Lesson11 Doctors on Board (3)
機内 の 医師（3）

「前回のvignetteでSalmansが語ったのは飛行機がターミナルビルに引き返し、救急隊員が担架で急病人を搬送していった様子でした。その乗客は心臓発作か脳卒中を起こしたのかもしれません。飛行中に起きなくて幸いでした。パイロットは飛行ルートを変更してどこかに緊急着陸しなければならなかったでしょうから」


Summary

Collins lists medical problems that are typical during flights. And Ueda says he tries to sleep well and drink plenty of water before flying. Salmans says in-flight medical problems are increasingly likely to occur which is prompting the airlines to think about how they should handle them. McMillan says the airlines have to train their cabin attendants in first-aid.


McMillan: And it can be a real problem for people who have to take medication at set times.

Collins: According to my uncle, typical in-flight medical incidents include dizziness, fainting and diarrhea. They can also involve nausea and vomiting, shortness of breath, heart palpitations and headache.

Ueda: I always try to get a good night's sleep and drink plenty of water before I fly somewhere.

Collins: That's what my uncle advices people to do.

Salmans: What does he say are some of the more serious in-flight medical emergencies?

Collins: The most common ones are heart attacks, seizures and strokes. They require the plane to be diverted.

Salmans: We can expect more in-flight medical incidents in the future, I'm sorry to say. The population is aging, and more Americans are flying than ever before. This is causing a lot of people in the airline industry to think hard of about how to respond to such emergencies.

McMillan: Hmm, that's a tough problem. I know airlines have to provide first-aid training for cabin crew so that they can recognize common signs of distress.

*distress :
Distress, suffering, misery, agony mean the state of being great trouble or pain of body or mind.


Word Watch

first-aid training 応急処置訓練
first aid とは、病気や怪我をした人に本格的な治療が施されるまでの間に行う応急の処置や治療（emergency care or treatment given to an ill or injured person before regular medical aid can be obtained）のこと。人工呼吸や心臓マッサージなどが含まれる。空港や鉄道の駅などには First Aid Station があり、救急箱（first-aid kit）が置いてある



Say What You Mean

1) Another way to say common or standard is ( typical ). For example, "A ( typical ) day for me at the office last until 6 p.m.
代表的な、標準的な

2) A sufficient, restful sleep is often called a good ( night's ) sleep. As in "I got a good night's sleep, nine whole hours."

3) When someone is suffering and they need assistance, they are in ( distress ). Such as "Company X is in service financial distress.

in distress: 誰かが苦しんで助けを必要としている状態



Quote Unquote

It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
(from Crime and Punishment)
—Fyodor Dostoevsky
(Russian novelist, essayist, journalist and philosopher, 1821-81)
「知的にふるまうには知性以上の何かが必要だ」