UNIT 8

Taking a blood sample

Objectives:
In the end of this lesson the students will be able to:
1. Mention vocabularies related to talking a blood sample
2. Read and comprehend text related to talking a blood sample
3. Write a text related to talking a blood sample
4. Communicate a dialoque about talking a blood sample
Vocabulary

Match the words wit the pictures

 Antiseptic wipe  Specimen tube
 Cotton ball  Syringe
 Needle  Tourniquet
 Plaster
Reading
Complete these instructions for taking a blood sample with the words in 1.
Arrange the sentences into correct order based on the pictures in 1
Put a (n) ... cover the cotton ball and check the patients feels ok.
Put out the needle and put a (n) ... onto the wound. Press hard.
Ask the patients to roll up their sleeve and use a(n) ... to clean the patients’ arm.
1 Write the patient’s full name and DOB on the ...
Tie the ... slightly around the patient’s upper arm and insert the ... into the vein.
Use the ... to fill the tube with blood.
Arrange the words in correct order.
1. For me / your sleeve / please / roll up
2. Disinfect / first / let me / your arm
3. The tourniquet / let me / round your arm / tie
4. A small pin prick / will / feel / you
5. To your arm / cotton ball / hold /this
6. For a minute / your arm / press hard /bend
Read, edit and practice the dialoque
N: Nurse A: Alessandro
Nurse: Is this your first blood test, Alessandro?
Alessandro: Yes it is, and I really don’t like blood.
Nurse: Ok, let is go step by step. Please roll up your sleeve for me. Let me disinfect your arm
first. Now let me tie the tourniquet round your arm. Ok, now you will feel a small pin prick.
Alessandro: oh! That is tight.
Nurse: It would not take long. Now turn your head to the window. What can you see?
Alessandro: I see a school. There are lots of children, a teacher, I think …
Nurse: Uh-uh yes? Now I just need a minute to change the specimen tube.
Alessandro: Uh-uh. I feel really dizzy.
Nurse: That is ok. Now Hold this cotton ball to your arm. Press hard for a minute and bend
your arm. Yes, that is right. Take a deep breath and close your eyes. Good.
Alessandro: I don’t like this.
Nurse: Keep breathing. It is done now. Now for the plaster. I will send this to the lab.
Alessandro: I don’t feel so good.
Nurse: Here is some juice; that will help your dizziness.
Alessandro: Thanks
Nurse: Just relax. How do you feel now?
Alessandro: Much better. I feel much bette