NEPTUNE, NEW JERSEY—
Hackensack Meridian Health
Injured by physical contact with person while moving that person-unintentional · Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
Final narrative
An employee was helping move a trauma patient to a gurney. The patient began to wake up and kicked the employee, who suffered a spleen laceration and was hospitalized.
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