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  • What´s another word for critical condition?
    life-threatening
  • What do you call this in English?
    a walker
  • What problem is this?
    He´s passed out/ He´s had a syncope/ He´s fainted
  • What information must be included in a patient admission form?
    Full name, address, ID card, phone number ,next of kin, allergies, medical history
  • Can you name 3 bones in your leg?
    Thigh bone or femur; tibia and fibula
  • What does the following abbreviation stand for? NICU
    Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  • This is how you feel after you´ve been waiting for hours in the doctor´s surgery and it is your turn
    happy/ delighted/ thrilled
  • Analgesics are used to -------------------- pain
    relieve/ease/kill
  • Nurse who usually prioritizes patients in EDs and decides which patients need immediate treatment or attention.
    Triage nurse
  • A facility within a hospital where operations take place
    OR (Operating Room; Operating Theatre)
  • This is how you feel when you are overwhelmed and emotionally drained
    Exhausted/ worn out/burned out
  • My doctor has excellent --------------------manner. He is nice and friendly with his patients.
    bedside
  • What do surgeons do before surgery?
    Scrub up
  • Synonym of "next of kin"
    a person´s closest relative
  • What problem is this?
    sprained ankle
  • A patient who attends a hospital for treatment without staying there overnight is an......
    Outpatient
  • Medicines used during tests or surgery to induce sleep or numb sensation in certain areas.
    Anaesthetics/Anaesthesia