must be contacted by the staff in the operating room so that the patientâs post-operative. recovery in a single room either in Variety Ward or ICU can be arranged. 6 Protective Isolation. Protective Isolation is designed to protect patients who are severely immunocompromised.
uk â /Î¸Êm/ us â /Î¸Êm/. B1 the short, thick finger on the side of your hand that makes it possible to hold and pick things up easily. Examples. The thorn was embedded in her thumb. She hit her thumb with the hammer. I gave my thumb quite a nip with the pliers. I sucked my thumb until I was seven.
The thumb has two bones. The first bone (distal phalange) extends from the tip of the thumb to the knuckle. The second bone (proximal phalange) extends from the knuckle to the base of the thumb. This is the area of webbing between the thumb and the first finger. The thumb connects with a bone in the hand (first metacarpal).