Patient support having an inflatable bladder

A patient support comprising:

• a resilient support layer for supporting a patient, the resilient support layer having an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface, the upper surface being configured to, in use, face toward the patient supported by the resilient support layer;
• and
• a temporarily inflatable bladder disposed underneath at least part of the lower surface of the resilient support layer such that, in use, the resilient support layer is disposed between the patient and the temporarily inflatable bladder, the temporarily inflatable bladder being distanced from a head end and a foot end of the resilient support layer and positioned such that, in use, the temporarily inflatable bladder is aligned, in a longitudinal direction of the patient support, with a back and/or a pelvic region of the patient,
• the temporarily inflatable bladder being configured to be fluidly connected to a pump in order to be temporarily inflated by the pump and thereby limit an immersion of the back and/or pelvic region of the patient into the resilient support layer.