Lesson 3 Emergency Medical Care

Text: Emergency Medical System

Grammar: Adjective. Degrees of Comparison

I. Active Vocabulary

emergency medical service aid assistance rescue traumatic dispatcher to log responder paramedic skill ambulance stretcher initial assessment sore throat heart attack to discharge history to elucidate complaint acute failure to prevent life threatening deterioration

[ɪ'mɜːʤ(ə)n(t)sɪ 'medɪk(ə)l 'sɜːvɪs] [eɪd] [ə'sɪst(ə)ns] ['reskjuː] [trɔː'mætɪk] [dɪ'spæʧə] [lɔg] [rɪ'spɔndə] [ˌpærə'medɪk] [skɪl] ['æmbjələn(t)s] ['streʧə] [ɪ'nɪʃ(ə)l] [ə'sesmənt] [sɔː θrəut] ['hɑːtəˌtæk] [dɪs'ʧɑːʤ] ['hɪst(ə)rɪ] [ɪ'l(j)uːsɪdeɪt] [kəm'pleɪnt] [ə'kjuːt] ['feɪljə] [prɪ'vent] [laɪf 'θret(ə)nɪŋ] [dɪˌtɪərɪə'reɪʃ(ə)n]

служба екстреної медичної допомоги допомога допомога, підтримка рятування (життя) травматичний диспетчер реєструвати працівник аварійно-рятувального підрозділу парамедик (надає першу (долікарську) медичну допомогу вміння, навик машина швидкої допомоги носилки початковий оцінка, визначення біль в горлі серцевий напад виписувати (пацієнта) історія хвороби пояснювати, роз'яснювати скарга гострий ушкодження, відмова в роботі, збій запобігати загрозливий для життя погіршення

2. Read and translate the text. Emergency Medical System

If you get very sick or badly hurt and need help right away, you should use emergency medical services. It is a network of services coordinated to provide aid and medical assistance from primary response to definitive care, involving personnel trained in the rescue, stabilization, transportation, and advanced treatment of traumatic or medical emergencies.

Subsequent stages include the emergency medical dispatch, first medical responder, ambulance personnel, medium and heavy rescue equipment, and paramedic units, if necessary. In the hospital, service is provided by emergency department nurses, emergency department physicians, specialists, and critical care nurses and physicians.

The emergency medical dispatchers take important details about the patient's condition and the exact location, logging them onto a computer system. They decide on the type of response needed and, if appropriate, dispatch the nearest ambulance.

A medical first responder is the first medically trained person who comes into contact with a patient. He has more skills than someone who is trained in basic first aid but he is not a substitute for advanced medical care.

Each ambulance is furnished with a full medical kit, including the appropriate medical equipment and medication, plus a stretcher. Skilled medical practitioners work in teams of two per ambulance and provide quality care based on their training.

EMS rescue technicians provide both technical and medical care on the scene of road traffic accidents, natural disasters and building collapses. Victims may be trapped and need to be reached and stabilized as soon as possible, in order to prevent them from further injuries or even to save their lives. Each rescue vehicle is fully kitted with power tools and hiking equipment.

A paramedic is a medical professional who provides medical care at an advanced life support level in the prehospital environment. This includes an initial assessment, a diagnosis and a treatment plan to manage the patient's particular health crisis.

Emergency nurses quickly recognize life-threatening problems and are trained to help solve them on the spot. As an emergency nurse, you’ll treat a variety of conditions from sore throats to heart attacks for patients of all ages and backgrounds.

The emergency physician’s role is to assess; treat, admit, or discharge any patient that seeks medical attention at any time of day or night. It is his job to take a full history, perform a physical exam, and obtain the tests that will elucidate the cause of the patient’s complaint. He is able to handle not only traumas, but also almost every other imaginable acute and non-acute problem.

Critical care nurses make sure all critically ill patients get optimal care for their illnesses and injuries. To do that, they use their specialized skills as well as their in-depth knowledge of the human body and the latest technology in the field. As a critical care nurse, you can specialize in treating adults, children, or babies.

Critical care services are defined as a physician's direct delivery of medical care for a critically ill or critically injured patient. It involves decision making of high complexity to assess, manipulate, and support vital organ system failure and/or to prevent further life threatening deterioration of the patient's condition.

Answer the following questions.

1.What are emergency medical services?

2. What does emergency medical service consist of?

3. What are duties of an emergency medical dispatcher?

4. Is a medical first responder a substitute for advanced medical care?

5. Each ambulance is furnished with a full medical kit, isn’t it?

6. Does a paramedic provide medical care in the prehospital environment?

7. What is the emergency physician’s role?

8. Is a trained emergency physician able to handle only traumas?

9. What do critical care nurses use to make sure all critically ill patients get optimal care for their illnesses and injuries?