Concetti Chiave
- Phrasal verbs include actions like drastically decreasing (cut back/down) or managing without something/someone (do without).
- To drop out means to stop or abandon an activity, while to ease up/off indicates a gradual decrease in pressure or stress.
- Falling behind refers to making little progress or losing pace, whereas feeding something into involves supplying a machine with information or material.
- General hospitals provide a variety of services, while specialist hospitals focus on specific diseases.
- Different hospital units serve various needs: ICU for immediate interventions, PCU for less critical monitoring, and HDU for minimal monitoring.
Phrasal verbs
• To cut back/down something o to cut something back/down: to drastically decrease, to restrain, to hold back (diminuzione drastica);• To do without something/someone: to manage, continue without;
• To drop out: to stop doing something, to give, to abandon;
• To ease up/off: to decrease pressure/stress or tension oppure to slow down/gradually decrease. Quindi a differenza di cut back/down something è una cosa graduale e non drastica;
• To fall behind: to make little progress, to lose to, to come in second place (siamo finiti dietro)
• To feed something into: to supply to a machine (fornire una macchina, dare informazioni a una macchina o materiale) oppure type in.
Hospitals
General hospital (GH) is a hospital that provides many services
Specialist hospital only focuses on a certain disease
Departments è tutta l’area dedicata a un ramo, comprende anche examination rooms, tutot quello che è in relazione a quella sezione
Wards reparto dove stanno I pazienti
Intensive care unit (ICU) dove l’intervento è necessario immediatamente, velocemente
Progressive care unit (PCU) la persona non sta morendo, ma sta male. le persone sono controllate, ma non c’è pericolo immediate
Surgical high dependence unit (HDU) ancora meno monitoraggio
Day surgery unit (day hospital)
Emergency room è il pronto soccorso
Out patients unit/discharge=dimissioni
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