VOCABULARY AND SPEAKING

1.Сопоставьте фото A-D со словами 1-4.

1.a ward nurse 2.a triage nurse 3. a waiting room 4. a hospital receptionist

A B C D

2. Выберите фотографию и опишите человека/ситуацию на ней. У вас должен получиться связный рассказ.
План ответа поможет вам:
-the place
-the action
-the person’s daily routine (responsibilities)/the patients’ reasons for admission
-how the situation may be related to your future profession

Start with: “I’d like to describe picture № .... The picture shows …”

3. Выберите одну из ролей: медсестра приемного отделения или журналист, выясняющий основные
особенности работы в клинике.

A JOURNALIST A NURSE
You are to ask five direct questions to find out about the You have to answer journalist’s questions. Give full answers
following: to the questions.
 why he/she decided to become a nurse  why you decided to become a nurse
 where he/she studied  where you studied
 what advantages and disadvantages of being a nurse are  what advantages and disadvantages of being a nurse are
 his/her typical day  your typical day
 why he/she enjoys his/her work  why you enjoy your work
4. Разыграйте по ролям беседу.
READING
5. Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце
строк (1-5), так, чтобы они лексически соответствовали содержанию текста.
to be policy to- принято что-либо делать/иметь право inquest-расследование, следствие
clot-сгусток, тромб maintenance-подсобный
coroner-патологоанатом, судмедэксперт misadventure-несчастный случай
to counter the effects- обратить последствия/противостоять ravage- разрушать, «съедать» изнутри
to eliminate-устранять
Inquest told of hospital error
A. A HOSPITAL error left a dying man on the wrong ward for two days as deep vein thrombosis
(DVT) ravaged his body, an inquest heard. Stephen Melvin Newbold suffered massive brain damage when
a blood clot formed in his veins. Now his family are considering legal action against York Hospital, saying
that his death was ‘untimely and unnecessary’.
B. Mr Newbold, a 52-year-old maintenance 1) _______, went to York Hospital on November, 3 WORK
complaining of a swollen right foot. He should have been sent to a surgical ward where he would have been
treated with Fragmin, a drug which counters the effects of DVT. However, hospital staff 2)______ admitted WRONG
him to an orthopaedic ward, where he stayed for two days, before finally being transferred to the care of a
consultant vascular surgeon. Twenty-four hours later, on November 6, doctors decided they would have to
operate to remove his leg below the knee.
C. The 3) _____ went ahead on November 10, but two days later Mr Newbold suffered a cardiac OPERATE
arrest. A scan revealed he had had a pulmonary embolism, a condition related to DVT. Mr Newbold suffered
brain damage and died in the hospital on November 16.
D. Giving evidence, the surgeon said he could not explain why Mr Newbold had been admitted to an
orthopaedic ward where it was not policy to administer Fragmin. He did not know why his 4) ______ team MEDICINE
had not given Mr Newbold the drug later.
E. York coroner Donald Coverdale said, ‘From November 3 until the day of the operation, no Fragmin
was given to Mr Newbold. If he had been admitted to a consultant vascular surgeon’s care from day one, it
is clear that Fragmin would have been prescribed. Fragmin reduces the risk of DVT, but does not eliminate
it. It is 5) ______ to say whether Mr Newbold would have suffered this DVT if he had received the Fragmin.’ POSSIBLE
He recorded a verdict of death by misadventure.
F. Kim Daniells, Mr Newbold’s family’s lawyer, said, ‘The family hope that the hospital will learn
from the errors, and that no other families will have to suffer in the future.’
 A spokeswoman for York Hospital’s NHS Trust said, ‘We would like to extend our sincere
sympathies to the family of Stephen Newbold during this difficult time.’
6.Определите, в каком из абзацев A–F текста содержатся ответы на вопросы 1–7. Один
из вопросов останется без ответа.
1. Who was actually responsible for prescribing Fragmin?
2. What error was made by doctors?
3. Why didn’t Mr. Newbold’s family agree with a verdict of death?
4. How did York Hospital’s NHS Trust finally react to Stephen’s death?
5. Why have the victim’s family considered legal action against the hospital?
6. How did the surgeon comment on his team’s actions?
7. When was Mr. Newbold’s real problem revealed?

7. Исправьте ошибки в следующих утверждениях.

1. The patient was admitted with deep vein thrombosis (DVT)

2. Mr. Newbold was taken to the surgical ward.
3. The correct medication was prescribed to the patient.
4. The patient died before he could be operated on.
5. Stephen died of treating with Fragmin.
6. It was decided that the patient's death had been an accident.
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