純正地道美語 第195期(外教講解):學習急救

A: Hey，Joe! Where have you been these past few days?

B: I’ve been busy with a first aid course that I started about a week ago at the Red Cross.

A: Cool! I’ve always wanted to do something like that! Have you learned anything useful?

B: For sure! I mean we’ve learned how to apply pressure to stop bleeding, how to check for a pulse, and even how to apply CPR!

A: Have you treated any real emergencies?

B: Well, they took us along with some paramedics. There was this guy who fell off his motorcycle and suffered a concussion as well as a couple of compound fractures. His wounds were pretty serious so they had to rush him to the hospital. It was intense!

A: I can imagine! I tend to faint when I see blood, so I think I won’t be taking up a course like that anytime soon!

first aid 急救

stop bleeding 止血

treat v.治療

rush v.匆忙

paramedic n.護理人員

concussion n. 震盪

tend to 趨向

take up 參加

A: 嗨，喬，這些天你去哪裏了？

B: 我一直忙於一週前在紅十字會那裏開始學的急救課程。

A: 真酷，我也一直想做點那類的是。你學到什麼有用的東西了嗎？

B: 當然。我學會了如何按壓來止血，如何來檢查麥博，甚至也學瞭如何用心肺復甦法。

A: 你治療過緊急事故嗎？

B: 他們讓一些護理人員帶我們。有一個人從摩托上摔下來，收到了震盪，還有幾處綜合性骨折。他的傷很嚴重，所以他們必須飛速將他送往醫院，真是很緊急。

A: 我能想到，一看到血我就暈。所以我再也不會參加那樣的課程了。