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  2. Hospital bed - Wikipedia

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    A modern hospital bed at public hospital at Hong Kong Hospital beds per 1000 people 2013 [1] A hospital bed or hospital cot is a bed specially designed for hospitalized patients or others in need of some form of health care. These beds have special features both for the comfort and well-being of the patient and for the convenience of health ...

  3. Light switch - Wikipedia

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    Two light switches in one box. The switch on the right is a dimmer switch. The switch box is covered by a decorative plate. The first light switch employing "quick-break technology" was invented by John Henry Holmes in 1884 in the Shieldfield district of Newcastle upon Tyne. [1]

  4. List of countries by hospital beds - Wikipedia

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    The classic hospital beds are also called curative beds. For severe patients with risk of organ(s) failure, patients are provided intensive care unit beds (aka ICU bed) or critical care beds (CCB). Among OECD countries, curative beds' occupancy rate average was 75%, from 94.9% (Ireland) to 61.6% (Greece), with half of the OECD's nation between ...

  5. Brake wear indicator - Wikipedia

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    This will light an indicator in the instrument cluster. Position sensor: [5] A sensor that measures the position of the brake mechanics and indicates to the driver when the desired position has been achieved. Of the alternatives above, the first three are simple and cheap, Their lifetime coincides with the service life of the brake pad.

  6. Brake fluid pressure sensor - Wikipedia

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    The sensor has an input port to measure the hydraulic braking pressure and an electrical connector output for a wire connection for feeding the warning light. Some brake failures do not trip the sensor into a fault mode. A brake fluid pressure sensor is used in anti-lock braking system (ABS). ABS fault lights come on with unexpected wheel lock ...

  7. What is a 5150 hold? The involuntary mental health ...

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    5150 is the number of the section of California's Welfare and Institutions Code which allows a person with a mental challenge to be involuntarily detained for a 72-hour psychiatric hospitalization.

  8. Nursing care bed - Wikipedia

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    A bed-in-bed system provides an electronically adjustable lying surface, which can be fitted into an existing bed frame replacing the conventional slatted frame. This enables the nursing care bed functionality to be fully integrated into the familiar bedroom furniture. Hospital bed. Hospital beds provide all of the basic functions of a nursing ...

  9. Kill switch - Wikipedia

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    An emergency switch in Japan. On railways, [1] an emergency stop is a full application of the brakes in order to bring a train to a stop as quickly as possible. [2] This occurs either by a manual emergency stop activation, such as a button being pushed on the train to start the emergency stop, or on some trains automatically, when the train has passed a red signal or the driver has failed to ...