Question

Помогите, пожалуйста придумайте 3 вопроса (на английском языке) к этому тексту AT THE SURGICAL DEPARTMENT A surgical department is on the firsl floor of this hospital. This department houses 50 staffed beds. One can see patients with surgical diseases, such as appendicitis, ulcer of abdomen, tumour and others. If the operation is necessary the doctor insists on its being performed immediately. Operations are performed in a special operating room. There is a large operating room in this department. Here one can see two operating-tables, instrument tables, a few small cabinets for suture material, dressings and instruments. Before the operation the nurses prepare surgical instruments fol­lowing the rules of aseptic. After sterilizing them they put the instru­ments on a special table covering them with sterile material. There are different instruments here. They are scalpels, syringes, surgical needles, scissors, wound clips, pincettes and sterilizing drum. Before the operation the surgeon and his assistants wash their hands according to the rules of surgery and put on the sterilized overalls and special face masks on their mouths. The patient is put on an operating-table and is covered with a steri­lized cloth. Then a nurse or an assistant begins to give the patient narcosis. When the patient has fallen asleep the surgeon disinfects the skin of the region to be operated on and begins to perform the operation. One assistant helps the surgeon during the operation. Other assistants listen to the heart, feel the pulse and look at the pupils. They use dif­ferent ways of controlling the patient's During the operation special devices are used for artificial respi­ration and blood circulation. The operation having been over, the patient is moved to the ward. After the operation special care and attention is paid to the patient. The surgeon prescribes him definite medicine and diet. Every day the surgeon examines the patients, dresses their wounds and introduces fresh gauze drains into them. He listens to the patients' lungs and hearts, tests their abdomens and others. The surgeon prescribes the patients proper treatment. Many patients are doing well. They are recovering. Soon they will leave the clinic and return home. Some patients are in bad state. The doctors and nurses pay much attention to them.

Answer 1

1. What special instruments are there in the operating room?

2 What do surgeon and his assistants usually do before the operation?

3. The doctors and nurses pay much attention to their patients, don't they?

Answer 2

1. What are some surgical diseases that patients can be treated for at the surgical department?
2. Can you describe the steps involved in preparing the surgical instruments before an operation?
3. How does the surgical department provide post-operative care to patients, and what tasks are performed by the surgeon during this phase?