Types of listening - Nurse game transcript

Task 1: Dress the wound

Audio transcript:
Don't do anything till you've put on a pair of gloves. It's to protect yourself as well as the patient. Ok?
Get some of those squares of gauze dressing and bandages ready. Lay some of the gauze on the wound. Now press on the dressing, gently but firmly, to stop the bleeding. Keep pressing down until it looks like it's stopped, then you can take the bloody dressing off.
Put a fresh dressing on the wound, and then the bandage goes over it.
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Task 2: Put in a new drip

Audio transcript:
Here's the new drip. The drip goes into a vein, so first you have to find a vein.
The way to find a vein is to put this strap, called a tourniquet, round the arm and pull it quite tight. Don't take the tourniquet strap off, not till you've checked the drip is in. When you can see a nice clear vein there, you can insert the new IV drip into without much difficulty.
Then flush some saline solution through the drip and watch closely to check it's going through. Now you've got the drip in and it's working the last thing is to put the bandage on the drip so that it can't fall out.
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Task 3: Check the patient

Audio transcript:
Just ask him quietly if he's ok. Then do the 'obs' - the usual routine checks. In other words, check the pulse, blood pressure, oxygen, and the heart rate as it shows up on the monitor. This should be the same as the pulse.
When you've done all that, check the medication chart to see what's been prescribed, and give him his medication. The drugs cabinet is down the hall. Make sure you get the dose right.
After that, it's time to sit down and write up a clear record in the patient's notes of what you've done.
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