Air mattresses help avoid skin breakdown by promoting blood flow and stimulating circulation in the body.
Alternates the body’s positioning regularly so that the pressure doesn’t build up too much on parts of the body that are prone to pressure sores such as the buttocks, elbows, back, and hips.
It has air-filled channels that alternate filling up and decompressing to keep bearing weight off certain areas and allows blood flow to reach different areas of the body of immobilized or weak patients who cannot shift their weight frequently.