2. Departments/Wards
• There are many departments in a hospital.
• Departments are also called wards.
• The place where a department is is called a wing.
• Where is the Radiology wing?
• What are the departments in your hospital?
4. Emergencies
People go to the hospital because of emergencies.
There are many types of emergencies. Can you
name some types of emergencies?
5. A. Be injured/hurt
B. Be unconscious
C. Be in shock
D. Have a heart attack
E. Have an allergic
reaction
F. Get an electric shock
G. Get frostbite
H. Burn yourself
I. Drown
J. Swallow poison
K. Overdose
L. Choke
M. Bleed/get cut
N. Can’t breathe
O. Fall
P. Break a bone
6. How can you help a patient
who…
• burnt themselves?
• swallowed poison?
• is bleeding?
• has frostbite?
7. Hospital Verbs
• start an IV/drip
• look at an MRI scan
• take blood pressure
• give a shot
• explain a problem
• listen to lungs/heart
• check ears
• bandage
• write in a chart
• pay the bill
• take the patient to…
• check eyes
• take a temperature
• take a pulse
• prep for surgery
• operate
8. Look at the flashcards!
http://www.hospitalenglish.com/flashcards/files/procedures_fl
ash.pdf
Look at the flashcards on this website and match them with
the Hospital Verbs on the previous slide.
9. Write a story
Think about an emergency in your life or in your
mother, sister, brother, father, friend’s life. What
happened? Did you/they go to the hospital? How
did the story end? Write, then tell your partner the
story.
Remember: past tense verbs
take took