PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND—
Benchmark Senior Living
Overexertion in lowering-single episode · Herniated discs
Final narrative
An employee was finishing her morning medication administration cycle when she was called into an apartment by another worker to help move a resident from her bed to a wheelchair. The resident began to lose her balance, so the employee tried to help her to the ground, suffering acute severe lower back pain with disc protrusion in the process.
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