UNIT) 17 In hospital prrvrrvere A&E noun a hospital department for people with illnesses or injuries that need immediate attention admit verb to give someone a bed ina hospital as an in-patient anaesthetist noun @ person who gives a patient a general anaesthetic casualty noun another name for A&E coma noun a state in which someone is unconscious for a long time consultant noun a senior doctor with special knowledge about a particular illness, injury, or part of the body critical adjective describing the condition of someone who is very ill or badly injured department noun a part of a hospital that deals with a particular kind of illness, injury, or part of the body discharge verb to send an in-patient home: from hospital drip noun a piece of equipment that puts liquids slowly and continuously into someone's body through a hollow needle general anaesthetic noun a drug that makes someone unconscious during a major operation in-patient noun @ person who stays in hospital for one or more nights while they receive treatment 101 Scanned by CamScannerintensive care or intensive care unit noun a hospital department for people who are very ill life support or life support machine noun a piece of equipment that keeps someone alive when they are very ill local anaesthetic noun a drug that stops someone feeling pain in part of their body during treatment, such as a minor operation lose consciousness phrase to become unconscious maternity ward noun @ large room in a hospital with beds for women just before and after they have a baby operating theatre noun a room in a hospital where operations take place operation noun an act of cutting open part of someone's body to make them better out-patient noun @ person who comes to a hospital for treatment and goes home again the same day oxygen noun a gas given to people who are not breathing properly physiotherapy noun treatment that involves exercising parts of your body that have been affected by injury or illness radiographer noun @ person who takes X-rays Tegain consciousness phrase to be able to move, feel, see, hear, etc again after being unconscious ‘scalpel noun a small knife used by a surgeon surgeon noun a doctor who performs operations surgery noun treatment that involves cutting open part of someone's body unconscious adjective not able to move, feel, see, hear, etc visiting hours plural noun the times when people are allowed to visit friends and felatives who are in hospital 102 Scanned by CamScannerCay Choose the correct answer for each blank and write its number (1, 2, 3 or 4) in the brackets provided. 4. A surgeon works in the _______ of a hospital. (1) X-ray department (2) laboratory (3) children’s ward (4) operating theatre ( ) The driver of the car was taken to hospital, where he is in a condition. (1) dangerous (2) critical (3) very sick (4) bad ( ) My grandfather was in ______ for several days, and we were afraid he might die. (1) intensive care (2) life support (3) the operating theatre (4) surgery ( ) The nurse put Sally on ________ to make sure that she had the right balance of liquids in her body. (1) adiet (2) drugs (3) oxygen (4) a drip ( ) The surgeon picked up a _____ to begin the operation. (1) knife (2) pair of scissors (3) scalpel (4) swab () They gave her ____ because she could not breathe properly. (1) hydrogen (2) air (3) oxygen (4) gas ( Jack was ______ for two weeks after the accident. (1) ina coma (2) under anaesthetic (3) losing consciousness (4) asleep ( ) Mr Lee was to hospital yesterday for a routine operation on his knee. (1) taken (2) rushed (3) let in (4) admitted () 103 Scanned by CamScanner10. The good news is that she is now well enough to be taken off the machine. (1) intensive care (2) life support (3) intensive support (4) lifesaving ( ) Itis only a minor operation, so you do not need a anaesthetic. (1) local (2) full (3) general (4) major ( ) Ey Choose the most suitable answer to replace the underlined word(s) and write its number in the brackets provided. .. 104 Mrs Allen was sent home two days after her operation. (1) admitted (2) let out (3) discharged (4) sent back ( ) My father had an operation to remove a lump from his neck. (4) an injection (2) surgery (3) ageneral anaesthetic (4) a local anaesthetic ( ) | have an appointment to see a specialist about my hearing problem. (1) a consultant (2) asurgeon (3) a doctor (4) an expert () She has just come round after four weeks in a coma. (1) resumed consciousness (2) lost consciousness (3) retained consciousness (4) regained consciousness ( ) Jane works as a nurse in the A&E department. (1) casualty (2) emergency (3) accident (4) Xray ( ) Scanned by CamScannerCy Choose the correct word(s) from the box and write its letter in each blank. Do not use the same word(s) more than once. (A) visitors (8) in-patients (C) surgeon (0) paediatrician (E) radiographer (F)_ anaesthetist (G) nurse (H) inmates () physiotherapist (J) outpatients It is not just doctors and nurses who work at a hospital. There are many other jobs to be done there. | For example, the person who takes X-rays of things inside your body is called a(1)_____, and the person who moves patients around the hospital is called a porter. The doctor who puts you to sleep before an operation is a/an (2) and the one who performs the operation is a (3) _____. The most senior doctors in each department are called consultants or specialists. ‘There are also various types of nurses, with different titles depending on the duties they do or the amount of responsibility they have. Even the patients themselves are divided into two groups. Those who have to stay in hospital for one or more nights are called (4) . Those who come to see a consultant or attend a clinic and ‘then go home again are called (5) ______. 105 Scanned by CamScannerFill each blank with the word(s) you think best. Do not use the same word(s) more than once. Kate's father took her to the hospital to see her baby brother, ‘who was just one day old, The (1) were 2.30 to 5.30 p.m., so they drove there: straight from school. Kate had never been inside a hospital before. It was a new experience for her. At the main entrance there was a large sign listing all the wards and (2) ____________ off the hospital, with arrows showing how to find them. They wanted the (3) —____., which was to the right, next to the (4) department. 'What do those letters stand for?’ asked Kate. ‘Accident and emergency,’ replied her father. ‘That is where we took your sister when she fell off her bike and broke her arm.’ ‘And what was that fizzy’ place she went to for exercises after the bone had mended?’ asked Kate. Her father laughed. ‘That was the (5) __________ department,’ he said. Scanned by CamScanner