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A Trip to the Emergency Room

A Trip to the Emergency Room
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     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   6.12

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    asthma, catheter, heartbeat, intravenous, triage, urine, cases, medical, fell, tests, emergency, otherwise, attack, overnight, sized, doing

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A Trip to the Emergency Room
By Jennifer Kenny 		  
1     Kristy and her mother were in their car headed to the store. While waiting at a red light, a car slammed into them from behind. Kristy and her mom were hurt. A witness called 911 and asked for an ambulance.
 
2     Jack's grandmother was getting older. One day while getting out of bed, his grandmother tripped. She knew she had broken something - probably her hip. Jack's mother came running. She decided she better not move her. She called for an ambulance instead.
 
3     Keith woke up in the middle of the night. He was experiencing a severe asthma attack. When the medicine did not improve his breathing, Keith's mother called the doctor. He told Keith's mother to get Keith to the hospital right away.
 
4     Julie and John were running through the house, doing exactly what they weren't supposed to do. Suddenly, Julie fell over a toy. She hit her head on the corner of the living room table. Her head had a pretty good sized cut now. She was bleeding. Her mother and father picked Julie up, and the family headed to the hospital, thinking Julie might need stitches.
 
5     What do Kristy, Jack's grandmother, Keith, and Julie have in common? They all needed immediate medical attention. That means they needed help right away. Where did they all end up? They were each taken to the ER, otherwise known as the emergency room. This is a part of the hospital where doctors and nurses treat those with emergencies. It is open seven days a week, 24 hours a day.

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