unit 9: hospitals Flashcards
meaning of inpatient (IP)?
a patient who comes to check their health & stays for one or more nights
meaning of outpatient (OP)?
a patient who comes to check their health & returns home on the same day
meaning of casualty?
a place where patients are acutely ill/serious disease come for assessment & treatment
meaning of day surgery unit?
a department where treatment is required one day only such as minor surgery (e.g. mole removal)
meaning of maternity?
the state of being a mother
meaning of gynecology?
a course which studies about the disease of women
meaning of neonatology?
a course which studies about the newborn baby
meaning of chronic ill?
a kind of disease which happens for long lasting (e.g. Leukemia: white blood cancer)
meaning of acutely ill?
a kind of disease which suddenly occurs (e.g. covid-19, heart attack)
meaning of assessment unit?
a department where patients register temporally for assessment & treatment
meaning of doctor on duty?
a doctor who is working at that time (during 8h)
meaning of doctor on call?
a doctor who is available in the list of calling for working or official visiting when needed
meaning of locum doctor?
a doctor who is hired to cover another doctor when he/she is absent
meaning of coma/comatose?
a kind of acutely ill which causes patients unconsciousness(pass out) for a short time
meaning of abortion?
ending of a pregnancy by expulsion of fetus before it can survive outside the uterus(womb)
