Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Progressive Care Unit (PCU)
French translation:
Unité de soins continus (USC)
Added to glossary by
Bertrand Leduc
May 13, 2014 16:08
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English term
Progressive Care Unit (PCU)
English to French
Medical
Medical: Health Care
It is part of a CV. It is mentionned as follow:
"Registered Nurse- Progressive Care Unit (PCU)
- Work in partnership with patients and the multidisciplinary team of PCU cardiac-telemetry unit to achieve optimum health and well being"
Does anyone know the French equivalent for this unit (Progressive Care Unit) and sub-unit (PCU cardiac-telemetry unit)?
"Registered Nurse- Progressive Care Unit (PCU)
- Work in partnership with patients and the multidisciplinary team of PCU cardiac-telemetry unit to achieve optimum health and well being"
Does anyone know the French equivalent for this unit (Progressive Care Unit) and sub-unit (PCU cardiac-telemetry unit)?
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | Unité de soins continus (USC) |
Bertrand Leduc
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| 3 | Service/Unité de soins progressifs |
Evelin Mrose
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Change log
May 13, 2014 18:36: Bertrand Leduc changed "Field (specific)" from "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" to "Medical: Health Care"
May 20, 2014 10:18: Bertrand Leduc Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Bertrand Leduc
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in French
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Medical translator and proofreader
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France) 
Works in: English to French
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Unité de soins continus (USC)
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Note added at 2 hrs (2014-05-13 18:14:59 GMT)
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L'unité de soins continus (USC)
Elle prend en charge les patients atteints de pathologies qui demandent des soins constants et une surveillance médicale
Les différentes pathologies soignées en soins continus sont par exemple :
bronchopneumopathie avec risque de défaillance respiratoire
surveillance d'une intoxication aigüe
déshydratation aigüe
décompensation métabolique (diabète...)
accident ischémique transitoire
suites d'une crise d'épilepsie
menace d'infarctus du myocarde...
http://www.ch-chauny.fr/unite-de-soins-continus
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A Progressive Care Unit (PCU) is a hospital unit that specializes in treating medical and surgical patients whose needs are not serious enough for the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) but too complex for the regular hospital floor.
http://www.ehow.com/facts_6817626_progressive-care-unit_.htm...
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Evelin Mrose
France
France
Native in French
France
Native in: German 
, French
Works in: German to French, French to German, English to French, and 1 more.
Service/Unité de soins progressifs
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