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The hospital team
Scrub up
1 Work with a partner to match each job with aperson in the picture. ___ll_ anaesthetist cardiologist consultant labtechnician midwife paediatrician paramedic pharmacist physiotherapist porter radiologist receptionist scrub nurse surgeon 2 Match each phonetic spelling to one ofthe jobs.
Try to say them with your partner.
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Listen and repeat. How is stress marked inphoneticspelling?
Listening
1
An admission
1 ~ Mrs Bensonis admitted to hospital. Listen to the five short conversations, and decide who is speaking to her in each one.Write 1-5.
a a receptionist b a consultant
d asister
e a radiologist c a paramedic
2 ~ Listen again and decide if these sentences are true (T)or false (F).
1 Mrs Benson has had a fall. __
2 This is notMrsBenson's first x-ray. __
3 Mrs Benson can't find the toilet.__ 4 She has a heart problem.__ 5 The consultant sends her home.__
6 Mrs Benson's appointment is next week.__
Vocabulary
Verbs for describingjobs
Complete these descriptions of jobs with the verbs below, and match each one with a job from
Scrub up.
moves gives supports delivers performs examines Heats specializes prepares takesIn this unit • hospitaljobs
• describingwhat peopleina hospital do • describing routines and current activities • the nursing profession
1 A paediatrician
treats
children.2 A attends births and _
babies.
6 A surgeons inthe
operating theatre.
7 A medicines to giveto
3 A in illnesses of the heart
and blood vessels.
4 A equipment, furniture,
patients, etc. around the hospitaL
medical staff or patients.
8 A responds to emergencies and ____ firstaid.
5 A x-rays and other images.
9 A operations.
10 A samples and tissues
6 Unit 1
Listening Z
Ajob interview
1
Before you listen,answer the questions.• How doyoufeelabout interviews? Areyou good at them?
• When wasyour last interview? What wasit for? Howdid itgo?
2
~
ListentoRachelhaving a jobinterview, and answer the questions.1 Where is Rachelworking now?
2 Whichpart of the hospital doesshework in? 3 Why is she looking for a newjob?
J
~
Complete the sentences using the words below. Thenlisten again and check.applying for lectures night shift fully-qualified part-time rewarding
1 Areyou a scrub nurse?
2 At the moment I'm doing a course and working atthe same time.
3 It's hard,especially when I'm working a _
and going to next day.
4 ...it's the contact with the patients that's most
5 Whyare you anewjob?
• Language spot
Present Simple v Present Continuous
• We use the Present Simpletotalk about routines, duties, and things that happen allthe time.
Iprepare t
he ins
tr
ume
nt
s
fo
r sur
ger
y and
help wit
h
the operat
i
o
n
s
.
A midwife delivers babies
.
Look at the listening script of Rachel's interview on p.125,and underline all examples of the Present Simple.
• We use the Present Continuous to talk about things we are doing at the moment, orthings that are happening now.
At the mom
en
t I'm do
i
ng
a part
-t
ime course
.
Lookatthe listening script of Rachel'sinterview, and circle all examples of the Present Continuous.• We can use certain verbs in the Present Simple (for example
li
ke
)
with an-
inq
form.I like watching ope
ra
t
ions
.
• Some verbs,such as
like
,
wan
t
,
know
,
etc.,are not used inthe Present Continuous.I like
my work a
t t
he momen
t
!
NOT['1'i'l likil'l~ 1'I'l}'wsrk 6lt tRc 1'i'lSI'I'ICl'lt!
• ThePresent Continuous is also used to talk about future schedules (see Unit 14).
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m working niqhts next w
eek
e
n
d.
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[email protected] Subj.et Hello!Hi Ivana
IWI#e/'m writIng1tosaythank youforthe birthday card, and to tell youhow Igeton/'m getting on2•Thecourseis hardwork,but I'menjoying /enjoy3itso far.We usuallyhave / are having4c1assesevery morning, but this weekI'm working / work'in Geriatricsallday.It'sinteresting, although ofcourse Iwant/'m wanting6to work as ascrub nurse.
Onthe geriatric ward I'mmaking / make'beds andchecking
/check"patients'bloodpressure andtemperature. I'm
learning/ learrra lot,and the experienceisveryuseful. I 'mgoing out/go out" most Saturday nights,butstay in and study on other days.Tomorrow Igo r rn going11toa restaurant for mybirthday! Imake/'m makinq"alot of friends,but Iwishyou were heretoo.Write to me! love
Maria Carmen
Z
Choose three jobs from Scrub up.Write a sentence to describe what the person does,and a sentence to describe what the person is doing inthe picture on p.4and p. 5. Then read your sentences to your partner. They must name the job.EXAMPLE
A He moves patients from onepart of the hospital to another. In the picture, he's pushing a trolley. B Is it a porter?
A Yes.
Speaking
Work in pairs. Take turns to choose one of the sentence heads in the box for your partner totalk about. Ask questions to make them talk as much as possible, and note down the main information. Keep going until you have both used allthe sentence heads.
EXAMPLE
A One day, I hope to work inanother country. B Really? Where?
A Maybe Australia.
B Why do you want to work in Australia?
A It's an interesting place and nurse's pay isnot bad! B Howmuch ...
I'm interested in ... I've worked ...
I'd like to work ...
One a,d Y Ihopet 0 ... Inmyfreetime,I ...
At the moment, ... I really enjoy...
