akutjour, kirurg jour

English translation: emergency duty, surgical duty/surgeon on duty etc.

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Swedish term or phrase:	akutjour, kirurg jour
English translation:	emergency duty, surgical duty/surgeon on duty etc.
Entered by:	Shaziya (X)

09:51 Mar 17, 2007

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Medical - Medical (general)

Swedish term or phrase: akutjour, kirurg jour

akut would be either acute or emergency I would assume and kirurg would be surgeon, however it is 'jour' i'm not sure about...

Shaziya (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 36 (none open) Answers: 29 India
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emergency duty, surgical duty/surgeon on duty etc.

Explanation:
"Jour" just means "duty", in the sense of being the person responsible at a particular time. "Ha jour" means "to be on duty".
How exactly to render the above depends on the context. I'm not sure whether "kirurg jour" is actually referring to the surgeon himself/herself or the duty itself - depends on the context. Hope this helps.

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Note added at 9 hrs (2007-03-17 19:19:05 GMT)
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How about "emergency doctors on duty" for "akutjourer"?
Would this make sense in the context?
Also, there is the issue of "on duty" vs. "on call". I'm not sure about this (sorry!), but I tend to think of someone who is "on duty" as actually being present at the place of work, whereas "on call" might imply that the person can be paged/telephoned/contacted in cases when needed. I think it will depend on the circumstances in the specific case. If it needs to be "on call", then "emergency on-call doctors" sounds OK.
Sorry I can't be 100% certain but I hope this helps.

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Mark Andrew Thompson
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:51

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emergency doctors on duty or call both make sense. thank you so much, it has been of GREAT help. :-)
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emergency duty, surgical duty/surgeon on duty etc.

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emergency duty, surgical duty/surgeon on duty etc.

Mark Andrew Thompson
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Local time: 15:51
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emergency doctors on duty or call both make sense. thank you so much, it has been of GREAT help. :-)

Notes to answerer

Asker: the sentence is; "akut jourer och kirurg jourer som kommer i kontakt med patienterna" etc etc.. So based on your advice, surgeons on call sounds fine but not sure how to get the akut jourer in the right context... "emergencies on call'... Desperately need your advice please.

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