Last week, we discussed a new study of injuries in physical education classes in American schools. 上周,我们讨论了一份关于美国体育课受伤事件的新研究。
The number of students taken to hospitals increased one and a half times from nineteen ninety-seven to two thousand seven. Few injuries were serious. 1997-2007年间,被送去医院的学生人数增加了1.5倍。仅有少数伤势严重。
Then why treat them at emergency rooms? One possible reason: a shortage of school nurses. 那为什么还要在急症室里治疗呢?一个可能的原因是:学校医护人员的短缺。
Amy Garcia agrees with that. She is the executive director of the National Association of School Nurses. Amy Garcia同意以上观点。她是全美学校护士协会的执行理事。
She says federal guidelines call for one nurse for every seven hundred fifty healthy students. 她说,联邦政策方针要求每750名健康的学生必须配有一名护士。