I'm studying ... I really don't like...
I'm very... I'm good at. ..
Iwant to be a nurse because ... Nextyear,I ...
Writing
Profile of a student
nurse
1 Read this profile of a student nurse. Do you have anything in common with her?
Rossitza Bontcheva is nineteen years old.She's studying for a diploma in nursing atVazovNursing College.She has exams next month, so at the moment she's studying hard. She wants tobe anurse because she likes working with people and she's interested in science, but she really doesn't likedoing paperwork She'd like to be a paediatric nurse because she really enjoys working with children. She'sworked on a children's ward for three months as awork placement. One day, she hopes towork inachildren's hospital in India,which she saw on television.
She's good at talking to people and making them feel comfortable, and she's very organized. In her free time she plays the guitar, and goes out dancing most weekends.
Z Write a text about your partner, using the information you got in Speaking.
8 Unit 1
modern nursing. Shedramatically improved conditions forsoldiers in field hospitals, and educated people about the importance ofhygiene.Shesaved thousands of lives and becameveryfamous.She laterstarted her own training college for nurses, and wrote many books on nursing.
Reading
1
Read the article and decide ifthese sentences are true (T)or false (F).1 The more responsibility youhave,the higher
your grade. _
2 Nursing officersare the same as auxiliary nurses. 3 Students arepaid lessthan auxiliary nurses. _ 4 A charge nurse isaman. _
5 There arenot many opportunities forBritish nurses to specialize. _
6 Many nurses say that the job is rewarding, but the pay islow. __
2 Number these jobs from the highest grade (1)to the lowest (4).Two ofthem are equaL
a charge nurse ___ b nursing officer___ c auxiliary nurse ___ d sister___
e staff nurse___
One hundred and fiftyyearsago,nurses wereunpaid, untrained, and unpopular, but then Florence Nightingale made nursing into a profession. The methods sheintroduced in the 1850swerecopied all overthe world, and nownursing isa career with athree- or[our-year training, qualifications, grades, unions, and pensIOns.
In Britain, every nurse isonagradc. The grade depends onexperience and skills, and each grade hasdifferent
responsibilities and pay.On thebottom grades arcunqualified auxiliary nurses who do theroutine work on hospital
wards. On thetopgrades are nursing officers,who are usually administrators. Auxiliary nursesareonthebottom grades, but student nurses gct thelowcst pay.However, students don't stayat the bottom ofthepayscale forever.When they qualify,theystan working ona middle grade. Asthey gctexperience, theycangetpromotion andmove upthe ranks to become staff nurse, then sister /charg« nurseifaman), and perhaps eventually nursing ollicer,
Many nursesworkshifts,and often they work overtime to earn more money.After basictraining, many nurseschooseto do
further study and become specialists. Nurses canspecializein many different fields there arctriagenursesworkingin Casualty, and psychiatric nurses whotreat the mentally ill.There arehealth visitors who visitpatients intheir ownhomes, practice nurses workingin CPs' surgeries, and midwives who deliver babies. Many of them say theydo notget enough payand respect for the work they do. They saythat thework isphysically and mentally hard, that theyworklonghours andgetverytired. But theyalsosaythat therearemany great rewards which have nothing to do with money.
Checklist
Assess your progress in this unit. Tick (v) the statements which are true.
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Find words in the article with these meanings. 1 exams and courses that you have takenq
2 money that you will receive when you are old p
3 similar work that you have done before e
4 special abilities s
5 levels of pay
p s
6 extra hours you can work to earn more money 0
7 study and practice to learnhowto do ajob
b t
8 more advanced learning
f s
I can name and describe hospital jobs I can talk about duties and regular activities I can describe what is happeningatthe moment with these meanings.
Ican understand an article about nursing Ican talk about my work and training
Keywords
Work and training apply for a job fully-qualified lecture night shift part-time promotion qualifications rank responsibility rewarding specializeProject
Jobs auxiliary nurse consultant nursing officer physiothera pist 1 Go online and try to find the answers to the questions.1 What is the NHS?
2 What's the starting salary for a qualified nurse in the UK?
3 How much annual leave does a grade B nurse get? 4 How many hours a week does a nurse work? 5 What English language exam do you need to pass to
work in the UK?
6 What grades can astaff nurse be?
7 What is the salary range for a staff nurse in the UK? 8 Search the word 'nursing' at the bookstore
www.amazon.co.uk. What's the first book that comes up?
Lookback through this unit. Find five more words orexpressions that youthink are useful.
2
Find a site that advertises nursing jobs.Find a job that would interest you in the future and find these details ifpossible. • jobtitle grade location duties salary and benefitsqualifications and experience how to apply
dosing date for applications
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In the next class,compare your answers.10 Unit 2
Scrub up
Workwith a partner.
Lookat these p
i
eces of
equipment
.
Doyou know,
or can you guess,
what they
are for?
EXAMPLE
A
I think this one
isfor measuring a patient's heart rate.
B Ormaybe it
'
sfor monitoring brain activity
Vocabulary
Hospital department
s
1
Which of the departments shown opposite
1dispenses medicines
?
_
e
_
2
treats
ki
dney diseases?
__
3specializes
i
n pregnancy and birth?
4
studies illnesses and analyses samples?
__
5
treats diseases of the skin?
__
6performs operations on patients?
__
7designs specia
l
exercises for patients?
8studies blood disorders?
