VOA慢速英语20061004a
时间：2018-12-07 作者：英语课 分类：2006年慢速英语（十）月
HEALTH REPORT - Recognizing Medical EmergenciesBy Nancy Steinbach
Broadcast: Wednesday, October 04, 2006
This is the VOA Special English Health Report.
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Medical emergencies are not always easy to recognize. Yet any delay in emergency treatment could mean the difference between life and death or permanent disability.
The American College of Emergency Physicians is a professional group for doctors who work in hospital emergency departments. It says everyone should know the warning signs of a medical emergency.
One is a sudden or severe pain that does not go away. This includes pain in the stomach, chest or head. A severe headache, worse than anything you have ever felt, could mean bleeding in the head from a broken artery 1.
Severe stomach pain could be a sign of appendicitis 2. Severe chest or back pain could signal a heart attack.
Another warning sign of a medical emergency is difficulty breathing. This could mean a heart condition. Or there could be a hole or blockage 3 in a lung.
Mental changes are also warning signs. A person who suddenly loses memory or thinking abilities could be suffering a stroke or serious infection.
Sudden changes in speech or not being able to see clearly are two other reasons to seek emergency care. Other warning signs include losing consciousness 4 or becoming dizzy and weak.
Uncontrolled bleeding from any wound also calls for professional care. So does coughing or vomiting 5 blood.
The American College of Emergency Physicians notes that children can show different signs of medical problems than adults. A child might be too young to describe the problem. Yet symptoms that are not as serious for an adult may be more serious for a child.
There is also advice about what to do if you ever need care at an emergency department. One suggestion is to bring a list of any medicines you take and any allergies 6 you have. Are you allergic 7 to any foods or insects? Do you get a bad reaction to any medications or other products? The doctors group offers medical history forms on its Web site, acep.org.
Also, you should know your history of vaccines 8 or the immunizations a child has had against diseases. And, the doctors say, remain clam 9. That can help increase communication with doctors and nurses at the hospital.
And that's the VOA Special English Health Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. You can find other health information and advice at www.unsv.com. I'm Steve Ember.
- We couldn't feel the changes in the blood pressure within the artery.我们无法感觉到动脉血管内血压的变化。
- The aorta is the largest artery in the body.主动脉是人体中的最大动脉。
- He came down with appendicitis.他得了阑尾炎。
- Acute appendicitis usually develops without relation to the ingestion of food.急性阑尾炎的发生通常与饮食无关。
- The logical treatment is to remove this blockage.合理的治疗方法就是清除堵塞物。
- If the blockage worked,they could retreat with dignity.如果封锁发生作用，他们可以体面地撤退。
- The experience helped to change her social consciousness.这种经验有助于改变她的社会意识。
- He lost consciousness at the first whiff of ether.他一嗅到乙醚便失去了知觉。
- Symptoms include diarrhoea and vomiting. 症状有腹泻和呕吐。
- Especially when I feel seasick, I can't stand watching someone else vomiting." 尤其晕船的时候，看不得人家呕。”
- Food allergies can result in an enormous variety of different symptoms. 食物过敏会引发很多不同的症状。 来自辞典例句
- Let us, however, examine one of the most common allergies; hayfever. 现在让我们来看看最常见的变态反应的一种--枯草热。 来自辞典例句
- Alice is allergic to the fur of cats.艾丽斯对猫的皮毛过敏。
- Many people are allergic to airborne pollutants such as pollen.许多人对空气传播的污染物过敏，比如花粉。