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.
Do you use uppercase or capital letters for departments?
Capital letters:
The Neurological Clinic
Skåne University Hospital
admission
Intagning
general practitioner
Allmänläkare
Refer
Hänvisa, remittera
Assess
Bedöma
Severe
Svår, allvarlig
Malignant
Malign, elakartad
Procedure
Procedur
Gastroenterology
Gastroenterologi
Geriatric
Geriatrik
Antenatal clinic
Mödravårdscentral
mödravårdscentral
maternity care center
sjukpenning
sickness benefit
Öppenvård
Day care
Läkarintyg
Doctor’s certificate
Friskvård
Preventive health care
KK-mottagning
OB-GYN outpatient clinic
Sjukhem
Nursing home
öron-näsa-hals-klinik
ENT department
hjärtklinik
Heart clinic, Department of cardiology
urologiklinik
Urology clinic, Department of urology
hudklinik
Skin clinic, Department of dermatology
patologklinik
Department of pathology
gynekologiklinik
Department of gynaecology
ögonklinik
Department of ophtalmology
infektionsklinik
Department of infectious diseases
neurologklinik
Department of neurology
röntgenklinik
X-ray department
KK-mottagning
OB-GYN outpatient clinic
thoraxkirurgisk klinik
Thoracic surgery clinic
akutmottagning
Emergency department
Blodcentral
Bloodcenter