Week 3 - Medical Supplies and Visiting Hours
Week 3 - Medical Supplies and Visiting Hours
Week 3 - Medical Supplies and Visiting Hours
UNIT 3A WEEK 3
Medical Supplies and Tools
1. Here is a list of some of the most common supplies found in doctor's offices, operating
rooms, and medical kits. Study the vocabularies and try the matching exercise.
Blood pressure
a tool that measures the force of blood flow through a person's body
monitor
Elastic tape a thin roll of stretchy material that is sticky on one side
sharp pointed metal piece that pricks the skin (attached to a syringe),
Hypodermic needle
used for taking blood or administering medicine
IV bag the pouch that contains liquids to be pumped into a patient's body
Microscope equipment that makes small things appear larger than they are
Oxygen mask equipment that fits over the nose and mouth and supplies oxygen
an object that is used to separate the doctor and patient from others in
Privacy screen
an open room
Table and head-rest paper that is placed on an examining table or head-rest to prevent the
paper spread of germs
glass cylinder that is filled with blood or other liquids and can be
Test tube
capped and placed in a storage area
Study the different people that may come to visit the patient. Then read some typical
concerns and questions that visitors may have, and some appropriate responses that you may
be able to give them.
Immediate family
Extended family
Grandmother and Grandfather (mother and father of patient's parents)
Aunt and Uncle (brother and sister of patient's parents)
Niece and Nephew (girl and boy child of patient's siblings)
Cousins (children of patient's aunt or uncle)
Sample Conversation
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1 What is the man's relation to the patient?