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Medicine 2 - Listening Scripts
Medicine 2 - Listening Scripts
,ISTENING SCRIPTS
5NIT $ 7HEN SHE FELL HOW DID SHE FALL IT MOST PROBABLY MADE THE DIFFERENCE
0 3HE JUST CRUMPLED TO THE GROUND BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH
,ISTENING SLOWLY )N FACT IT ALL HAPPENED SO
$AVE EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF
$ $OCTOR 0 0ATIENT ABRUPTLY AND SILENTLY ) DIDN´T REALIZE IT
QUICK INTERVENTION WHEN SOMEONE
$ (I -R 3TONE )´M $R 4ARIQ ONE OF THE HAD HAPPENED
SUFFERS A CARDIAC ARREST AND TOOK THE
DOCTORS IN !% (OW ARE YOU $ 3O SHE DIDN´T CRY OUT OR ANYTHING
OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND MEMBERS
0 )´M /+ BUT )´M A BIT WORRIED ABOUT MY 0 .O THERE WAS NO WARNING SIGN AT ALL
OF THE PUBLIC THAT THEY CAN LEARN
WIFE $ *UST A FEW MORE QUESTIONS
CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION ¯ OR #02
$ 9OUR WIFE´S /+ 0 /+
¯ AT FREE ³(EARTSTART´ CLASSES GIVEN ACROSS
0 4HAT´S GOOD $ (AS SHE EVER HAD ANYTHING LIKE THIS
THE CAPITAL BY THE ,ONDON !MBULANCE
$ !MIR ONE OF THE PARAMEDICS SAYS YOU BEFORE
3ERVICE AND SUPPORTED BY THE "RITISH
WERE WALKING ALONG THE STREET WHEN 0 7HEN ) COME TO THINK OF IT SHE PASSED
(EART &OUNDATION %FFECTIVE #02 BUYS
YOUR WIFE COLLAPSED #AN YOU TELL ME OUT ONCE BEFORE ABOUT A MONTH AGO
TIME FOR A PATIENT AND DOUBLES A PERSON´S
A BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU ACTUALLY 3HE HASN´T BEEN FEELING WELL OFF AND
CHANCES OF SURVIVAL
SAW ON OVER THE SUMMER 7E THOUGHT IT
0 -MM 9ES SURE 7E WERE SHOPPING WAS THE HEAT
$ !T THE MOMENT IT LOOKS LIKE 5NIT
IN #AMBRIDGE 3TREET IN TOWN WHEN
SUDDENLY "ARBARA MY WIFE JUST ,ISTENING ,ISTENING
FAINTED -MM WE TRIED TO GET HER
'ARY %DWARDS A "RITISH !IRWAYS $ $OCTOR 0 0ATIENT
UPRIGHT AND SHE STARTED TWITCHING
CUSTOMER SERVICE ARRIVALS AGENT HAD
QUITE VIOLENTLY )T WAS QUITE SCARY
BEEN SITTING WITH HIS WORK COLLEAGUES $ 9OU LOOK AS IF YOU ARE IN QUITE A LOT OF
$ 9ES IT CERTAINLY CAN BE BUT IT CAN
IN A REST ROOM AT (EATHROW !IRPORT´S PAIN
HAPPEN WHEN PEOPLE FAINT LIKE THIS
4ERMINAL /NE WHEN HE SUFFERED SEVERE 0 9ES ) THINK )´VE HURT MY HIP BADLY )T´S
$ID ANYTHING ELSE HAPPEN
PAIN IN HIS CHEST AND ARMS 7ITHIN GIVING ME A LOT OF PAIN
0 .O .OTHING AT ALL 3HE CAME ROUND
SECONDS HE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS AND $ ) THINK WE NEED TO GET YOU SOME
VERY RAPIDLY "UT WE DIALLED AND A
STOPPED BREATHING (IS "RITISH !IRWAYS PAINKILLERS 3O CAN YOU TELL ME A BIT
PARAMEDIC APPEARED ALMOST INSTANTLY
COLLEAGUES IMMEDIATELY DIALLED FOR MORE
AND THEN THE AMBULANCE ALMOST
AN AMBULANCE AND BEGAN ATTEMPTS TO 0 /H ) SLIPPED ON THE KITCHEN ¾OOR )
IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS $O YOU THINK
RESUSCITATE HIM MUST HAVE SPILLED SOME WATER AND )
SHE HAD A SEIZURE OR SOMETHING LIKE
EPILEPSY !LL HE CAN REMEMBER IS THAT HE HAD WAS COMING INTO THE LIVING ROOM WITH
$ 7E DON´T THINK SO "UT CAN ) ASK GOT UP FROM THE SOFA AND SAID TO HIS A CUP OF TEA AND ) JUST WENT DOWN ON
YOU A FEW MORE QUESTIONS $ID SHE COLLEAGUES THAT HIS CHEST AND ARM HURT MY BOTTOM AND TWISTED MY LEG
COMPLAIN OF ANYTHING BEFORE THAT !FTER THAT EVERYTHING WENT BLANK $ /H DEAR 4HAT SOUNDS BAD
0 -MM 3HE HAD BEEN COMPLAINING OF 7ITHIN SECONDS OF THE CALL BEING 0 )T WAS ) COULDN´T MOVE &ORTUNATELY
FEELING A BIT UNWELL AND HAD ALMOST MADE CYCLE PARAMEDIC $AVE 0ARKS ) HAD MY MOBILE IN MY APRON POCKET
FAINTED AND SHE FELT A BIT WOOZY 3HE REACHED -R %DWARDS $AVE WAS ABLE TO AND ) PHONED MY NEIGHBOUR WHO
YES ER SHE WAS A BIT DIZZY AND SHE CONTINUE RESUSCITATION AND RE
START -R HAD THE KEY TO COME IN 3HE CALLED AN
WAS YAWNING REPEATEDLY AND THEN ALL %DWARDS´S HEART AFTER THREE ATTEMPTS AMBULANCE
OF A SUDDEN THERE SHE WAS LYING ON USING THE PORTABLE DE½BRILLATOR THAT IS $ &ALLS LIKE THIS HAPPEN SO EASILY 9OU
THE GROUND CARRIED ON AMBULANCE BICYCLES MAY JUST HAVE PULLED A JOINT OUT OF
$ !NYTHING ELSE 7AS SHE ILL OR ANYTHING PLACE RATHER THAN BREAKING ANYTHING
0ARAMEDICS DISPATCHED IN AN AMBULANCE
BEFORE SHE FELL
AT THE SAME TIME AS THE BICYCLE
0 .O *UST TIRED $ 7HAT´S BROUGHT YOU HERE TODAY
AMBULANCE ARRIVED A FEW MINUTES LATER
$ 7HAT ABOUT HER EYESIGHT 0 -Y WRIST IS REALLY HURTING ) THINK )´VE
TO CONTINUE TREATMENT AND TOOK -R
0 .OTHING BUT SHE SAID HER HEARING BROKEN IT
%DWARDS TO HOSPITAL 4HIS RESUSCITATION
WAS A BIT FUNNY ¯ SHE WASN´T HEARING $ /+ (OW DID IT HAPPEN
SHOWS HOW WELL
SUITED BIKES ARE TO
CLEARLY 0 7ELL ) WAS COMING OUT OF A SHOP AND
REACHING PATIENTS QUICKLY INSIDE THE
$ !NY VOMITING ) WAS TRYING TO AVOID SOMEONE AND )
AIRPORT !S THEY ARE BASED AT THE AIRPORT
0 .O DIDN´T NOTICE THE PAVING STONE WAS
AND WERE ABLE TO GET TO HIM SO QUICKLY