Angličtina v urgentní medicíně 2 / English in Urgent Care Medicine 2 – Baumruková Irena (2017)

This textbook focuses on professional English for emergency medicine and pre-hospital care and is intended for medical students, higher vocational school students, doctors, paramedics, nurses, English teachers and other professionals. It draws on leading teaching materials currently used in the United Kingdom and the United States. Detailed Czech-to-English translations based on the original texts thoroughly practise the material, while a key at the end contains numbered collocations arranged alphabetically in Czech, along with an English-Czech dictionary covering the vocabulary of both volumes. Lessons include matching exercises for testing professional knowledge, English-to-Czech translation exercises that consolidate acquired knowledge and provide a basis for professional discussions and presentations, and questions about the texts and topics for dialogues. Each lesson contains a detailed vocabulary list with pronunciation transcription. The textbook is accompanied by the publication English for Paramedics: Case Studies, published in print in 2013 and also available electronically through Xlibris and Flexibooks. The first volume covers ethics and law in paramedic practice, emergency medical services, paramedic health and injury prevention, patient assessment, communication, patient history-taking, physical examination, clinical decision-making, documentation, pharmacology, intravenous access and medication administration, airway management and ventilation, respiratory emergencies, cardiology, neurology, allergies and anaphylaxis, gastroenterology, urology, toxicology, hematology and environmental emergencies. The first chapter of the second volume deals with infectious and communicable diseases, followed by lessons on urgent psychological conditions, injuries and injury mechanisms, chest injuries, bleeding and shock, soft-tissue injuries, burns, head and facial injuries, spinal, abdominal, bone and muscle injuries, gynecology, obstetrics, newborn care and pediatrics. Care of older people and patients with long-term illnesses and palliative needs is also covered.