SHOUTING WISDOM ACADEMY
MEDICAL ENGLISH
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Meeting # 7. Medical equipment
Objectives:
1. Learn 10 new words about medical equipment
2. Count from 21 to 30
3. Ask and answer wh-questions using simple present of to be
Part 1. New medical equipment
1. Scalpel 6. Ultrasound Machine
2. Forceps 7. Ventilator
3. Surgical scissors 8. Defibrillator
4. Suction Machine 9. Tweezers
5. Syringe 10. Gloves
Part 2. Use of the diagnostic equipment
1. To listen to body sounds 6. To measure oxygen in the blood
2. To measure body temperature 7. To record electrical activities of the heart
3. To measure blood pressure 8. To measure blood sugar
4. To examine ears 9. To test reflexes
5. To examine eyes 10. To hold down the tongue to examine the throat
Exercise 1. Identify the following medical equipment.
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
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Exercise 2. What's my name? Tell the name of the following equipment.
1. I help medical specialists measure oxygen in the blood of patients. I am a ________________
2. I help doctors listen to the heartbeat and lungs. I am a ________________________________
3. I take body temperature. I am a __________________________________________________
4. Medical professionals use me to inject medicine or draw blood. I am a ___________________
5. I help restart the heart when it stops beating. I am a _________________________________
6. I am very small, but doctors use me to test reflexes of the patients. I am _________________
7. I am the perfect equipment to use to test the level of sugar in the blood. I am ____________
Exercise 3. Read the passage and answer the questions.
Hospital Department Room
A hospital is a place where doctors and nurses help sick people. It has many rooms and departments. A room is
a place for one main activity. For example, the emergency room is for people with serious problems. The
operating room is for surgery. The recovery room is for rest after an operation.
A department is a bigger part of the hospital. It includes many people and rooms. The cardiology department is
for heart problems. The pediatrics department is for sick children. Each department has doctors, nurses and
special equipment.
Rooms are for specific actions. Departments are for specific types of care.
1. What is a hospital? 6. Which department takes care of heart issues?
2. What is a room in a hospital? 7. Which department helps children?
3. What happens in the emergency room? 8. Are rooms bigger than departments?
4. What is the operating room for? 9. Do departments have doctors and nurses?
5. What is a department in a hospital? 10. What is the difference between a room and a department?
Exercise 4. Match column A with the right phrase in column B.
1. I am using a syringe a. To measure the level of sugar in the blood
2. He is using a defibrillator b. To take draw blood from a patient.
3. They are using an ultrasound machine c. To measure blood pressure
4. The lab technician is using a glucometer d. To listen to body sounds
5. The doctor is using a Blood Pressure Monitor e. To take picture of organs
6. You are using a stethoscope
Exercise 5. Answer the following questions.
1. Where is the lab technician? 3. Where are you?
2. What is he doing now? 4. What are you doing?
Exercise 6. Write the in letters the following numbers.
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
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