8 sentences with 'blankets'
Example sentences and phrases with the word blankets and other words derived from it.
• « He was covered with more blankets and hot water bottles, and another intravenous solution was warmed up. »
• « The procedure, called hypothermic therapy, involves wrapping the patient in special blankets in which ice-cold water is circulated by a pump. Within four to six hours, the body temperature drops to about 32°C, enough to slow down the metabolism without causing dangerous side effects such as arrhythmia. The patient remains like this for 24 to 48 hours. »
• « The archaeological team had to work in very precarious conditions, carrying everything from blankets to canned food. Some kerosene cans, subjected to the shocks of the car, created a new speciality: oil biscuits. »
• « Because of their intimate contact with the body, the electromagnetic field induced by electric heating blankets has a potentiating effect, to the point that an epidemiological study in North Carolina claims that children of mothers who have used electric blankets frequently during pregnancy are three times more likely to suffer from brain tumours and almost twice as likely to develop leukaemia than children of those who have not used these blankets. »
• « In the United States, there is a warning about this fact, and manufacturers are working to design electric blankets that reduce their magnetic field as much as possible. »
• « Electric blankets generate a very powerful magnetic field, the incidence of which triples the chance of cancer in the children of pregnant women who use them frequently. »