Hospital level care at home在家的醫院級護理

周偉國

主題語境：居家護理 篇幅：355詞 建議用時：7分鐘

1 When Philip Santini noticed an infection， he contacted his primary care physician， Jane Chargot， M. D.， and she gave him some medicine.

2 However， test results showed that he wasnt recovering. Over the phone， Santini wastold he would need to go to the hospital to get infusions （輸液） three times a day for aweek. He was packed and ready to head out to the hospital when he received anotherphone call. An alternative plan was suggested instead—Hospital Care at Home.

3 Hospital Care at Home， a medicine program which improves the patients' experiencewhile freeing up hospital beds， has already admitted and transferred more than 50 pa?tients from the emergency department and inpatient hospital to receive hospital levelcare from the comfort of their own homes.

4 Santini was the first direct registration patient for this program， meaning he never pre?sented to the hospital initially. It was no surprise that there was a celebration for thismilestone.

5 “I was ready to head out to the emergency department，” said Santini， who even had alist of things to take when he got a call from Stephanie Paran， R. N.， a nurse at U?MBriarwood Family Medicine.“ Hearing Paran's words， I sprang to my feet and didnthesitate to accept the advice.”

6 Although he initially didn't know what to expect， he later said what the care team didwas far beyond his expectations， especially the caregivers. The staff gave him infusionsthree times a day for six days. They took his regular medications away， just like howthey would in a hospital. They checked the infection， drew blood and even brought inan ultrasound machine. “I didn't know that was possible，” Santini said. After dis?charge， a visiting nurse visited once a week until he completely recovered.

7 Santini believed treatment at home has helped the healing process.“ I've never felt re?ally comfortable in the hospital，” he said.“ Its hard to get good sleep there. At home Ihad my own food and my own bed， plus my wife is here. No one has to go out of theirway to visit me. It's a healthier experience. I would encourage anyone to consider it.”

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1. What is the advantage of Hospital Care at Home？

A. It can reduce the patients' expenses.

B. It can lessen the pressure on hospitals.

C. It can avoid the waste of medical resources.

D. It can improve the doctor?patient relationship.

2. How did Santini feel when hearing of Hospital Care at Home？

A. Hesitant. B. Upset.

C. Excited. D. Curious.

3. What can we infer about Hospital Care at Home from paragraph 6？

A. It offers professional service.

B. It is much better than that in the hospital.

C. It can make the impossible possible.

D. It only provides one?week treatment.

4. What is Santini's attitude towards treatment in hospital？

A. Indifferent. B. Hopeful.

C. Appreciative. D. Negative.

Ⅰ. Difficult sentence in the text

It was no surprise that there was a celebration for this milestone. 為這一里程碑舉行慶?；顒硬⒉黄婀?。

【點石成金】It be no surprise that...意為“……不足為奇”，句中的it為形式主語，真正的主語是that引導的從句。

Ⅱ. Text?centered chunks

primary care physician 初級護理醫師

test result 檢測結果

alternative plan 替代方案

emergency department 急診科

direct registration patient 直接掛號患者

regular medication 常規藥物

check the infection 檢查感染情況

draw blood 抽血

visiting nurse 訪視護士

healing process 康復過程

good sleep 良好的睡眠