Sentence examples for heavy patients from inspiring English sources

They complain of injured backs after lifting heavy patients and of risky accidents with contaminated needles.

She had to lift heavy patients onto gurneys in her job as an emergency medical technician.

There were lightweight fold-up chairs and heavy-duty ones for heavy patients.

Among the industries with the highest rate of ergonomics injuries are auto production, parcel delivery, meat and poultry packing and nursing homes, where workers often lift heavy patients.

Injury is a particular risk for community nurses who do not have the right equipment or colleagues on hand to help them move very heavy patients, Carter added.

Very heavy patients also use more NHS resources by staying in hospital for longer, though that can be because of delays in obtaining specialist equipment to help them cope when they get home after discharge, the physiotherapist added.

In late 1997, I was lifting a heavy patient in the I.C.U. when I felt pain shooting down both my legs.

Time pressures and heavy patient loads leave doctors with few choices.

(Actually, she couldn't help feeling exasperated by Jane and her heavy, patient sorrows: her expensive clothes, her lack of imagination, the silk scarf thrown girlishly over one shoulder. Of course, she was much too professional to let this show).

This means that hospital staff are now alerted if a patient's vital signs cross a key threshold – easing the burden on doctors and nurses whose heavy patient loads prevent 24/7 care – and essentially providing the equivalent of having a doctor in every room.

The health centres often face challenges of heavy patient load, understaffing and periodic stock-outs of various commodities.