pronto soccorso

English translation: acute assessment unit

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Italian term or phrase:	pronto soccorso
English translation:	acute assessment unit
Entered by:	Joseph Tein

03:39 Jun 28, 2009

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)

Italian term or phrase: pronto soccorso

Ciao,

Yes, I know that 'pronto soccorso' is usually translated as 'first aid'. But I'm looking for something different here, if possible.

I'm translating a medical report from a 'Dipartimento di Emergenza e Urgenza - Pronto Soccorso'.

I'm looking for a specific way of naming this Pronto Soccorso department in English. This center describes their 'Pronto Soccorso' as follows:

"Le funzioni del Pronto Soccorso del presidio ospedaliero di [xxx] sono quelle di garantire che ogni cittadino, in condizioni di emergenza ed urgenza, abbia assicurato il ripristino e la stabilizzazione delle funzioni vitali, un orientamento diagnostico, le cure adeguate, l'eventuale ricovero nel reparto idoneo, ed il trasporto protetto in altre U.O. interne ed esterne, ove fosse necessario."

My problem is that I can't call it a 'First Aid Department' in English. It doesn't sound right, the expression is used very infrequently in English (American, and I think British, hospitals don't have 'first aid departments'), and where I find it in a Google search, it is usually in a translation from another language into English, about a 'first aid department' in some European location (or Quebec, or Lebanon).

(I worked for years in the Emergency Department at UCLA hospital in Los Angeles. We didn't have a 'first aid department'.)

So, can anyone think of another way of saying this in English?

Thanks for your suggestions (and for reading all this!).

Joseph Tein KudoZ activity Questions: 1487 (7 open) (1 without valid answers) (120 closed without grading) Answers: 724 United States
Local time: 23:38

Acute Assessment/Admission Unit

Explanation:
Non sono sicura che esista un termine separato per indicare il Pronto Soccorso (Emergency Room dovrebbe essere in US l'equivalente "popolare" di Emergency Dept. o A&E Dept.), ma questo potrebbe funzionare..vedi anche la ref.

Selected response from:

Marianna Aita
Italy
Local time: 08:38

Grading comment

Grazie mille aitam.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

A & E

Tom in London

4 +2

Emergency Department

Alan Muscat

4 +1

A&E department/section

Being Earnest

4 +1

Emergency Room ( ER)

Lirka

Emergency care unit

Fiorsam

Acute Assessment/Admission Unit

Marianna Aita

Casualty

Gianco (X)

The Emergency Room Section [of XYZ Hospital]

ilokle

emergency care (in the Emergency Room - ER) / first aid - emergency care

Maria Kisic

rapid response, assessment and referral / rapid assessment and referral

Rachel Fell

urgent care

Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.

Summary of reference entries provided

A & E ward

Ellen Kraus

liz askew

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

A&E department/section

Explanation:
another variant

Being Earnest
Italy
Local time: 08:38
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks for your variant, BE

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Emergency Department

Explanation:
If you take a look at the Wikipedia entry for 'Emergency Department", you will be able to consult a section on nomenclature that goes into the merits of what the department is called in different countries and in different contexts (inside the hospital or on road signs). Follow the link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_department#Nomenclatu...

Alan Muscat
Italy
Local time: 08:38
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Maltese

Notes to answerer

Asker: Alan, thank you for that link. It's an interesting and very useful discussion of the way emergency departments are referred to in different parts of the English-speaking world, and it helps me as well - although my main concern here is the 'pronto soccorso' attachment at the end of the headindg.

Asker: (oops ... 'heading')

16 mins confidence:

urgent care

Explanation:
Could be...

http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/svc/alpha/n/neighborhood/...

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If not urgent care, then may be "urgent attention"? Not likely, though.

Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.
United States
Local time: 23:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Armenian
PRO pts in category: 165

Notes to answerer

Asker: Hi Zareh and thank you for your suggestion. ... but I already need to use 'urgent care' earlier in the heading - Emergency and Urgent Care Department -- (see the complete title of the department above). Any other ideas for a separate term for 'pronto soccorso'?

2 hrs confidence:

Acute Assessment/Admission Unit

Marianna Aita
Italy
Local time: 08:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 108

Grading comment

Grazie mille aitam.

Notes to answerer

Asker: Grazie aitam. Sono molto utili le informazioni in questo link.

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

A & E

Explanation:
yes- as simple as that. That's the standard way of saying it here.

