Sentences with phrase «while in the wheelchair»

A family is suing Alaska Airlines and a contractor after Bernice Kekona, age 75, died after falling down an escalator while in a wheelchair at Portland International Airport, according to CBS News.
20 - 30mmHg medical legwear is a compression level that is appropriate for venous thrombosis prevention during extended travel or from prolonged sitting while in a wheelchair.
They can do their business while in the wheelchair and most of the things any other dog does in its day to day routine.
A: No, your dog should never be left unattended while in the wheelchair.
While in a wheelchair, he mastered a welding technique that allowed him to begin making sculptures in steel.

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It's easy to spot us, because we are all confined to wheelchairs, stuck in our rolling seats while a new world of technology passes us by.
In May, Uber launched uberWAV in Chicago, which provides riders with vehicles equipped with wheelchair ramps or lifts and uberASSIST, designed for people who need additional assistance while using the ride - hailing servicIn May, Uber launched uberWAV in Chicago, which provides riders with vehicles equipped with wheelchair ramps or lifts and uberASSIST, designed for people who need additional assistance while using the ride - hailing servicin Chicago, which provides riders with vehicles equipped with wheelchair ramps or lifts and uberASSIST, designed for people who need additional assistance while using the ride - hailing service.
While they were there they met a man named Charlie, who was in a wheelchair, and asked him about his life and thoughts on Jesus.
Paralympic silver medallist and world T44 200m record - holder Richard Browne of the US goes head - to - head with Germany's newly - crowned European champion Felix Streng over half a lap, while Britain's Mel Nicholls is among those to line up in the women's 400m wheelchair race.
In the wheelchair races, David Weir is attempting to win a record seventh title in front of his home crowd, while Tatyana McFadden of the United States is going for gold in the women's race after recently winning silver in the cross-country skiing at the Winter OlympicIn the wheelchair races, David Weir is attempting to win a record seventh title in front of his home crowd, while Tatyana McFadden of the United States is going for gold in the women's race after recently winning silver in the cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympicin front of his home crowd, while Tatyana McFadden of the United States is going for gold in the women's race after recently winning silver in the cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympicin the women's race after recently winning silver in the cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympicin the cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics.
Its okay to ride him or her on your lap in the wheelchair on the way to the car, but that should be the very last time you carry a baby on your lap while riding in a wheeled vehicle.
I did use the Soul Onbuhimo as a back carrier around my house while not in my manual wheelchair (I use an office chair in my small kitchen and other areas that my manual wheelchair doesn't fit).
While in the Council, he was the first advocate there for wheelchair accessible taxis.
U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chair Orin Hatch suspended a hearing on Cassidy - Graham while demonstrators — some in wheelchairs — were dragged from the room.
De Blasio spokeswoman Rosemary Boeglin said Sunday that the administration is «exploring avenues to secure accessibility improvements in the for - hire vehicle fleet,» while noting it has already taken steps to ensure half the city's yellow - cab fleet is wheelchair accessible by 2020.
«Progressives won City Hall vowing to end the tale of two cities, but they gave themselves a raise while giving wheelchair users the cold shoulder by being silent as Uber fails to provide access,» says the narrator in the 30 - second spot (above) sponsored by the new advocacy group United for Equal Access, referring to a raise package for all elected city officials approved by the mayor and City Council in February.
The study participants work in multistory buildings and for the most part, use wheelchairs while on the job.
The results of «behavioral maps» tracking visitors» actions while in a garden suggested a need for private conversation areas; smooth, tree - lined paths that invite strolls but that will not trip wheelchairs or intravenous poles; lightweight furniture that can be tugged into the shade or sun; and naturalistic landscaping that lures birds, squirrels and other wildlife.
This lesion to her spinal cord put her in hospital for 2 months, a rehabilitation centre for a further eight, and the «wheelchair that after a while became my best friend» for the rest of her life.
He points out that Freedom Sciences is able to sell its ATRS because that product's cost is comparable with that of purchasing a van or SUV and revamping it to allow a person to drive while seated in the wheelchair, as most wheelchair drivers now do.
In this scale, zero represents no disability, seven is wheelchair - bound, while ten is death from MS.. At the beginning of the study, patients had an average EDSS score of 6.5.
\ n \ nI will never forget March 1, 2002, when I held a formerly paralyzed laboratory rat in my hand, and felt the little muscles working again — while my paralysed son Roman Reed sat in his wheelchair a few feet away.
Meanwhile, Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakeley) renders heartfelt hymns from a wheelchair at the hospital chapel (eyes closed, always retreating into her own private world when she sings), while Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn) and Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn) trade Barbara Jean anecdotes in awestruck whispers.
Left with little to work with in the historical record, they instead turn their villains» bodies into grotesques: Spall's pathetic moustache tells us all we'll ever know about Shakespeare's fraudulence, while Thewlis is dumped under a pound of old - man makeup and parked in a rickety wheelchair, so you know he's bad news.
If you're surprised by the highly unlikely happy ending where all is made well (missing only Reynolds rising from his wheelchair in a Dr. Strangelove homage), Driven is the first movie that you've ever seen; and if Driven is the first movie you've ever seen, you probably won't think twice about a rescue set - piece involving two drivers helping a third out of an exploding pond while the track's medical staff is inexplicably fifteen minutes away.
