 stars is for the reason that the pad didn’t in her opinion feel like it got softer with the dial. This mattress pad was worth the money to see my mothers wounds heal and to give her immediate relief of them. I would definitely recommend this pad. Read more