Study the phrases in the box. Complete each phrase with one word.

Is each phrase followed by
- a noun (including gerund)?
- subject + verb?
- an infinitive?

Read extracts A-F.

- Match each extract with a picture above.

- Complete each sentence with one or more phrases from 2.

A. Before the operation, ______gaining informed consent from the patient, the consultant will need to explain the procedure in detail.

B. Post-operation patients on the orthopedic ward will have their vital signs recorded hourly, exactly ______the monitor. After 24 hours, the number on the monitor can be rounded to one decimal place.

C. After discharge, an appointment should be offered to attend the outpatient clinic, ___________as the physiotherapy department.

D. Patients with a suspected fracture should be transferred to the X-ray department, __________determine whether a break has occurred. The _____a wheelchair or a stretcher is obligatory, and he transfer should be handled __________pain to the patient I minimized.

E. ______a patient classified as a priority case by a specialist nurse __________a triage nurse, the senior doctor on duty must be notified as soon as possible and the patient admitted to Accident & Emergency.

F. At ______the operation, the operating equipment should be checked carefully, before moving the patient to the recovery room.

Look at the pictures, showing a journey through A&E (Accident and Emergency). What happens at each stage?

Read Part 1 of the lecture. A. What is the lecturer going to talk about today? - emergency care - palliative care - patient journey - problems in provision of hospital care - primary care B. What is acute care?

Part 1
- Good morning everyone.What I’m going to talk about today is the medical treatment and care provided throughour hospitals. Bearing in mind that hospital care comes in various different forms. The area of care that we are specifically going to focus on today is emergency care, which is also known as acute care. What I mean is the treatment of a disease or symptom that require immediate attention; the care generally received by patients in Accident & Emergency.
Today we’ll simply deal only with the provision of acute emergency care and the problems facing acute hospitals today.