Medical Appointments

Question 1

Ache

Answer 1

Flat hands up and down vertical

Question 2

Antibiotic

Answer 2

V to mouth twice

Question 3

Appointment

Answer 3

Two fingers bent to open palm

Question 4

Bandage

Answer 4

Wrap round flat hand

Question 5

Before food

Answer 5

Before (hand back over arm food (hand gripped to mouth

Question 6

Blood

Answer 6

Index to face, hand over hand

Question 7

Broken

Answer 7

Fists together snap apart

Question 8

Bruise

Answer 8

Twist hand over arm/face

Question 9

Check up

Answer 9

Check - hands with little fingers up and down - up - hands down body

Question 10

Cold - temperature

Answer 10

Fists by sides make small movements rapidly

Question 11

Cold - illness

Answer 11

Blow nose twice

Question 12

Cough

Answer 12

Punch chest like clearing it

Question 13

Dentist

Answer 13

Tap tooth twice

Question 14

Diarrhoea

Answer 14

Hands flap down

Question 15

Disabled

Answer 15

D and flip left down

Question 16

Doctor

Answer 16

Tap watch, two fingers

Question 17

Dressing

Answer 17

Wrap right with left (both open)

Question 18

Every day

Answer 18

Hand round till up and facing in

Question 19

Fast (to not eat)

Answer 19

Fast (Hands turn out by stomach) and food (hand to mouth) no (circle with fingers shake)

Question 20

Headache

Answer 20

Hand shakes away from side of head

Question 21

Hospital

Answer 21

Same as Nurse - draw cross on top of opposite arm with thumb

Question 22

Hot

Answer 22

Index across forehead and drip off

Question 23

Ice

Answer 23

Hands flat out, palms down, pull in and fingertips bend

Question 24

Injection

Answer 24

As though injecting arm

Question 25

Itchy

Answer 25

Scratch top of hand

Question 26

Medicine

Answer 26

Mix with little finger in other hand’s fist

Question 27

Nurse

Answer 27

Same as hospital, thumb draws cross on arm

Question 28

Operation

Answer 28

Slice with thumb (depending on where on the body!)

Question 29

Pain

Answer 29

Shake hand by chest

Question 30

Pain - dull

Answer 30

Fists facing horizontally turn towards each other, then shake hands by chest

Question 31

Pain - sharp

Answer 31

Hand explodes away from index, hands shake by chest

Question 32

Physiotherapy

Answer 32

Flat hands down from chest, then kneading with both hands like massage

Question 33

Prescription

Answer 33

Finger and thumb flick to mouth, V moves down flat hand two make a list

Question 34

Pulse

Answer 34

Hold wrist with two fingers on top, thumb under

Question 35

Reception

Answer 35

Beckon

Question 36

Reception room

Answer 36

Room (draw flat square) reception (beckon)

Question 37

Referral

Answer 37

R on flat hand moves across

Question 38

Rest (as in you need to rest)

Answer 38

Thumbs by chest, hands turn down

Question 39

Tablet

Answer 39

Flick finger and thumb by mouth twice (like antibiotic)

Question 40

Test

Answer 40

Finger and thumb out on both hands, move vertically down and wiggle

Question 41

Toilet

Answer 41

T T

Question 42

Urine sample

Answer 42

Index flicks down twice, C shape like bottle

Question 43

Vomit

Answer 43

Hands flat towards each other (one higher), move down and round and splay fingers

Question 44

Wait

Answer 44

Fists together horizontally, tap tap

Question 45

Waiting room

Answer 45

Room (draw flat square) wait (fists horizontally together, tap tap)

Question 46

Wash

Answer 46

Palm to palm and rub

Question 47

Wheelchair

Answer 47

Indexes to the side and round like wheels

Question 48

Where does it hurt?

Answer 48

Pain (hand shakes by chest) where (hands shake outwards) ?

Question 49

With food

Answer 49

With (hands move together to hold) food (towards mouth)

Question 50

X-ray

Answer 50

Spell X R A Y