Engelska Unit2 Flashcards
What is NHS?
National Health Service
What is The Lancet?
An important medical journal
What is the difference between arranged and emergency admission?
Arrange - not acute. you have an appointment booked
Emergency - acute
What institution do you visit first when you are sick?
Health centre
What is A & E?
Accident and Emergency
What is ICU?
Intensive care unit
Two other words for respirator are:
Ventilator, life-support machine
What is ECG?
Electrocardiogram
Monitors heart rate and rhythm
Who do you meet in the hospital if you have a malignant tumor?
An oncologist
What is ENT?
Ear, nose and throat department
If your bones and joints are treated, you see an …?
An orthopedic doctor
Which diseases does a gastroenterologist treat?
Stomach and intestinal diseases
Which clinic takes care of the elderly?
The geriatric clinic
Name 5 more clinics
Antenatal clinic
Surgical clinic
OB-GYN outpatient clinic
Thoracic surgery clinic
Pain clinic
Three meanings of the word ’sick’?
He was ill this morning
He felt unwell this morning
He vomited this morning.
Hur används ordet ’ill’?
After the predicate (verbet). He was ill with chickenpox.
Four words in English for ’avdelning’.
Clinic, department, unit, ward
What does the abbreviations ’OB’ and ’GYN’ mean?
Obstetrics and gynecology
How do you construct passive verb forms in English?
With the verb ‘to be’ and ‘-ed’ in the end.
“To be continued”
What is past simple? When do you use it?
Preteritum. When you talk about something that has passed.
