Hospital

HospitalParts of a hospital, people, sicknesses, conversations

Departments/Wards

• There are many departments in a hospital.

• Departments are also called wards.

• The place where a department is is called a wing.• Where is the Radiology wing?

• What are the departments in your hospital?

Different departments, different fields of study

http://www.hospitalenglish.com/students/fieldsofstudy1.htm

Emergencies

People go to the hospital because of emergencies.

There are many types of emergencies. Can you name some types of emergencies?

A. Be injured/hurtB. Be unconsciousC. Be in shockD. Have a heart attackE. Have an allergic

reactionF. Get an electric shockG. Get frostbiteH. Burn yourselfI. DrownJ. Swallow poisonK. OverdoseL. ChokeM. Bleed/get cutN. Can’t breatheO. FallP. Break a bone

How can you help a patient who…

• burnt themselves?

• swallowed poison?

• is bleeding?

• has frostbite?

Hospital Verbs• start an IV/drip

• look at an MRI scan

• take blood pressure

• give a shot

• explain a problem

• listen to lungs/heart

• check ears

• bandage

• write in a chart

• pay the bill

• take the patient to…

• check eyes

• take a temperature

• take a pulse

• prep for surgery

• operate

Look at the flashcards!http://www.hospitalenglish.com/flashcards/files/

procedures_flash.pdf

Look at the flashcards on this website and match them with the Hospital Verbs on the previous slide.

Write a story

Think about an emergency in your life or in your mother, sister, brother, father, friend’s life. What happened? Did you/they go to the hospital? How did the story end? Write, then tell your partner the story.

Remember: past tense verbs

take took

end.