9
t
reats bones?
__
10
specializes in the heart? __
11deals with sick children? __
12
treats disorders of the nervous system?
Z
Match each department to one of the pieces of
equipment in Scrub up
.
In
this
unit•
describing what different hospital departments do
•
givingdirections in a hospital
•
prepositions of place a nd of movement
•
describing where things are
Pronunciation
1
Complete the
sentences
with the prepositions below.
Wh
er
e is th
e
str
e
ss?
at
by
in
next to
on
outside
over
under
1
The toilets are
the ground floor,
1
Match each of the words below
to a stress pattern.
reception.
1
Cardiology
2I always keep a pen
my pocket.
2
Pharmacy
3Press the button
your bed
if you need
3
Gynaecology
the nurse.
a
••••••
4
I'llput your bag
your bed,
out of
4
Neurology
the way.
5
Obstetrics
b
••••
5The restaurant's
the
top ofthe building,
6 Orthopaedics
c•••
so take the lift!
7
Paediatrics
d
•••••
6 Reception is
the main entrance,
e
••••
the left.
8
Pathology
7Seethat door over there? The
car park is just
9
Dermato
l
ogy
f
••••
10
Physiotherapy
g
•••
8He's
Ward
3,the end of this
11
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corridor.
12
Surgery
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(j;) Listen and check,then listen again and repeat.
)
Work
in
small groups.
Tellthe group what department
you would like to work in.
Which ones would you not
like to work in?
• Language spot
Pr
epositions of place an
d movement
,
Todescribe the place where
something is,we use
prepositions such as in
,
on
,
on top of, at the top
/
bottom
of, inside / outside
,
near
,
next to
,
by,infront of, behind
,
opposite
, u
nde
r
,
over
,
at
,
on th
e
le
ft /
right.
The shop
'
s near the entrance
,
on the right of reception.
The to
i
lets are at the bottom of the stairs
,
on
the
left.
Totalk about movement,
we use preposi
t
io
n
s such as
u
p,
down
,
into
,
out of, away.from
,
to
,
through,
across
,
oloriq
.
past, back to, around
.
left
/
right.
Gothrough the swing doors
,
turn left along the
corridor
,
and the coffee bar
'
sinfront ofyou
.
,
Prepositions of movement are used with verbs of
movement such as
go
,
come
,
take
,
push
,
carry
.
Canyou take thesefiles back to the office,please?
Toget from here
to surgery,you have to wheel the
trolley
through three wards
.
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p.
11
6
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Underline the correct prepositions in these sentences.
1Walk through
/
near reception,
and take the lift to
/
at / in the third floor.
2
Goarou
n
d / along / past this corridor,
and it's the
third
door on / at the left.
3
Ifyou gopast / through /
b
ehind the swing doors,
you'll see the waiting room
.
4
The toilet
s
are at the bottom of
/
over
t
h
e sta
irs.
5Physiotherapy is infront of
/opposite
th
i
s
department,
so just go across/
out of the
co
rr
i
dor.
6 Go
pa
st
/
down the
restaurant,
take the s
t
airs up
t
o
/
along / on the second floor,
and the ward is out
of
/
opposite the lift.
)
Choosefive prepositions,
and write five sent
e
nces
with
them about
t
he building you are in now.
EXAMPLE
Cardiology
ison
thefirst floor, next to Neurology
Speaking
Work in pairs.
S
tu
dent
Ago to p.14.Student
Bgo to
p.112.
12 Unit 2
Listening 1
Directio
ns
1
(j;)
Listen
to these people giving directions
.
Lookat the
picture on p.4
and p
.
5 at
the same
time
.
Match each
dialogue with a picture
.
1 _ 2 3
Z
(j;)
Li
sten again.
Where
is
the
person giving
directio
n
s to?
1 2 3
)
(j;) Try to fill
i
n the m
is
sing words
. T
hen li
s
ten again
to check.
1
out of here and the door
you want is
just opposite.
2
Soit's
outside
_
3 Go
the
hospital
these
swing door
s.
4
_____
the first right,
and
it's the se
c
ond door
4
Work in pairs.
Study the picture on p.4
and
p.5
f
or
one
minute
,
then Student Bcloses the book. Studen
t
A asks
for directions
from reception
,
and Btr
i
e
s
to g
i
vet
h
em
from memory
.
EXAMPLE
A How do
you qetfrom Phys
i
otherapy
toS
urg
e
ry?
B
Yougo along the corr
i
dor,
and
.
.
.
Writing
Giving directions via email
1
Usethe map and complete the spa
c
es
in the emaiL
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Dear MrKeane
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station to the CityHospital RenalUnit.
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___ 1andwalk along Station Streetfor about 100
metres. Go 2the road to the number 45 bus
stop.Take the bustothe hospital. Get off thebus opposite thehospital. Walk 3ByronAvenue
andtakethe 4left.The door to the Renal Unitis
on your 5.TheRenalUnitis 6to the
hospital research library. Regards Alicia Marcos 45 BUSSTOP
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take the
second left and go
along that
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Write an email giving a friend directions
to where yo
u
It's
my
job
1
B
e
f
oreyou re
a
d
,
m
ak
e
a
list
with a
p
a
rtner o
f
the
t
hings
y
ou think a hosp
i
tal porte
r
do
e
s
.
Read about William
O
'
Neill
.
Does he mention any of the same things as
yo
u
?
