护理英语基础教程 unit4 4.pptVIP

尚辅网 本单元的词汇表 大连理工大学出版社 大连理工大学出版社 Unit 4　Vital signs (II) 1 Warming-up 2 Communicative Activities 3 Reading 4 Extra Reading Warming-up 　　In particular, vital signs can identify the existence of an acute medical problem. They are means of rapidly quantifying the magnitude of an illness and how well the body is coping with the resultant physiologic stress. The more deranged the vitals, the sicker the patient, and a marker of chronic disease states (e.g. hypertension is defined as chronically elevated blood pressure). Warming-up (Nurse or Doctor) Now I need to take your blood pressure. While I am taking your blood pressure，I may need your assistance. Please roll up the sleeve of your left arm, and lift your arm a little so I can put on the blood pressure cuff. Your BP is135/85 mm Hg. I will check your pulse rate and respiration. Breathe in deeply and breathe out slowly. Essential Expressions (Patient) Have you checked my respiration? How is my blood pressure? Is it normal? Is my blood pressure abnormal? Do I need to monitor my BP from time to time? Do normal respirations occur between 14 and 20 times per minute in adults? Communicative Activities Please roll up the sleeve of your left arm, and lift your arm a little so I can put on the blood pressure cuff. OK. No problem. Mrs. Smith, now I need to take your blood pressure. OK. Your BP is 135/85 mm Hg. Your BP is essentially normal. Is it normal? I am glad to know that. 1 Listen to the sentences and rearrange the order to form a dialogue. Communicative Activities 2 Listen to and read the dialogue and decide whether the statements are true or false. Blood Pressure Taking A: Dr. Zhang, the condition of the patient is very poor. He is so agitated that I can’t quiet him down. B: I’m afraid he will be in a state of shock. It is necessary to take his pulse, respiratory rate and blood pressure regularly. A: All right. I will take them every hour. B: No, you’d better take them half an hour. A: His blood pressure is 86/50 mm