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:38
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 120

Notes to answerer

Asker: Hi Tom, and thanks also for the A&E suggestion. I have to be continually reminded of this UK usage. The 'pronto soccorso' phrase appeared throughout the report, and I had to have a specific term for it.

4 hrs confidence:

Casualty

Explanation:
South African hospitals traditionally call it **Casualty**

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Casualty unit or casualty ward are used too

Gianco (X)
South Africa
Local time: 08:38
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you also, Gianco.

8 hrs confidence:

Emergency care unit

Explanation:
Sands is the coordinator of the University of Delaware Emergency Care Unit ( UDECU), a registered student organization on campus comprised of approximately ...
www.udel.edu/udaily/2009/mar/udecu032509.html

Fiorsam
United States
Local time: 02:38
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 12

Notes to answerer

Asker: Ciao Fiorsam. Thank you also for your suggestion - although please note that in your example, this emergency care unit is "... 50 undergraduate students who provide emergency medical care and volunteer ambulance coverage to University of Delaware and the surrounding Newark community ... "

23 mins confidence:

The Emergency Room Section [of XYZ Hospital]

Explanation:
Boh ... if it is a "dipartimento" di Pronto Soccorso significherà che l'ospedale è diviso in vari settori a seconda delle mansioni e responsabilità rispettive. Quindi "dipartimento" inteso nel senso di "settore", e non nel senso di dipartimento accademico.

Oppure: [XYZ Hospital's] Emergency Room Responsibilities

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"Pronto Soccorso" = "Emergency Room" (at least in USA). Il problema nasce, da come lo vedo io, perché in USA non c'è un "dipartimento" di PS, per questo ho cercato una parafrasi (col contesto offerto all'inizio dell'OP).

"Vai al pronto soccorso" equivale "go to the EM". Quella è l'equivalenza, secondo me.

ilokle
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Italian,

English

Notes to answerer

Asker: Pronto Soccorso - ma cosa devo fare con questo appellativo 'pronto soccorso'? E' questa la mia domanda.

11 hrs confidence:

emergency care (in the Emergency Room - ER) / first aid - emergency care

Explanation:
Emergency medicine
Emergency medicine is a branch of medicine that is practiced in a hospital emergency department, in the field by emergency medical service, such as paramedics, and other locations where initial medical treatment of illness takes place. Just as clinicians operate by immediacy rules under large emergency systems, emergency physicians and other allied health care workers in the emergency department base their practice on a triage system.

#
MEDIC FIRST AID International
The MEDIC FIRST AID Emergency Care First Aid Version 6.0 training program is designed to train individuals and corporations that require training in basic ...
www.medicfirstaid.com/programs_emrcare.htm - Cached - Similar
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Emergency Care Courses: First Aid, CPR, AED, Bloodborne Pathogens ...
National Safety Council Home · NSC Home > Training > Emergency Care/First Aid > Emergency Care Courses. Emergency Care Training Courses. RELATED LINKS: ...
www2.nsc.org/trainemerg/ - Cached - Similar
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Wilderness first aid: emergency care for remote locations - Google Books Result
by Howard D. Backer, American Academy of ... - 2005 - Health & Fitness - 350 pages
This indispensable book provides information on how to handle common injuries and illnesses when medical care is an hour or more away.
books.google.com/books?isbn=0763728314...
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MBA NMBP: Patroller Skills: First Aid
There is a wide range of first aid/emergency care certification levels and a ... First aid/emergency care and CPR training providers are listed at the end ...
www.imba.com/nmbp/skills/skills_firstaid.html - Cached - Similar
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Mountain Medicine: Welcome to Mountain Medicine Home Page
Our courses cover: Emergency Care, Outdoor Safety & Occupational First Aid, Emergency Care Sports Coaches, Health Care for Remote Activities Instructors, ...
www.mountain-medicine.com/ - Cached - Similar
First Aid Certification
Medic First Aid Basic5; Medic First Aid Pediatric5; Medic First Aid Emergency Care5. NSC. Standard First Aid; First Aid - Level 2. Workplace CPR ...
www.health.state.ny.us/environmental/outdoors/.../firstaid.... - Cached - Similar
Mark The Medic: First Aid & Emergency Care Tutor & Provider
First Aid / Emergency Care Training. Event Medical Cover and Emergency Planning. Registered Advanced Emergency Medical Technician.
www.markthemedic.com/ - Cached - Similar

Maria Kisic
Local time: 02:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16

Notes to answerer

Asker: Hola Maria. Thanks also for your suggestion and all the references.

