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2.2.2 Jobs
Who works in a hospital?
Nurses and doctors, and other medical workers.
There are many types of medical doctor specialties: general practitioners (GPs), surgeons, physicians. Surgeons perform surgeries, operations. Physicians work in the branch of internal medicine.
A cardiologist specializes in diseases of the heart and circulation, or cardiology.
A paediatrician is a specialist in diseases of children, or paediatrics.
An anaesthetist specializes in anaesthetics.
The name of the specialty usually ends in -ology, then the name of the specialist ends in -ologist. If the name of the specialty ends in -ics, the name of the specialist ends in -ician. However, there are exceptions, such as anaesthetist and anaesthetics, psychiatry and psychiatrist.
Try to make up correct names of the specialists in:
oncology: an oncologist specializes in/is a specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
pathology
dermatology
obstetrics
traumatology
haematology
geriatrics
rheumatology
physiotherapy
There is also more than one type of nurses.
A young nurse who is still in training is called a student nurse, or health care assistant. A nurse who has completed the training and is allowed to work independently is called staff nurse. A more experienced nurse who is in charge of/is responsible for the whole ward is called charge nurse. And the nurse at the highest position is called nurse manager, nursing officer or head nurse who is in charge of several wards or departments.
Unqualified staff or people with only basic qualification are called clinical support workers or nursing auxiliaries. They assist nursing staff and are usually not allowed to work on their own and to do important things such as giving injections.
Like doctors, nurses can also specialize. There are midwives and birth attendants who manage pregnancy and childbirth, nutrition therapists/dietician who advise people on healthy lifestyle and eating, optometrists/opticians who take care of patients' eyes and sight, paramedics who help people in all kinds of accidents, dialysis nurses etc.
Nurses perform a lot of different procedures, such as general patient care, checking temperatures, pulse rates and blood pressures, giving injections, removing sutures (stitches), changing dressings etc. What are other nurses' responsibilities?
There are other types of workers such as X-ray technicians, and prosthetists and orthotists. These provide artificial limbs and advise patients on rehabilitation.
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general practitioner
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praktický lékař
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surgeon
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chirurg
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physician
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interní lékař
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be in charge of, be responsible for
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být zodpovědný za
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midwife, birth attendant
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porodní asistentka
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paramedic
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záchranář
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perform, carry out
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provádět
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pulse rate
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pulz
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blood pressure
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tlak krve
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remove sutures/stitches
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odstranit stehy
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change dressing
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vyměnit obvazy
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X-ray technician, radiologic technologist
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radiologický asistent
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prosthetist, orthotist
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protetik, ortotik
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