William O'Neill
I'm the Head Porter in this hosp
i
tal. What do I do? Well
,
I run the place
.
Porters do more than just push food trolleys around the
hospital. Wetransport patients by wheelchair or
stretcher from the wards to Radiologyor Physiotherapy
and back again
.
Weremove dead bod
i
es to the
mortuary
,
we l
i
ft and carry heavy equipment and
furn
i
ture
,
and we dispose of all the waste
.
Each
hospita
l
bed produces 4
.
5kilos of waste every day
.
We
collect it each day and take it away for
r
ecycling
.
We deliver the post all over the hospital and bring
letters for pat
i
e
n
ts
-
tha
t'
s a ver
y i
mport
a
ntthing
.
As
w
e m
ov
e a
ro
un
d
the
pl
ace, we
t
ake files, s
ample
s
,
and
sp
e
c
i
men
s from here to
t
here and back
a
g
ain
.
L
a
stye
ar
Iw
a
l
ke
d 1
,
800
ki
lo
me
tr
es!
Todo all these things a port
er
must be fit, be able to think
cle
a
rly in an emergenc
y,
a
nd
be polite and f
ri
endly
.
Ne
xt tim
e you are waiting
for
a
porter to answe
r
your
cal
l.p
lease be patient
.
He
wi
ll
be with you as soon as
he can
.
Z
Decide
i
f t
hese sentence
s a
r
e
t
rue
(T)or false
(
F)
.
1 Porters
on
l
y pu
s
h
f
oo
d trolleys a
round
.
__
2 The
y
m
ove pat
i
ents
a
ro
und the
ho
s
p
ital. _
_
3
P
o
rt
ers take d
ea
d pat
ient
s from
t
h
e
wa
r
d
s
. __
4 E
a
ch w
a
rd makes 4.5
ki
los of w
a
s
t
e a day
.
__
5 T
he p
o
r
ters destroy
all t
h
e
w
as
t
e
.
__
6 Po
r
te
r
s
g
iv
e
t
he
p
at
ient
s
thei
r
ma
i
l.
__
)
T
ry
t
o remem
be
r
t
he
v
er
b
s
i
n the t
e
xt a
bo
u
t
Willi
am
O
'
N
e
ill and
c
omp
le
t
e t
h
e
se
s
ente
nces
.
1 We
tp
a
t
i
ent
s b
y
wheelchairor
s
t
re
tcher
...
2 We
l
an
d
c
heavy
eq
uipment
...
3
...
a
n
d
we d
of all
t
h
e w
a
ste
.
4
We c
i
t e
a
ch d
a
y
a
nd
tit
away for
r
ecycling
.
5 E
a
ch hospital bed
p
4
.
5ki
l
os of waste
ev
e
ryda
y
.
6 We d
the po
s
t...
and
b
_
l
e
tters for pat
i
e
n
t
s
...
4
Now
r
ead the text again and ch
e
ck your answers
.
Listening
2
The porter
'
s
office
(i;l Li
ste
n
t
o W
illi
am
O
'
Ne
ill
a
nsw
er
i
ng
t
eleph
one c
a
lls
and directing o
p
erations
.
Comp
l
ete these
n
ot
es th
a
t h
e
makes of
t
he phone ca
ll
s
.
The- 'Pt{·f-!.tol0tjlj It{b wt{I'1.+S
'
t{l'1.d
2T t{Ke-
3+0 +k.e- wt{s+e- bil'1.s. The-lj
t{re- ou+side-
4J1'1.e-t{r+k.e-____ 5
01'1.+k.e-
614 Unit 2
JedrzejJaxa-Rozenfrom Poland hasdesigned aflying wheelchair.
Speaking
Studen
t
A
(
Sp
e
a
ki
n
g p.11)
Describeyour picture
,
and listen
to
stud
e
nt Bd
e
s
c
ri
b
ethe
i
r pi
ct
ure.
Without lookingat each other
'
s pic
t
ures
,
find t
e
n
d
i
f
ferencesbetween
t
hem
.
Reading
Wheelchairs
1
Readthe art
i
cle on
p.
lSq
ui
c
k
ly.Tickthe things that are
mention
e
d
.
1 0 comp
ut
e
r
prog
r
a
m
s
2 0 hosp
i
tals
3 0 problems gett
i
ng a
r
o
u
nd buildings
4 0 spo
r
t
S 0
w
hat wheelcha
i
rs ar
e
made of
6 0 children
7 0 histor
y
o
f
wheelchairs
8 0 high-
s
peed wheelch
a
irs
:2
Readthe t
e
xt again and
a
nswer the qu
e
stions
.
What m
a
terial w
a
s th
e
fi
rst wheelch
ai
r
m
ade of?
2 What
a
re modern whe
elc
hairs mad
e
of
?
3 What di
f
ferencedoe
s a
n e
l
ect
r
iceng
i
ne make?
4
Apart from your arm
s,w
hat can you u
s
e to co
nt
rol a
wheelc
h
a
i
r
?
S What three things can an iBO
T
do th
a
t
a
n ordin
a
ry
wheelchair can
'
t?
)
Fi
n
d
words in the text w
i
th these mean
i
ngs.
