English For Nursing and Paramedical Staff
English For Nursing and Paramedical Staff
English For Nursing and Paramedical Staff
- antibiotics
- insulin
- oral anti-diabetic drugs
- anti-hypertensive drugs
- diuretics
- steroids
- anti-coagulants
- contraceptive pills
- analgesics
- pain-killers
- anti-inflamatory drugs
The receipt – e.g :Saridon is the fastest, safest and most effective
analgesic. Well tolerated by the organism and easily absorbed, Saridon
relives your pain caused by migraines, neuralgia, rheumatic pain, tooth-ache
and post-operative pain.
- mild discomfort
- nagging pain
- burning sensation
- stabbing pain
- throbbing pain
- constricting pain
-eyes -- conjunctivitis
- ear -- otitis
- tonsils -- tonsillitis
- lungs -- pneumonia
-- pulmonary embolism
-- pulmonary incompetence
-- asthma
-- bronchitis
- kidneys -- nephritis
-- renal failure
- liver -- hepatitis
-- cirrhosis
- stomach -- ulcer
-- gastritis
- joints -- rheumatism
- bones -- dislocation
-- osteoprosis
- appendix -- appendicitis
Hospital wards :
- Intensive care unit (ICU) -Coronary care unit (CCU)
- Emergency -Surgical ward
- The operating theatre -ENT ward
- Blood transfusion -Dermatology department
- The pathology laboratory -Radiotherapy department
- Oncology ward -Paediatric ward
Blood pressure
Your heart is a muscular pump about the size of your fist. Every
minute your heart beats about seventy times. The heart pumps
blood round the body at the rate of five liters per minute.
We all have blood pressure – the pressure is created by the
heart’s constant pumping of blood around the body and the siye
of the blood vessels through which the blood passes.
In a healthy young adult a normal blood pressure is around
120 / 80. The higher figure refers to blood pressure during each
heart beat and the lower figure to your blood pressure between
beats.
Exercise, excitement, anger or anxiety,all make your heart beat
faster and increase your blood pressure temporarily.
High blood pressure or hypertension occurs when blood
pressure rises to a level which may cause a heart attack or
stroke.
The main cause is narrowing the arteries. It’s a bit like when
you water the garden with a hosepipe. If you stand on hosepipe
accidentally, the flow of water out of the pipe decreases and
pressure builds up behind your foot.