1 He has a sore throat. It hurts when he talks or swallows food.
2 He has diarrhoea. He’s been to the toilet five times this morning.
3 He feels sick. He feels that he’s going to vomit.
4 He’s fainted. It’s so hot in the room that he’s lost consciousness.
5 He has a blister on his foot. He’s been walking in uncomfortable shoes.
6 He has a cold. He’s sneezing a lot and he has a cough.
7 He has flu. He has a temperature and he aches all over.
8 He feels dizzy. He feels that everything is spinning round.
9 He’s cut himself. He’s bleeding.
1 He’s unconscious. He’s breathing, but his eyes are closed and he
can’t hear or feel anything.
2 He’s had an allergic reaction. He was stung by a wasp and now
he has a rash and has difficulty breathing.
3 He’s sprained his ankle. He fell badly and now it’s swollen.
4 He has high blood pressure. It’s one hundred and eighty over
one hundred and forty.
5 He has food poisoning. He ate some prawns that were off.
6 He’s choking. He was eating a steak and a piece got stuck in his
throat.
7 He’s burnt himself. He spilt some boiling water on his hand.
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1 What's the first thing you should put on a burn?
Cool running water
2 How should you treat a sprained ankle?
Put an ice pack on the ankle
put the leg up, e.g. on a chair
3 What's the best thing do for someone with hypothermia?
Cover them in something warm, e.g. a coat or a blanket
4 What's the first thing to do if someone is choking?
Make them continue to cough hard
hit them hard on the back
5 What's the best way to stop a nosebleed?
Tip your head forwards
Pinch the soft part of your nose
6 After you have cleaned a bad cut,what should you do?
Put on a bandage
Put on antiseptic cream
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Phrasal verbs connected with illness
1 pass out means faint
2 lie down means put your body in a horizontal position
3 throw up means vomit, be sick
4 get over means get better, recover from something
5 come round means become conscious again
Jane
1 …he didn’t have a pulse, so I thought he was probably having a
heart attack.
2 …he took her to one side to calm her down, because obviously
she was in shock.
3 I kept going until the ambulance turned up…
Daniel
4 …an old lady stepped off the pavement in front of me and she
tripped and fell into the road.
5 She’d fallen heavily, but she was still conscious…
6 It was obviously an effort for her to sit up, it was very painful…
Alison
7 Then all of a sudden, he stopped walking and fell backwards…
8 Some teenagers in the queue called an ambulance…
9 …then they put him on a stretcher and took him away
running water = water from the tap
damp cloth = slightly wet cloth
rub (v) = to press two surfaces against each other and move them backwards and forwards
press (v) = to push sth closely and firmly against sth
tip (v) = to move so that one end or side is higher than the other
pinch (v) = to hold sth tightly between the thumb and finger
bandage (n) = a strip of cloth used for tying around a part of the body that has been hurt, in order to protect or support it
cholesterol /kəˈlestərɔːl/ = a substance found in blood, fat, and most tissues of the body. Too much cholesterol can cause heart disease.
indigestion /ɪndɪˈdʒestʃən/ = pain caused by difficulty in digesting food
injection /ɪnˈdʒekʃn/ = an act of injecting sb with a drug or other substance
operation /ɒpəˈreɪʃn/ = the process of cutting open a part of a person’s body in order to remove or repair a damaged part
scratch /skrætʃ/ = cut or damage your skin slightly with sth sharp
surgeon /ˈsɜːdʒən/ = a doctor who is trained to perform
surgery (= medical operations that involve cutting open a person’s body)
syringe /sɪˈrɪndʒ/ = a plastic or glass tube with a long hollow needle that is used for putting drugs, etc., into a person’s body or for taking a small amount of blood from a person.
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VISITING THE PHARMACY
Ann goes to the pharmacy to get medicine for her husband. who has a rash on his back. She talks to Ken. the pharmacist.
Ann: My husband has a rash on his back. It’s driving him nuts.
Ken: When did the rash break out?
Ann: Yesterday morning. What do you think it could be?
Ken: It could be any number of things.
Ann: Such as?
Ken: For starters, it could be an allergic reaction to something.
Ann: I recently started using a new brand of laundry detergent. You may have hit the nail on the head!
Ken: If it is small red dots, it may be hives.
Ann: What do you recommend he take for it?
Ken: Is he on anything now?
Ann: No.
Ken: Try an over-the-counter anti-itch cream or a pill like Claritin.
Ann: What if those don’t work? What if it gets worse?
Ken: If it doesn’t clear up, he should see a doctor. It’s probably nothing serious, but better safe than sorry.
Ann: Right! We should nip this in the bud.
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DOCTORS’ SURGERIES AND HOSPITALS
When I go to the doctor, I tell the _receptionist_ my name and take a seat in the _waiting_ room.
My doctor is very busy so I have to make an _appointment_ before I go to see him.
He asks me what’s wrong with me, I tell him the _symptoms_ of my illness, for example, high temperature, difficulty in breathing, or pains, and then he will usually _examine_ me.
He’ll listen to my heart with his _stethoscope_, he’ll hold my wrist to feel my _pulse_, he’ll take my _temperature_ with his _thermometer.
The problem is usually something simple and he might give me a _prescription_ for some medicine, which I take to the _chemist.
Of course, if I needed more serious _treatment _, I’d have to go to the hospital.
There, I’d be put in a bed in a _ward _ with 10 or 20 other people.
If there were something seriously wrong with me, I might need an _operation.
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