1
the pl
a
ce you put you
r
arms
_
2 orders
_
3
n
otdi
s
ab
l
ed
_
4 moved by
t
he user
'
s own power
_
S how ea
s
y i
t
is to mov
e aro
u
n
d
_
Modern wheelchairs are a big improvement onthe firstwheelchairs, which were just wheelbarrows like theones we use in the garden. ProfessorStephen Hawking'swheelchair, for example,is a vehicle, an office, and a domesticservant,all inone.
The first real wheelchair was owned byKing Philip ofSpainin the sixteenth century.Ithadthe latest
technology - removable arm restsand leg rests- andwasmadeof wood. Modern wheelchairs aremadefrom thesame strong, light metal as aircraft, and electric enginesmeanthat users don't needto use their armsor havesomeone to push.
Wheelchair design madea big jumpforward with theinvention ofa computer program that respondstovoicecommands. Foruserswho cannot speak,computer technology also makesitpossible to
manoeuvre amachineby small movements ofthe head, hand, tongue, and breath.
Some things thatable-bodied people do without thinking can bea major problemfordisabledpeople, for example climbing stairs, entering and leaving buildings, andusingtoilets.Awheelchair caneither help or makethe problems worse. Sobefore choosing awheelchair therearemanyquestions youhave to ask:Will thewheelchair beself propelled ormanual? Which ismore important, manoeuvrability orstability? Howdoyougetin and outof it7 TheiBOTclaims tosolvemanyofthe problems of standardwheelchairs. Itis ahighlyadvanced, all-purpose wheelchairthat can travelupstairs, raise the userto reachhighshelves, and balance on two wheels in the shower.Itisgreat funtouse,but beware theprice- theiBOTcosts as muchasaluxurycar.
Checklist
Assess your progress in this unit. Tick
(11')
the ~~emen~whkharetru~I can namethe main departments in a hospital
Ican describe what departments do I can understand and give directions I can describe where things are I can understand an article about wheelchairs
Keywords
Parts of a hospital corridor floor lift mortuary reception ward Nouns disorder nervous system sample specimen stretcher waste Verbs dispense disposeof Adjective disabledLook back through this unit. Find five more words or expressions that you think are useful.
16 Unit 3
3
Hospital admissions
Scrub up
1
Work in pairs
.
These pat
ie
nt
s
have a
rri
ved
i
n ho
s
p
i
ta
l
and a
r
e wait
i
ng
i
n
r
ecep
ti
on
.
Di
s
cus
s
why you think
eac
h
one is there
.
2
(j;)
L
iste
n t
o
the
p
atie
n
t
s
de
s
cr
ib
e
t
h
e
ir
p
ro
blem
,
and
dec
i
de w
hich one is
speaking.
1
2
3
4
_
5
)
Dec
i
de t
he
order.I-S,in which th
e
pa
ti
en
t
s
should be
seen
.
Vocabulary
The admissions procedur
e
1
Co
m
p
l
ete the sentences w
it
h the wo
r
ds
be
low
.
a triage nurs
e
an init
i
al
as
se
ssm
en
t
life
-t
hreat
e
n
in
g
registrat
i
o
n
treat
m
e
nt
a pr
i
or
i
t
y
w
a
it
i
ng
ro
om
cubicle
HOSPITAL
WAITING
AR.EA
I/
/ 1Take a se
at
i
n
t
he
_
2
T
he fir
s
t nurse you meet will
b
e a
s
p
eci
a
l
ist called
3
T
his n
urse
will make
of your problem
.
4
T
his helps decide who is
_
5 A pati
e
nt wi
t
h a
condit
i
o
n
w
ill
see
a
doctor immed
i
ately
.
6 A nurse will get personal detail
s
f
rom you and fill in
a hospi
t
al
fo
rm.
7 When there
is
a free
a doctor will see
you.
8
T
he doctor will dec
ide
on
t
he
_
2
Have you ever been adm
i
tted to
h
osp
i
ta
l?
Doyo
u
have
any s
t
ories of unu
s
ual hosp
i
ta
l
a
dm
is
s
ions? De
s
cribe
exactly wha
t
happened
.
It's
my
job
1
Workin pairs
.
Discuss the quest
i
on
.
Wh
a
t are
t
he ma
i
n respon
s
ib
i
li
t
ies of a hospital
reception
i
st?
Z
Read about Carmen and answer the que
s
tion
s
.
1What qualities does Carmen need in her job?
2 How do medical staff
c
ause Carmen problems?
3 What does she know about medicine?
Carmen Dornan
I'm a hospital receptionist
.
I
fyo
u n
ee
d t
o fi
nd
somebody
,
or if you need
to kno
w anythin
g
about the
hospit
a
l
-
a
s
k me
.
Ifyou want new
p
ap
e
r
t
owels
,
o
r
yo
u
need to
s
p
e
ak to a surgeon - a
s
k me
.
I
o
ft
e
n meet peop
l
e when they
a
re fr
i
ght
e
ned
,
angry
,
or
drunk
,
so it's important to b
e
d
i
pl
o
matic and strong
.
I
often need to reassure p
eo
ple
,
s
o it's important to be
calm
.
My normal wo
r
k is to greet and assist patients when
they arr
i
ve
,
make appointm
e
nts for
p
at
i
en
t
s
,
re
c
ord
patients
'
information
,
and organ
i
ze and file pat
i
en
t
r
ecords
.
I also keep the accounts
.
Youneed to be very
organized to do this job.
Ofcour
s
e
,
Ihave to operate a computer
,
a fax machine
,
and other office equipment
,
but I also have to know
first a
i
d
,
and understand medical term
i
nology and
abbreviat
i
ons
.
