Medical Emergencies

Vocabulary

Try to find synonyms and/or to

give meanings for the following
words and phrases:
to concern
to be related to, to refer to
to be concerned
to be worried
immediate
right away
to stop from happening
to prevent

to be familiar with
to know
English for
first aid
a first aid kit is
a box with all the things necessary
for providing first aid
an objective
a goal, an aim

a vehicle for medical

emergencies is
an ambulance
to occur
to happen, to take place
asphyxiation
inability to breathe
electrocution
exposure to high electricity
voltage

English word for

/
drowning
English word for

brain damage
English word for

artificial respiration
English word for
resuscitation

English word for

victim, casualty, fatality
English word for
to avoid
due to means
because of, as a result of
the breaking of a bone is
called
a fracture

consideration
1) concern (in this case)
2) kindness
3) thought
restoration of breathing
means
English word for
heartbeat

English words for

foreign bodies or foreign matter
to make something looser
to loosen
to throw up
to vomit
the vomited matter
vomit
adjective referring to the heart
cardiac

adjective referring to the lungs

pulmonary
severe bleeding
hemorrhaging
tourniquet
a strap used to stop bleeding
not enough
insufficient
promptly
timely, immediately, right away, on
time

English for (e)

choking, to choke on sth
the Heimlich maneuver is
to clutch
to grab, to grasp
the person who saves someone
savior, rescuer
to impel sth out of somewhere
to propel, force it out
to accompany
to go with

adjective from body

bodily, e.g. grave bodily harm
appropriate
adequate
adjective from sweat
sweaty
adjective from nausea
nauseous
deadly
fatal, lethal

serious injury
severe injury
English word for
concussion
irreparably
which cannot be repaired,
irremediable
English expression for

warning signs

the state of not being conscious

unconsciousness
excessive
extreme, too much
the feeling of being sleepy
sleepiness, drowsiness
dilated
widened
when you keep something to a
minimum it means

to assume
to presume, to suppose
to immobilize
to restrain
to distinguish one thing from
another
to make a difference between
them
English word for
sprain

a strain
1) injury of a muscle
2) tension
English word for
swelling
English word for

tenderness
laceration
cut

hematoma
bruise or more severe blood clot
abrasion
wound of the skin caused by
scraping or rubbing
puncture
deep wound made by a sharp
object
piercing
sharp

a booster shot
repeated vaccine given to
maintain the effect of the
vaccine
English word for ,
suture, stitch
lasting
permanent
English word for
scar

English word for

pus
streak
1) line, smudge, strip
2) predisposition e.g. drinking
streak
English word for
burn
Burns are classified into:
first, second, and third degree
burns.

noun from severe

severity
loss of water in the body
dehydration
to ease pain, discomfort
to relieve
bleach is
ingestion
intake of something
adjective from poison
poisonous

when someone is poisoned doctors

give them the
antidote
readily available
freely obtainable
community
group of people living somewhere, society
paramedic
doctors assistant
to render first aid
to provide first aid
layman, lay person
non-professional, person with no formal
qualification in a certain field