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Life in medicine

Ache - ниючий, тупий біль, хворіти/нити.

Pain - гострий і сильний біль, страждання; засмучувати.

Sore – зовнішнє пошкодження (рана), чутливий/уражений (внаслідок зовнішнього пошкодження).

Hurt - пошкоджувати, хворіти, пошкоджений, поранений, ображати, завдавати болю.

1. Study vocabulary:

- doctor’s surgery [ˈsɜː.dʒər.i] хірургія;

- to treat a patient [ˈpeɪʃnt] лікувати пацієнта;

- to write a prescription [prɪˈskrɪp.ʃən] виписувати рецепт;

- to give the first aid - надавати першу допомогу;

- emergency team - бригада швидкої допомоги;

- children’s ward - [wɔːd] дитяче відділення;

- stomach pain - [ˈstʌmək] біль в животі;

- shaving cuts - поріз при голінні;

2. Read and translate:

1 a food / a nut allergy

2 a stable / a serious condition

3 a deep / a shaving cut

4 a flu / a cholera epidemic

5 a muscle / a stomach pain

6 a local / a doctor’s surgery

7 a rescue / an emergency team

8 a maternity / a children’s ward

3. Answer the questions:

1 How many different jobs in the medical profession can you think of?

2 What kind of daily tasks do you think each job involves?

3 Do you know someone who works in medicine? Who are they?

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4. Listen and read about three medical practitioners:

- What examples do they give of things that give them job satisfaction?

If you like surprises, and can face dealing with accidents, injuries, births and deaths, medicine is for you. For those of you considering a career in medicine, three people give a snapshot of their medical life.

A Dr Richard Young told us about the more unusual and unexpected locations where he’s used his medical skills.

‘I’m a doctor, and I work in a doctor’s surgery where I treat patients, write prescriptions, and generally help people recover from illnesses and injuries. But that’s only part of the story! I’ve given people first aid in public places several times – once I helped a man who collapsed in a park. Another time, a teenager was suffering from a nut allergy. On flights, nervous passengers often have panic attacks and doctors are asked to calm them down. When I hear “Is there a doctor on board?” I always offer my help. Once, on a flight from London to Los Angeles I helped a woman who was seriously ill. I spent the twelve-hour flight caring for her. I stayed with her after we landed until the ambulance arrived, which meant that I missed my connecting flight, but I was happy to help. In my job, saving lives must come first, even when I’m off duty.’

B Some nurses choose to work in extreme conditions, like war zones. Senior nurse Sonia Costa spent two months in Yemen as part of a Doctors without Borders* emergency team.

‘I decided to work in Yemen because, as a result of war, there was a cholera epidemic and over 620,000 people were suffering from the disease. In places where there’s no clean food or water, people catch diseases easily. I worked on the children’s ward and one of my patients was a six-month-old baby boy who was so ill that he looked like a two-week-old. Each morning, I arrived at the hospital, afraid that I may not see the child in his bed. But finally, he started gaining weight and when he was well enough to go home, I was the happiest nurse in the hospital.’

*Doctors without Borders, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières, is an international organisation helping people in war zones and developing countries.

C Unpredictability is a daily reality for paramedics. Sally James says there is no such thing as a typical day.

‘I work a twelve-hour shift. I never know when I might have to try and save someone’s life, but I stay calm, because if I panic, everybody else gets anxious too. Some days, nothing dramatic happens. The most common call is stomach pain, and we get a lot of non-emergency calls like toothaches or shaving cuts or people who say they’ve burned themselves on their hair straighteners, which is annoying, but we have to take them seriously. While we’re dealing with these time wasters, we may get a call from someone who really needs us, but there’s nothing we can do about it. We’re not doctors, but we’re highly trained to deal with serious conditions like heart attacks. But my favourite thing is delivering a baby. If I can start my day by getting someone’s heart beating again, and end it with childbirth, I’m happy.’

5. Read again and match texts A–C with sentences 1–4. One text has two matching sentences:

This medical practitioner …

1 was anxious that he/she would be unable to save his/her patient’s life.

2 would like to have more say in choosing who he/she treats.

3 feels that it is his/her duty to deal with all sorts of different situations.

4 knows that if he/she overreacts, it doesn’t help anybody.