My biggest problems are wi
t
h the
handwrit
i
ng of medical s
t
aff.
Itwastes a lot of t
i
me when I don
'
t
understa
n
d reports and forms
because of handwriting or
abbreviations
.
I believe that without me
and
t
he other
r
eception
i
sts
the whole hospital would
come to a stop
.
In this unit
•
describing the hospital admission procedure
•
describing what happened
•
Past Simplev Past Continuous
•
fill
i
ng
i
n a patient recordcard
.
writinga
summaryofa patient
Vocabulary
Patient
rec
ord
1
Which Scrub up pa
t
ient is recorded on this form?
PATIENT RECORD
Surname Grady First name Jim
DOB 2.3.50 Gender M
F
~
---Occupation retired
Maritalstatus widowed
~~~~~~---~~
Nextof kin son
Contact no. 07765432178
n
l
a
?mokingintake Alcohol intake Reasonfor admission Medicalhistory30 units per week snake bite high blood pressure Allergies GP none Dr Parkinson, Central Surgery
Z
Find wo
rd
s and abbreviations
i
n the pat
i
ent re
c
or
d
with the
s
e meaning
s.
job
occu
p
ation
2 bad reaction
s,
for example to
certain medi
c
ation
s
3
family doctor
4clo
s
est relative
5
the amount of something you ea
t
,
drink
,
etc
.
r
egularly
6
date of b
i
rth
7
male
/
female
8
pa
s
t illnesses and injuries
9
married / s
i
ngle
/
divor
c
ed
/
widowed
10
not applicable
(=not
a
question
f
or this patien
t)
11
in each (day,week,
etc.
)
18
Unit 3
Researchshowsthat hospital admissions increase when there isafull moon,and in the two daysfollowing a World Cup defeat.
Listening
A
patient record form
1
(;l Listen to the nurse get persona
l
det
a
ils
from
a
patient.
Asyou listen,
complete
t
he form.
PATIENT RECORD
Surname
First name
Gender
DOB
Place of birth
Occupation
Marital status
Next of kin
Contact no.
Smoking intake
Alcohol intake
Reasonfor admission
Family history
C:_'
mental illness
...
diabetes
M
F
Iturberculosis
IH
I
VIAIDS
,
/
Z
(j;)
L
isten again and complete these questions that the
nu
r
se asks
.
1 What
you?
2
date of birth?
3
you bo
rn?
4ma
rri
ed?
5smoke?
6do you smoke a
?
7allerg
ic
to
8Do a
n
y of your
fami
l
y
from any of
the
f
ollowing
...
?
Speaking
1
Student Aswork together in
p
airs.
Student Bswork
together
i
n pairs.
Youare going t
o
play the
rol
e
of a
patient admitted to hospital.
Invent the follow
in
g
details
.
• full name•
allergies
•
occupation
•
nexto
f
kin
•
family history
•
date and place of birth
•
smoking and alcohol intake
•
marital status
•
reason for admission
•
med
i
cal h
i
story
Z
Student A
-
you are
t
he nurse
.
Ask Student B,the
patient,
questions to complete the patient record
below.
)
Now change roles
.
PATIENT RECORD
Surname
First name
Gender
DOB
Place of birth
Occupation
Marita
l
status
Next of kin
Contact no.
Smoking intake
A
l
cohol intake
Reason for admission
Medical history
Family history
• Language spot
Past Simple v Past Continuous
Weuse the Past Simple to talk about things which
happened in the past
.
[felt terrible when [got home last night
[slipped on iceand hurt my knee
.
Some verbs have a regular Past Simple
,
ending in
-
ed
.
ask
-
asked
arrive-arrived
,
The Past Simple of some verbs is irregular.
go-went
come
-
came
take
-
took
Find examples of the Past Simple in the Listening
script for Scrub up on p
.
1
25
.
Wr
i
te the base form
f
or
each one
.
EXAMPLE
had (have)
When we are telling a story
,
we often use a verb in
the Past Continuous to g
i
ve a background to what
happened
.
[was riding my bike
.
A cat ran infront of me and I
fell off.
She cut herfinger when she was preparinqfood
.
Underline examples of the Past Continuous in the
Listening script for Scrub up on p.125
.
»
Goto Grammar reference p
.
117
1
Complete the sen
t
ences us
i
ng the verbs in brackets in
the Past Simple and Past Cont
i
nuous tenses
.
Dec
i
de the
order of the
v
e
r
bs fi
r
s
t
.
1 When he was workin
g
,
he broke his arm
.
(break
,
work)
__
___
a firework when
i
t
_
__
__
hi
s ha
n
d
.
(
explode
,
hold
,
burn)
___
__
ofthe car. My dad
the
__
_
_
_
my fingers
.
(ge
t
out
,
break
,
2 My so
n
and
3
door an
d
close)
4
My mum
_
__
__
i
n the bathroom
.
She
__
__
and
her head
.
(h
i
t
,
fall
,
ge
t
dressed)
5 I
to music
,
when suddenly I
_
___
_
a whistling in my ear and 1
_
deaf. (hear
,
go
,
listen)
6
I
in the park
,
and a man
m
e
and
me
.
(punch
,
chase
,
run)
were admitted tohospital because of
accidents with socks and tights.
