Unit 15

1. Выучите следующие слова и словосочетания.

1. Emergency Medical Service — неотложная медицинская помощь

2. ambulance — машина скорой помощи

3. urgent — срочный, неотложный

4. cardiac arrest — остановка сердца

5. squad — бригада

6. emergency department — отдел по чрезвычайным си­туациям

7. physician — медик, терапевт

8. rescue operations — спасательные работы

9. paramedic — медик со средним образованием (медсе­стра, фельдшер и т. п.)

2. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на следующие вопросы.

1. What is Emergency Medical Service?

2. What is the most familiar type of EMS?

3. What is EMS aimed at?

An Emergency Medical Service system (abbreviated to acro­nym "EMS" in many countries) is a service providing pre-hospital (or out-of-hospital) acute care to patients with illnesses and inju­ries. The most common and recognized EMS type is an Ambulance organization. It may also refer to an in-hospital team who provide urgent assistance to other departments in the event of certain medi­cal emergencies, such as cardiac arrest. In some places, an EMS or­ganization may also be called a First Aid Squad, Emergency Squad, Safety Squad, Rescue Squad, Ambulance Squad, Ambulance Serv­ice, Ambulance Corps or Life Squad.

The aim of EMS is to provide treatment to those in need of ur­gent medical care, with the goal of either satisfactorily treating the malady, or arranging for timely removal of the patient to the next point of definitive care. This is most likely an Emergency Depart­ment at a hospital or another place where physicians are available. In some jurisdictions, EMS units may handle technical rescue opera­tions such as extrication, water rescue, and search and rescue.

In most places in the world, the EMS is summoned by members of the public (or other emergency services, businesses or author-

ity) via an emergency telephone number which puts them in con­tact with the control centre for the EMS, who will then dispatch a suitable resource to deal with the situation. Throughout the world, there are many differing qualification levels which may be held by members of an EMS, from drivers with no medical train­ing, or a basic first aid certificate, to a fully qualified paramedic or physician.\

3. Составьте реферат текста на английском языке.

4. Выучите следующие слова:

1. preserve — сохранять, сберегать

2. to prevent — предотвращать, предупреждать

3. injury — рана, повреждение

4. promote — способствовать, содействовать

5. recovery — выздоровление

6. detection — выявление, обнаружение

7. summon — вызывать

8. treatment — лечение

5. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на следующие вопросы.

1. What are the "3 Ps” (3 main aims) of First Aid?

2. Name the six stages of pre-hospital care.

The Purpose of ems

An EMS exists to fulfill the basic principles of First Aid, which are to Preserve Life, Prevent Further Injury and Promote Recov­ery.

This can be built on further, and one commonly used system is outlined here:

• Early Detection (a member of the public finds the incident)

• Early Reporting (the emergency services are summoned)

• Early Response (the emergency services get to scene quickly)

• Good on Scene Care (appropriate treatment is given)

• Care in Transit (the patient is looked after on the way to hospital)

• Transfer to Definitive Care (the patient is handed to the care of a physician)

This system is signified by the Star of Life shown here, where each of the "arms” to the star represents one of the six points.