English For Nurses and Medical Professionals
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Patients come in all different shapes and sizes. They also speak many different languages. Whether you are working abroad or at home, there will come a time when you will need to rely on English to communicate. These pages can help nurses, doctors, pharmacists, paramedics, receptionists, specialists or even those who volunteer. They will help you learn some basic English expressions and vocabulary related to the medical field. y studying and practising !edical English, you will be able to make your patients feel more comfortable, and have a better understanding of their needs. "ou will also learn how to talk to their loved ones and communicate with other medical staff who speak English.
Human Body
#ne of the first things you need to know when working in English is the parts of the body. "ou will need to learn the names of the internal $inside the skin% and external body parts. "ou will also need to learn the words for the functions of each of these body parts. &ere are the basics to get you started.
Head
'nside the head is the brain, which is responsible for thinking. The top of a person(s scalp is covered with hair. eneath the hairline at the front of the face is the forehead. )nderneath the forehead are the eyes for seeing, the nose for smelling, and the mouth for eating. #n the outside of the mouth are the lips, and on the inside of the mouth are the teeth for biting and the tongue for tasting. *ood is swallowed down the throat. +t the sides of the face are the cheeks and at the sides of the head are the ears for hearing. +t the bottom of a person(s face is the chin. The jaw is located on the inside of the cheeks and chin. The neck is what attaches the head to the upper body.
Upper Body
+t the top and front of the upper body, ,ust below the neck is the collar bone. #n the front side of the upper body is the chest, which in women includes the breasts. abies suck on the nipples of their mother(s breasts. eneath the ribcage are the stomach and the waist. The navel, more commonly referred to as the belly button, is located here as well. #n the inside of the upper body are the heart for pumping blood and the lungs for breathing. The rear side of the upper body is called the back, inside which the spine connects the upper body to the lower body. pper !imbs "arms# The arms are attached to the shoulders. eneath this area is called the armpit or
underarm. The upper arms have the muscles known as triceps and biceps. The ,oint halfway down the arm is called the elbow. etween the elbow and the next ,oint, the wrist, is the forearm. elow the wrist is the hand with four fingers and one thumb. eside the thumb is the inde$ finger. eside the index finger is the middle finger, followed by the ring finger and the little finger. +t the ends of the fingers are fingernails.
Lower Body
elow the waist, on left and right, are the hips. etween the hips are the reproductive organs, the penis $male% or the vagina $female%. +t the back of the lower body are the buttocks for sitting on. They are also commonly referred to as the rear end or the bum $especially with children%. The internal organs in the lower body include the intestines for digesting food, the bladder for holding li-uid waste, as well as the liver and the kidneys. This area also contains the woman(s uterus, which holds a baby when a woman is pregnant. !ower !imbs "legs# The top of the leg is called the thigh, and the ,oint in the middle of the leg is the knee. The front of the lower leg is the shin and the back of the lower leg is the calf. The ankle connects the foot to the leg. Each foot has five toes. The smallest toe is often called the little toe while the large one is called the big toe. +t the ends of the toes are toenails.
%ocabulary
&ord part of speech abnormal adj ache noun/verb acute adj Meaning not normal for the human body E$ample sentence This amount of weight loss is abnormal for women your age. ' can(t sleep because my knees ache in the night. We knew the baby was coming right away because the woman(s labour pains were acute. "our son is extremely allergic to peanuts. We called the ambulance when /osh stopped breathing.
pain that won(t go away
-uick to become severe.bad
allergy noun allergic adj ambulance noun amnesia noun amputation noun amputate verb anaemia noun anaemic adj antibiotics noun anti'depressant noun
a body(s abnormal reaction to certain foods or environmental substances $eg causes a rash% emergency vehicle that rushes people to a hospital
a condition that causes people to ' can(t remember the accident lose their memory because ' had amnesia. permanent removal of a limb occurs when the body doesn(t have enough red blood cells medication that kills bacteria and cures infections medication that helps relieve anxiety and sadness We had to amputate his leg because the infection spread so -uickly. ' have low energy because ' am anaemic. !y throat infection went away after ' started the antibiotics. The anti'depressants helped me get on with life after 0ucy died. '(ve made you an appointment with a specialist in three week(s time.
appointment noun
a scheduled meeting with a medical professional
arthritis
!y grandmother can(t knit a disease that causes the ,oints to anymore because the
