alza catre

English translation: Bed Raiser / bed lifter

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Spanish term or phrase:alza catre
English translation:Bed Raiser / bed lifter
Entered by: Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral

14:48 Feb 23, 2015
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care / nursing care
Spanish term or phrase: alza catre
es una ficha de enfermería que entre las medidas está la del título
Sé más o menos lo que es, pero ni idea cómo se podría decir en inglés

Prevención de escaras
Cuidados TPB
Extremidad en alto Uso Alza Catre
Al Zaid
United States
Bed Raiser
Explanation:
that's how I'd say it
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Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1Bed Raiser
Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
3 +1Mattress lifter / elevator
Javier Munoz
3patient lift
Muriel Vasconcellos


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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Bed Raiser


Explanation:
that's how I'd say it


Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: Raiser or lifter both work fine IMO...
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Mattress lifter / elevator


Explanation:
También Bed lifter / elevator

Un opción!

Espero que te ayude

Javier Munoz
Spain
Local time: 12:52
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: I'd call it a "bed lifter" off the top of my head...
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
patient lift


Explanation:
This is another possibility. There's a lot of talk right now about nurses getting injured from moving patients and some hospitals are installing lifts that hang from the ceiling to help nurses transfer patients from the bed to a gurney and vice versa.

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 03:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 262
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