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As an emergency care provider, you treat patients who are seriously ill or injured, and you are often the highest trained professional on the scene. You must size up the scene; take appropriate steps to ensure the safety of yourself, your crew, and the patient; assess the condition of the patient; and take the appropriate corrective measures quickly and efficiently. An accurate patient assessment is one of the most important skills you will perform. With precious few minutes to waste, an accurate and thorough assessment can save your patient’s life. Remember that patient assessment begins when you receive the call from dispatch. You should begin to analyze the dispatch information as you are en route to the scene.
Resource: Principles of ALS care, AAOS
Words and phrases list:
assessment n.
/əsesmənt/ The patient assessment includes the medical history, physical examination,
laboratory test etc.
V.: assess [əˈsɛs]
syn.: evaluation /ɪˌvælyuˈeɪʃən/
size up
An accurate patient assessment one of the most important skills you will
preform.
You should preform the evaluation in more detail.
A correct assessment can save the patient's life.
Assess all details before you determin over the diagnosis.
At first you must size up the scene.
Size up the scene and report to the control room how many injured has been
found.
emergency care
provider n. A person who works for the emergency services. /e. g. Paramedics/
The victim has been resuscitated by the emergency care providers.
What is your future goals as an emergency care provider?
seriously ill, injured n.
/ˈsɪəriəsli/ The patient has such an dangerous disease which can cause the patient's death.
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| Seriously injured |
Does he seem like an seriously ill?
John has suffered a car crash and has become a seriously
injured.
Martha was seriously ill but she has recovered.
safety n.
/ˈseɪftɪ / The condition of being safe; freedom fom danger, risk or
injury
Safe [seɪf] adj
Take appropriate steps to ensure the safety of yourself,
your crew, and the patient.
If the scene isn't safe, ask help from the dispatch!
The safety is the most relevant on an dangerous scene.
crew n.
/kruː/ A group of people working together.
The ambulance crew are going to finish the work at 7.00 p.m.
The crew have assessed the patient and transported him into the hospital.
The capitain was thrown in the sea by the ship's crew.
condition n.
[kəndish′ən] The current health situation of the patient.
Assess the condition of the patient.
I can't treat this condition on the scene, because it requries advanced
equipment.
The diagnosis has considered and he has started treating the condition.
What's his condition? - He's drunk.
corrective measure col.
/kərektɪv meʒər/ To do something that prevent the condition's progression.
Take the appropriate corrective measures quickly and efficiently.
The corrective measures don't help in this situation, because the patient's
conditions are far gone.
Which corrective measure would you apply?
Preciuos few minutes
/preʃəs/ Valueable period of time.
With precious few minutes to waste, an accurate and thorough assessment
can save your patient’s life.
Don't waste precious few minutes with an seriouly injured on the scene.
In this precious few minutes we can talk to each other.
The soldiers have spent a precious few minutes with their family.
thorough adj.
/ˈθʌrə/ Very careful; attending to every details.
thoroughly adv.
Read the above text thoroughly.
The patient was examined thoroughly.
With a thorough research you can avoid making mistakes.
This study was not enough thorough.
dispatch center n.
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| Dispatch room |
center.
The dispatcher is a patient person.
The dispatch center is far away from
our town.
To lead a dispatch center is a great
challange.
en route adv.
/ɒn ˈruːt/ on or along the way.
You should begin to analyze the
dispatch information as you are en route to the scene.
I was being en route to home when I heard a strange noise.
We have been en route when the patient collapsed.
Practice
1. Fill the gapsAs an , you treat patients who are , and you are often the highest trained professional on the scene. You must the scene; take appropriate steps to ensure the of yourself, your , and the patient; assess the of the patient; and take the appropriate quickly and efficiently. An accurate patient is one of the most important skills you will perform. With few minutes to waste, an accurate and assessment can save your patient’s life. Remember that patient assessment begins when you receive the call from . You should begin to analyze the dispatch information as you are to the scene.
2. Copmlete the dialogues.
(crew, seriously ill, en route, assessing, thoroughly)
- What is the paramedic doing at first on the scene. - He is the patient's condition.
- Have you heard what happend with Thomas? Yes, I have. He has been in a hospital.
- How can I avoid making mistakes? Learn .
- I wouldn't like to work wih my new anymore - Why? - He don't help me to lift the patient.
- How many times does it take to reach the scene? We're about 5 minutes.
3. Test yourself. Cover the glossary meanings and look at word. What are the meaning? Try to create sentences with the new words.
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