Lesson 2 At the Hospital

Text: At the Hospital

Grammar: Possessive Case of Nouns

I. Active Vocabulary

disease injury trauma center rehabilitation military hospital geriatric hospital to be affiliated (with) emergency department case history wound to monitor to administer injection to set up a drip to respond ward vital sign to gain to supervise urine bacterium (pl bacteria) protein laboratory assistant sample X-ray to penetrate bedside manner recovery

[dI'zJz] ['InGqrI] ['trLmq 'sentq] ["rJqbIlI'teIS(q)n] ['mIlItqrI] ["GerI'xtrIk] [q'fIlIeItId] [I'mE:G(q)nsI dI'pRtmqnt] ["keIs'hIst(q)rI] [wHnd] ['mPnItq] [qd'mInIstq] [In'GekS(q)n] [drIp] [rI'spPnd] [wLd] ["vaItl'saIn] [geIn] ['s(j)HpqvaIz] ['juqrIn] [bxk'tI(q)rIqm] ['prqVtJn] [lq'bPrqtrI q'sIstqnt] ['sRmp(q)l] ['eksreI] ['penItreIt] ['bedsaId 'mxnq] [rI'kAv(q)rI]

хвороба, захворювання пошкодження,поранення травматологічний пункт реабілітація військовий шпиталь геріатрична лікарня бути приєднаним (до) відділення невідкладної допомоги історія хвороби рана, поранення контролювати призначати ін’єкція, укол ставити крапельницю реагувати, відповідати палата показник життєво важливих функцій здобувати, одержувати контролювати, наглядати сеча бактерія білок лаборант, препаратор зразок, проба рентген проникати, пронизувати лікарський такт одужання

II. Read and translate the text. At the Hospital

Hospitals play an important role in the health care system. A hospital is a health care institution providing the patient treatment by specialized personnel and equipment 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which is set up to deal with different diseases and injuries. Types of specialized hospitals include trauma centers, rehabilitation hospitals, infection and military hospitals, children's hospitals, seniors' (geriatric) hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, etc. Some hospitals are affiliated with universities for medical research and the training of medical personnel such as physicians and nurses, often called teaching hospitals.

People need to go to the hospital for different reasons. Some patients go to a hospital just for diagnosis, treatment, or therapy and then leave (outpatients) without staying overnight; while others are admitted and stay overnight or for several days or weeks or months (inpatients). Some may be admitted to the hospital through the emergency department for problems that need immediate medical treatment. Others are scheduled to have surgery, special medication, or other treatments prescribed by their doctors.

If you do need to stay in the hospital, you'll first go through an admission process. The admission staff will take some information about you and fill in your case history.

Nurses are often the first people you meet when you get to the hospital. A nurse is a person who is trained to give care to people who are sick or injured. Exact duties may vary depending on the role of the nurse but usually include writing patient care plans, preparing patients for operations, wound treatment and monitoring pulse, blood pressure and temperature, observing and recording the condition of patients, checking and administering drugs and injections, setting up drips and blood transfusions, responding quickly to emergencies, educating patients about their health, etc. When you arrive, a nurse will ask you questions about your medical history and any symptoms you may be experiencing. He or she will get you settled into your hospital ward and take your vital signs, which include your temperature, blood pressure, and heart rate. Gaining the trust and confidence of each patient is an important aspect of the job for nurses, especially as they have more contact with patients than other members of the medical team.

Nurses work with doctors and other health care workers to make patients well and to keep them healthy. A doctor will supervise the care you receive while you're in the hospital, working closely with other specialists with extra training in specific problems, like heart or kidney problems. The kind of doctor you'll have depends on the reason why you're in the hospital.

There are different medical tests you’ll certainly have on admission into the hospital. Your urine may be checked for bacteria, protein, sugar, and other things. You may have your blood drawn so laboratory assistants can test it to evaluate whether there are any problems. Other samples may be taken and tested, depending on the reason you are in the hospital. Several tests are used to create images of the body. One common type of imaging test is an X-ray. X-rays use small amounts of radiation to penetrate the body and form images of your bones and organs on film.

Working days at the in-patient department are very busy. Sometimes cases are complicated. Work at the hospital requires deep knowledge of medicine, quick thinking and a great sense of responsibility. A good bedside manner is of great importance. There is no doubt that such an attitude to the patients helps much in their recovery.

Answer the following questions on the text.

1. What is a hospital?

2. What types of hospitals do you know?

3. Explain the term “a teaching hospital”?

4. Why do people need to go to the hospital?

5. Are nurses the first people you meet when you get to the hospital?

6. What are the main duties of the nurse?

7. Who helps the patients to get settled into a ward after admission to the hospital?

8. What are the doctor’s duties?

9. What analyses should every in-patient make?

10. What is an X-ray?

11. What does the work dealing with in-patients require?

III. Vocabulary and Speech Exercises

I. Give the English equivalents of the following from the text.

Заклад охорони здоров’я; стаціонарне лікування; діагностика та лікування; амбулаторні та стаціонарні пацієнти; відділення невідкладної допомоги; лікарня загального профілю; історія хвороби; життєво важливі функції; план догляду за пацієнтом; контролювати пульс та кров’яний тиск; ставити крапельницю; медичний працівник; рентген; лікарський такт.

II. Consulting the dictionary translate and explain the meaning of the following word-combinations. Use them in the situations of your own.

Chief Physician; emergency department; burnt unit; intensive care unit; computed tomography scan; ultrasound; echocardiogram; magnetic resonance imaging; nutritionist; chiropractor; fertility specialist; midwife; naturopath; obstetrician; occupational therapist; physical therapist; podiatrist; radiologist; phlebotomist.

III. Form a suitable word in the brackets that fits the content of the sentence. Consult the dictionary if necessary.

Model: On (to admit) to hospital the patient complained of a bad pain in the heart area. – On admission to hospital the patient complained of a bad pain in the heart area.

1. The medicine produced a marked (effective) on the patient.

2. The doctor wasn’t able to (diagnosis) the disease by means of physical examination.

3. The discovery of penicillin in 1928 brought world (famous) to A. Fleming.

4. Taking antibiotics in case of the flu is (use).

5. (Hospital) was advised immediately.

6. He is not very (care) about his health.

7. Have a little (patient). The doctor will come in several minutes.

8. Please, state your name, address and (to appoint).