While the sketch itself is hilarious, its made even funnier by the fact that Bill Hader's controlling of the wheelchair results in a couple hilarious physical mishaps that cause him and nearly everyone in the sketch to break.
There's plenty of Peter Jackson and Sam Raimi influenced physical comedy in this film, from tanks running people over to zombies attacking a wheelchair to a «special» zombie who is essentially destroying his body by serving as a multi-tool while Martin keeps bringing him back to life.
Their production Something in the Air enabled wheelchair users to experience the sensation of birds flying, while Pool Piece involved lighting scent and bubbles being used in a hydrotherapy pool.
I wasn't asking for anything extraordinary; a trailer hitch so I can use my wheelchair lift and running boards to steady her while she gets in.
Description: As dramatic music plays, the video begins with the words «In the not too distant past...» then cuts to Christopher sitting in his powered wheelchair while a relative reads a book next to hiIn the not too distant past...» then cuts to Christopher sitting in his powered wheelchair while a relative reads a book next to hiin his powered wheelchair while a relative reads a book next to him.
He is currently in an outside pen at my house and I have agreed to foster him until another foster or rescue could be found but I know that the option of getting him a prosthetic device is out of the question while he is the pen outside because he wouldn't be able to get in and out of the dog house with a wheelchair attached to him.
While kids may be shy to interact with another kid who's in a wheelchair, when you add in a Canine Assistants dog, suddenly the wheelchair disappears.
Place your dog beside you on the couch, on a table where you can easily reach her while seated in your wheelchair, or sit with her on her mat.
You might try an orthopedic dog bed which provides support while the dog is resting, ramps to help the dog in and out of the car or onto and off of furniture, or even a doggie wheelchair when the time comes that the dog's hind legs simply won't provide support any longer.
Your personal experience with your good (so far) pit bull does not cancel out my personal experience of being brutally attacked and nearly killed by a pit bull while I was traveling the public sidewalk in my power wheelchair.
While your dog is in the wheelchair they are getting physical therapy improving their physical and mental health.
In the image at the top of the page, Sampson, at right, a golden retriever who is also a service dog, exercises on the land treadmill while recovering from elbow surgery; Willow was paralyzed and uses a wheelchair for dogs while recovering from neck surgery.
Thank you so much for your article on the cavalier King Charles our sweet Mandy who is 9 years old started with a few of these symptoms a couple of years ago but she has always had certain tics like the digging of blankets or sheets while on the bed or flip flopping after being given a bath or the constant licking of the inside of her leg, I thought I had a obsessive compulsive dog, but when we noticed how she was showing signs of weakness in her back legs and now she has totally lost the use of her back legs, we have taken her to an orthopedic veterinary doctor and he did take x-rays she was diagnosed with spinal stenosis and arthritis he prescribed gabapentin and an antiflamitory, she does have a wheelchair but she hates it we also have a wagon she loves to sit in when we take walks.
While leis aren't necessarily the most common item you'd find in hospitals or nursing homes — some of the locales where Therapy Dogs are so much in need — there you will find I.V. tubes, rattling wheelchairs and gurneys, cascades of cords from various medical apparatus, and so many other foreign objects.
While there are some restrictions, for example, a chihuahua may not be able to pull a human handler and their wheelchair across the room; but they can be trained in other skills, like identifying the onset of a seizure.
Wheelchair friendly promenade in town of Majahual — While there is a beach close to the cruise pier (shown on the left), Costa Maya Mexico disabled access is better in the town of Majahual where a flat, smooth promenade runs along the sand (shown on the right).
Loxton Smiffy's Bed and Breakfast Accommodation at Sadlier Street is disability friendly and suitable for wheelchair access and great for family or friends to stay while holidaying in the region.
Meanwhile, nobody is cutting potatoes and the paraplegic racoon in a wheelchair just slipped and fell into an icy river while holding a full plate of french fries ready to serve.
A large majority of the first level is centered around B.J., rolling around in his wheelchair, comically taking out large amounts of Nazis while reflecting on his decaying state of health after eating a grenade up close in the previous game, Wolfenstein: The New Order.
Carl lives an everyday normal life until tragedy befalls the couple and in one accident, Carl loses his wife while becoming handicapped himself and bound to a wheelchair.
«I met a priest who said it was such a relief to forget everyone else's troubles for just a little while, and a man in a wheelchair who discovered a talent for painting he didn't know he had.
Rivera was more well - known for his enormous public murals while Kahlo, his beleaguered and disfigured wife, painted small due to spending a great deal of her life in wheelchairs and beds.
While suspicion abounds that she may be overegging the pudding, it has come to something when a unidexter is slated for having the temerity to need a wheelchair once in a wWhile suspicion abounds that she may be overegging the pudding, it has come to something when a unidexter is slated for having the temerity to need a wheelchair once in a whilewhile.
$ 450,000 — Nursing home resident injured during transportation (May 2013) 81 - year - old Plaintiff was not secured properly while travelling in a vehicle and fell from her wheelchair, resulting in fractures to her knees and back.
Drivers have a duty of care while operating their vehicles that extends not only to other cars on the road, but also to other users of the road: motorcyclists, pedestrians, bicyclists, people in wheelchairs, and so on.
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