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AEver
ydayoft
hey
earpeopl
ecomet
hrought
hedoor
sofA&Edepar
tment
s.
Somewal kandsomecomeons tret chers. Theymaybev i
ct i
msofr oad
traffi
cacci dent s,viol
ence, ac cident sathome, self-har mi ng, poisoni ng,
bur ns,andsoon.
B A&Ei sforpeopl ewhoar eser iousl yi njured, perhapsuncons ciousorl osi
ng
al otofbl ood. Hospi tal
susual l
ysayt hatA&Edepar tment sar eonl yf or
criticalorlife-threateningsi tuations.
CS omepeopl egot oA&Ewi thmi nori nj ur
iesl i
kespr ains, insectbi tes, cut
sand
nosebl eeds.
Theys houl dnotbet here. Usual lytheyhav et owai tal ongt imebef or e
theyar eex ami nedandsomet imesst affwillsendt hem a wa y.
D Wh enA&Edepar tment shav emul tiplecasual ti
es ,afteramaj orincident
l
ik eat raincr as h,theyhav et odeci dewhoi sapr i
orityandwhoc anwai t
.
Todot hist heyus eapr ocedur ec alledt ri
age.
E Th eys ortpat ient sintogr oups. Ther ear et hosewhoneedi mmedi at e
sur gery,thosewhoar establ ebutneedhos pit
al care, andt hos ewhoonl y
needf i
rstai d.Peopl ewhoar egoi ngt odi ear enotapr iorityformedi calcar
e.
F Nu rsingi nA&Ei sfastmov ingandi nteresting.Thehi ghl ev el ofstresscan
somet i
mesmeant hatstaf fs uf feremot i
onalpr oblems.A&Est affar ewel l
knownf ort heirdar ksenseofhumour–t heys ayi thel pst odealwi ththe
stressoft hej ob.

1.Compr
ehensi
on

Mat
cheachpar
agr
aphA–Fwi
tht
hecor
rectheadi
ng1–6.
1 Tr
iagecat
egor
iesE
2 Thepur
poseoft
ri
ageD
3 Thepur
poseofA&EB
4 A&Est
affar
evi
cti
msF
5 Pat
ient
swhopr
esentt
oA&EA
6 Non-
emer
genci
esC

2Vocabul
ary

Compl
etet
hesent
enceswi
tht
hewor
dsi
nthel
ist
. vi
ctim
cri
ti
cal
1 Useas t
retchertobringinthene xtcasual
ty–s hecan’
twa l
k. minor
2 Thi
spa t
ient
’sc ondi
tionisstablea tt
hemome nt, casual
ty
stabl
e
butsheneedst oseeadoc t
ors oon. pri
orit
y
3 Hehasmi nor injur
ies,buttheyar
enotlif
e -
thr
eateni
ng.
4 Thi
spat
ienti
sinser
iousdanger–hi
scondi
ti
oni
scr
it
ical.
 5 Shehascut
sandbr
uisi
ngt
oherf
ace–I
’
msur
e
she’
sav ict
im
ofvi
olence.
6 Thi
sc hil
diss er
iousl
yil
l–he’
sapr
ior
it
y f
ori
mmedi
atet
reat
ment
.

3Fur
therv
ocabul
arypr
act
ice
Chooset
hewor
dorphr
asefr
om t
heli
stwhi
chhasthe awa keand
samemeani
ngast
heunder
li
nedwor
dsinsent
ences al
e r
tcri
ti
cal
i
mmobi li
ze
1–6. t
a keoff
1 Thepat
ienti
sconsci
ous–y
oucant
alkt
ohernow.awakeand r
ightnow
r
e peat
alert
2 Re mov ethepa dsfrom hisc hest.Off
3 Ma kes u r
ey ouk eeph i
sh eadstil
l–
youmi ghtinjur
ehiss pine.Imobi
l
ize
t
ake
4 Hene edstreatmentimme diat
ely.Ri
ghtno
w
5 I
ft hepr ocedurei
snots uccessful,
youma yh avetodoi taga i
n.Rep
eat
6 He rconditi
oniss er
ious ,butnotlif
e -
thr
ea t
eni
ng.
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t
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