:2
Write at l
e
ast three sentences about these people
,
inven
t
in
g
d
e
tails abou
t
wh
a
t happened to them
.
)
Descr
i
be an acciden
t
that happened
t
o you
.
What wer
e
20 Unit 3 forms is aminute spent NOT with patients. Elena Kneip Nurse
Reading
Bad handwriting
1 What do people say about your handwriting? Is it clear and easy to read?
2
As fast as you can,write down three types of medicine and three diseases. Showit to your partner. Can theyread what you have written? Have youmade any
mistakes?
~ Read the article and decide ifthese sentences are true (T)or false (F).
1 Nurses study doctors'handwriting at school. 2 Doctors generally write numbers more carefully
than words. __
3 Methimazole and Metolazone are usedfor different
conditions. __
4 Ramachandra Kolluru is a pharmacist. __
There isan old joke thatdoctors go to school to learn how to write badly, and
nurses go to school tolearn howto read
doctors' handwriting. There is truth inthe
joke-computer analysis of the
handwriting of medical staffshows thai
doctors' writing isalot worse than thatof
nurses and administrative staff.Mayhe it's
because doctors are alwaysunder
pressure of time that theywritevery fast.
The habit starts when they aremedical students and gets worse astime passes.
Computer analysis shows that generally,medical staffare careful withnumbers. However,theytend toformletters of the
alphabet badly.When drug names lookverysimilar, bad
handwriting can mean patients get the wrong medicine, A
young girl nearlydied when she wasgiven Methimazole instead of Metolazone (one is forhigh blood pressure and the other is
forthyroid problems). Andin1999,an American cardiologist. Ramachandra Kolluru,wrote a prescription sobadly that the pharmacist gave apatient thewrong medicine. This timethe
patient did die and a court fined thedoctor 225,000USdollars.
.
..
Recently. researchers studied 50 patient progress notes. They
found that they could not read 16Q"of thewords.The misunderstandings that thiscauses can mean that a patient is given thewrong blood, or that a surgeon amputates thewrong limb.Fatalerrors. ofcourse. make news. butstudies show that
every yearhundreds of thousands of mistakes are made in hospitals around theworld, and alot of them are because of
5 Researchers could understand 84% of doctors'notes. 6 Many hospitals use abbreviations in order toavoid
mistakes. __
7 AtCharing Cross hospital, staff carry computers
around. __
4
Find wordsin the article to match these definitions.1 non-medical people who work in hospital offices
2 written instructions on what drugto giveapatient
3 made somebody pay money as apunishment
4 to cut off part of the body 5 an arm or leg
6 mistakes that result in death
bad handwriting or abbreviations which nobody understands.
Bad handwriting also causes delays,which are expensive and wasteful. There aremany technulogical solutions forthe problem, and though digital technology can't improve handwriting, it can improve the situation. AtLondon's Charing Cross hospital, for example, patients wearbar codes (the same asin a supermarket)
ontheir wrists orankles. Staff usethe
barcodes along with hand-held
computers to get accurate. clear,and
Checklist
Assessyour progress in this unit. Tick(V')
the
statements which are true.
Ican describe the admissions procedure
Ican understand and complete patient
records
Writing
Patient summary
1
Readthis summary about Mustapha Hussein, the
patient
in
Listening1.Find three mistakes in it
.
Ican ask somebodyfortheir personal details
Ican describe events inthe past
Ican understand an article about
handwriting
Mustapha Hussein was admitted with possible
concussion after falling from a ladder and hitting his
head.
Mr Hussein was born in 1982.He is divorced, and
works as a painter. His next of kin is his brother,
Yusuf.
He can be contacted on 07709
-
401229.Mr Hussein
smokes 40 cigarettes a day
.
He does not drink alcohol.
He is not al
l
ergic to anything
.
There
is a family history
of diabetes on his father's side.
Keywords
Adjectives
allergic
fatal
Surname
Behr
Firstname
Sarah
Nouns
accounts
appointmentcubicle
first aid
initial assessment
life-threatening condition
limb
prescription
priority
progress notes
registration
treatment
triage nurse
2
Write a similar summary about Sarah Behr using the
i
nformation on the patient record below
.
PATIENT RECORD
DOB
2
/
1
/
84
Gender
~
F
Occup
_
a
_
ti
_
o
_
n
te
__
a
_
c
_
h
_
e
_
r
_
Maritalstatus
married
Nextof kin
father Ian
Contactno
.
0
1
792-793456
Smokingintake
n
l
a
Lookbackthrough this unit.
Findfivemore
words or expressionsthat you think are useful.
Alcoholintake
10 units p
e
r week
Reasonforadmiss
i
on
suspected fractured
arm
Familyhistory
heart d
i
sease
(father's side)
Hospital admissions 21
Checklist
Assessyour progressin this unit. Tick(v) the statements which are true.
Ican describe the admissions procedure Ican understand and complete patient
records
Writing
Patient summary
1
Read this summary about Mustapha Hussein, the patient in Listening1.Find three mistakes in it.Ican asksomebodyfortheir personal details
Ican describe events in the past Ican understand an article about handwriting
Mustapha Hussein was admitted with possible concussion after falling from a ladder and hitting his
head. MrHussein was born in 1982.Heis divorced, and works asa painter. His next ofkinishisbrother, Yusuf. He can becontacted on 07709-401229. Mr Hussein smokes 40 cigarettes aday.He does not drink alcohoL He is not allergic to anything. There is afamily history of diabetes on his father's side.