11 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Emergency Room ( ER)

Explanation:
Remember the famous ER television series?

ER is standard in US, isn't it?

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I wouldn't even spell it out, just leave it as "ER". It will be more than understood (unless it is for a European audience in English)

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Btw, "first aid" is never meant as comprehensive emergency service. It is just things than anyone, even non-medical personnel, can provide--bandaging, desinfection, etc.

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Yes, but emergency "room" does not mean that there is only 1 room. It's the whole department. Look at the following: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-8620326.html
Since you have a bit of a repetition in your original ( Dipartimento di E. and pronto soccorso) you can easily incorporate everything into: "Department of Emergency Medicine - ER". It is, however, primarily a US variant. Wouldn't know how to localize to UK :)

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Prosim, Joseph!

Lirka
Austria
Local time: 08:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 572

Notes to answerer

Asker: "ER" is standard in the US, yes, although I think a lot of people prefer (and insist on) 'Emergency Department' because it's a lot more than ONE room. Also agree with your comment about 'first aid', which is another reason I can't use 'First Aid Department' in my translation. (My translation is supposed to use UK terminology, by the way.) Thanks.

Asker: Hvala lepa!

14 hrs confidence:

rapid response, assessment and referral / rapid assessment and referral

Explanation:
- if you want to add the "pronto soccorso" bit, as it seems to be what it covers
"Emergency Department [or A&E, or whatever] - rapid response, assessment and referral"

or maybe: urgent assessment/emergency assessment and referral, depending what you call the 'Dipartimento di Emergenza e Urgenza' before it

THE RAPID RESPONSE ASSESSMENT TEAM
HISTORY
The team was originally formed in December 1997 as a trust initiative to reduce the number of older people being admitted into acute hospital beds inappropriately. Initially it was only the Acute Medical Assessment Area (AMAA) who could access the team but the service has now expanded to the point that it covers Accident and Emergency (A&E), AMAA, Emergency Assessment Unit (EAU) and it also has access to 6 in-patient beds on ward 29.

http://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/sites/emibank/clinicians/guideline...

[PDF]
Rushford SA Brochure.pmd
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
Urgent assessment and referral services are provided for adults daily from 8 a.m. to midnight. Services are provided by trained nurses who can assess the ...
www.rushford.org/images/customer-files//AddictionBrochure.p...

[DOC]
Trust Board Meeting 27th November 2008 Agenda Item 18 DEVON ...
File Format: Microsoft Word - View as HTML
Case discussed with relevant agencies and clients mother now on urgent assessment and referral for immediate move into nursing care. ...
www.devonpartnership.nhs.uk/.../Nov08_item_18_PALS_Qtr2_Rep...

Cambridge textbook of accident and emergency medicine - Google Books Result
by David V. Skinner, Andrew Swain, Colin Robertson - 1997 - Medical - 1271 pages
... method of treatment and therefore emergency intervention is not essential. ... Pressure areas • Rapid assessment and referral to orthopaedic department ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0521433797...

[PDF]
Published by the British Association for Accident and Emergency ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
Emergency Department: Medicine and Surgery Interface Problems and Solutions ...... playing a key role in the rapid assessment and referral of patients. ...
www.collemergencymed.ac.uk/asp/document.asp?ID=2980

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Hi Joseph, not at all. Neat solution. I like the word "unit" in some of these It. hosp. names. Yes, I did have a look. Interesting/useful question.

Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 337

Notes to answerer

Asker: Ciao Rachel. Thanks very much also for your suggestion and the references (and the additional e-mail). See my explanation in the Discussion, and also I suggest you have a look at that interesting Wikipedia article that aitam referenced.

Reference comments

8 hrs

Reference: A & E ward

Reference information:
An A&E ward is a ward in which the bed complement is usually allocated to the specialty of Accident & Emergency (A&E). It is used for inpatients admitted as ...
www.datadictionaryadmin.scot.nhs.uk/.../2178.html - Im Cache

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 142

Note to reference poster

Asker: Thank you, Ellen.

14 hrs

Reference

Reference information:
Accident and Emergency
A 24-hour dedicated children's Accident and Emergency service. Five-bedded emergency room with en suite x-ray facilities. Major incident response plan ...
www.bartsandthelondon.nhs.uk/.../emergency_services.asp - Cached - Similar

liz askew
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 934

Note to reference poster

Asker: Hi Liz. Thanks again.

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