Essential Hospital Vocabulary and Phrases

Hospital Vocabulary

Personnel

  • Charge nurse/Sister: Enfermera a cargo
  • Cleaner: Limpiador
  • Consultant: Médico especialista
  • Paramedic: Paramédico, ambulancia
  • Porter: Celador
  • Receptionist: Recepcionista
  • Surgeon: Cirujano
  • Triage nurse: Enfermera de triaje
  • Scrub nurse: Enfermera de quirófano

Room Elements

Bed, buzzer, chair, drawer (cajón), light, locker (armario), table, TV.

Hospital Actions

  • Change dressings
  • Treat wounds
  • Give health checks
  • Give advice on certain topics
  • Run a clinic (dirigir una clínica)

Symptoms

Skin:

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Hepatitis Types, Causes, Symptoms & Transmission

Hepatitis: Inflammation of the Liver

Hepatitis refers to the inflammation of the liver, but this might not point to a specific cause. A person with hepatitis may have experienced one or more of the following:

  • Viral or bacterial infection of the liver.
  • Hepatic injury caused by a toxin.
  • Hepatic injury caused by the interruption of normal liver blood flow.
  • An immune disorder that affects liver function.
  • Abdominal trauma in the area of the liver.

Hepatitis A in Children

The most common form of hepatitis in

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Understanding the Future Simple Tense in English

Understanding the Future Simple Tense

Positive Form

Subject + will + verb (infinitive) + complement

  • You will buy milk.

Negative Form

Subject + will not + verb (infinitive) + complement

  • You will not buy milk.

Interrogative Form

Will + subject + verb (infinitive) + complement?

  • Will you buy milk?

WH- Questions

WH- word + will + subject + verb (infinitive) + complement?

  • When will you buy milk?

Assumptions

  • Maybe: quizás
  • Perhaps: tal vez
  • Sure: seguro
  • Doubt: duda
  • Wonder: me pregunto
  • Think: pienso
  • Believe: creo
  • Hope: espero

Subjects

I,

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Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Anemia: Causes and Symptoms

Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Manifestations

Hematemesis

Expulsion of blood from the upper digestive tract through the mouth, preceded by vomiting. Blood may appear red or like coffee grounds.

Melena

Expulsion of blackish, sticky, dough-like blood from the upper digestive tract through the anus.

Hematochezia or Rectal Bleeding

Red blood expelled from the anus, originating from the lower GI tract. The first is often accompanied by feces.

Fecal Occult Blood

Manifested by iron deficiency anemia.

Acute upper gastrointestinal

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