Keywords
Adjectives
allergic
fatal
Surname
Behr
Firstname
Sarah
Nouns accounts appointment cubicle first aid initial assessment
life-threatening condition
limb prescription priority progress notes registration treatment triage nurse
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words or expressions that youthink are useful.
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Alcoholintake
10 units per week
Reason
foradmission
suspected fractured
arm
Famil
y
history
heart disease
(
father's side
)
4
Accidents and emergencies
Scrub up
Youare
in a light aircraft when it crashes
into the
jungle.
Yourradio is broken
so you can't callfor help.
Thereare
two ofyou and you must get
ready to walk
100kilometres to safety.Youalready have clothes,food,
and water.
You
can take only ten more
things with you - five
from
each
list.
Discusswhat to
take with
your
partner and explain your
reasons
.
Medical
bandages
a scalpel
a snake bite
kit
Morphine
Aspirin
disposable gloves
a
thermometer
tweezers
a
first
aid manual
hypodermic needles
adhesivetape
General
a torch
a box
of
matches
soap
a mirror
a
compass
a
knife
scissors
fishhooks
large plastic bags
a
cookingpot
a mosquito
net
Vocabulary
First aid
1
Workin pairs.Discussthe questions.
Haveyou ever
experienced
a patient with
blisters?
third degree bums?
severebleeding?
How should you
treat them?
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Completeeach sentence
with
a
word from the box
.
apply
keep
squeeze
checkfor
make
sure
sterilize
immerse
puncture
swab
immobilize
remove
treat
1
a clean,sharp
needle
with alcohoL
2
there
is no glass
or
other foreign body
in the wound.
3
Usethe needle
to
the
blister.
4
Don't
bumt
clothing.
5 6 7
_____
a
main
artery
ifnecessary
.
_____
the injured
person
lying down.
__
___
the injured body
part once the bleeding
has stopped.
8
the person for
shock
9
Don't
severe large bums in coldwater.
10
signs of circulation.
11
with Iodine
or rubbing
alcohoL
12
antibiotic
ointment
and coverwith
a
bandage.
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Compareyour answers
with
a partner.
Working
together,
decide which ofthe
above instructions
belong with each ofthese conditions.
a
blisters
b
third degree bums
c bleeding
Accidents and emergencies 23
• Language spot
Instructions
Totell somebody what to do,youcan use the Imperative.
Ch
ec
k
fo
r s
i
gns of circu
lat
i
o
n.
Apply th
e
pads
tohis che
st.
Totell somebody what not to do,add
Don
'
t
...
Don'tr
e
move burn
t clot
hing.
To emphasize what is important, you can use
Make su
r
e
...
Make sure the wound
isclea
n.
M
ake s
ur
e yo
u
do
n'
t
t
o
u
ch hi
s
body.
When asking forinstructions, you can use the Present Simple,
hav
e
t
o
,
shall
,
andshould
.
What do
Ido now?
DoI
have to immobilize h
is le
g?
Shall
Itake of! the
dre
ssi
n
g no
w?
Wh
at d
o
sage should
Igive h
i
m?
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Goto Grammar reference p.1l71 Match the beginnings and endings ofthe sentences.
1 Check that ~ a Icount up to between breaths?
2 Make sure you b Igive her?
3 Whatdo c have to applythe pads?
4 Don'tlet d the patient isbreathing.
S ShouldI e the patient try tostand up.
6 Shall Ibandage f put the burnt area under
running water?
g the patient's pulse again.
h tie the bandage too tight! the wound now?
7 Don't
8 What dosage shall 9 Take
10 Wheredol use a sterile needle.
2
Workinpairs.Think of three emergencies a member of the public might have to dealwith.Foreach one,write three instructions to helpthem. Tellyour instructions to another pair. They must guessthe emergency.EXAMPLE
(a patient isunconscious)
D
on't m
ove the
p
erso
n.
Make
su
r
e the
y
a
r
e still b
r
eathing
.
Ke
ep the p
e
r
son wa
rm
until medical help arrives
.
Inthis unit
• talking about first aid
• understanding and giving instructions • the symptoms of shock
• describing howto dealwith an emergency
Speaking
Work in pairs.Student Alook atthis page.Student Bgo
top.Il2.
Student A
1
You areaparent. Five minutes ago a poisonous snakebit yourchild.You phone an emergency helpline.
Explain the situation to the helpline nurse, then listen
and usethese notes tofind out what to do.Note down
the instructions that you aregiven. EXAMPLE
Wha
t
s
h
a
ll
Ido wi
t
h the
w
o
und?
Should
Iput
i
t on
ice?Shou
l
d I
...
?wound -ice? bandage? childthirsty - milk OK? walkaround?
doctor?
2
You area nurse working ona telephone helpline. Listen to your caller explain the emergency, then usethese notes totellthe callerwhat to do and toanswer any questions.EXAMPLE
Make
sur
e
he g
etsf
r
esh a
ir!
O
p
e
n w
i
nd
ows and doo
r
s
,
and
...
fresh air .t.t(windows Idoors.t,carryif necessary
.t,walkX)
mouth -wash out .t(water) milk.t(alcoholX)
skin -remove clothes ifcovered in pesticide .t - wash.t (running water, soap)
eyes -wash .t(running water,IS
minutes-
,
chemicals X)