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card 1 1.read and translate the text: john rhys my name is john rhys, and i’m one of a team of four cycle paramedics of the london ambulance service’s traffic-busting bicycle ambulance service. we attend 999 emergency calls in the city of london - the financial centre called the square mile.the bike itself is the same as those used by the successful cycle units operating in london's west end, which regularly reach patients faster than conventional ambulances. the team’s bikes are fitted with blue lights and sirens, carry a range of equipment, including a heart-starting defibrillator, oxygen, pain-relieving gas, and even a maternity pack fordelivering babies. where the patient is believed to be in a life- threatening condition, we are sent at the same time as a regular ambulance crew so that we can start treatment before they arrive. where the patient is understood to be suffering from a more …
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continuing medical education (cme) for the college of emergency medicine was drawn up in november 1995. since then there have been many changes due to the introduction of appraisal and recommendations by the gmc (general medical council), and the guidelines were amended in january 1999 and january 2000. the most recent edition of the guidelines was written in september 2003. since appraisal has been instituted and revalidation is inevitable despite the delay in the implementation, the documentation of proof of cpd has become more relevant. this revision of the college guidelines on cpd is based on: · a framework for continuing professional development - the academy of medical royal colleges (february 2002) · guidelines on cpd faculty of accident and emergency medicine-henry guly, past director of cpd (2003) · the gmc guidelines on cpd (april 2004) · the gmc document good medical practice (2001) principles underlying continuing professional development continuing …
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blems make the elderly, particularly those over the age of 75, at increased risk of accidents, usually occurring in the home. falls are the most common cause. inability to get up after falling puts the person at risk of hypothermia and pressure sores. hip fractures after falls are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. nice guidelines were issued in 2004 on the assessment and prevention of falls in older people. they state that older people should be asked routinely if they have fallen in the past year. those who have fallen, or those considered at risk of falling, should have a multifactorial falls risk assessment and should be considered for interventions including those to improve their strength and balance and remove any home hazards. с in england and wales in 2004, there were 3,892 accidental deaths in and around the home. those most at risk of serious or fatal …
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importance of sports involving high peak strain for determining peak bone status, especially in young men and possibly for young women (who are less likely to take part in such sports). greendale et al, in a study of 42- to 52-year-old women, explore four domains of physical activity (sport, home, work, active living). they illustrate that both sport and weightbearing work in the home were the best, and equal, predictors of greater bmd at lumbar spine and femoral neck sites. 2. topic “healthy life style” card 5 1.read and translate the text: mary knox i am mary knox, an nct teacher of an antenatal course, which was set up to help prepare mothers for labour, their baby’s birth, and early parenthood. this training is open to pregnant women, their partners, and their birth supporters. i have undergone a three-year training programme, which is unique in the world of childbirth education, …
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though, for convenience, health professionals divide labour into three stages, it is more useful to see labour as one continuous process with each preceding phase affecting what follows. the third stage of labour is the phase from the time when your baby fully emerges until the placenta is delivered. it is also the time when your baby adapts to life outside the womb. there are two ways in which your placenta can be delivered. these are either a natural (physiological) third stage or a managed third stage. a natural third stage means that no drugs are used to deliver the placenta. instead it relies on the natural contraction of the uterus, stimulated by the surge of the hormone oxytocin at birth. this is the hormone that causes your uterus to contract and expel your placenta. a natural third stage does not increase the likelihood of severe bleeding if the labour …

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card 1 1.read and translate the text: john rhys my name is john rhys, and i’m one of a team of four cycle paramedics of the london ambulance service’s traffic-busting bicycle ambulance service. we attend 999 emergency calls in the city of london - the financial centre called the square mile.the bike itself is the same as those used by the successful cycle units operating in london's west end, which regularly reach patients faster than conventional ambulances. the team’s bikes are fitted with blue lights and sirens, carry a range of equipment, including a heart-starting defibrillator, oxygen, pain-relieving gas, and even a maternity pack fordelivering babies. where the patient is believed to be in a life- threatening condition, we are …

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