PT1 General Vocabulary

2. This is an appointment with a professional to see your progress (5,2).
6. When part of your body is bigger than usual following an injury.
7. If you suffer a serious cut, you might need to get ____.
10. The doctor decided to ____ the patient to the physio to improve recovery.
12. A synonym for ‘something difficult’ (noun).
15. Morphine, ibuprofen and paracetamol are types of ____.
16. A person that attends a hospital for treatment without staying there overnight.
18. A formal expression that means ‘to receive treatment’.
20. The noun of sending a patient to another medical professional.
21. A red / blue mark on your skin after suffering trauma.
23. If you can’t walk at all, you use this to help you move.
24. Factors that cause an illness / condition without being obvious.
25. Some people don’t like injections because they are scared of ______.

1. A person that spend time in a hospital for the duration of their treatment
3. This is a hard material used to immobilise part of the body if you’ve broken it.
4. knees, ankles and elbows are examples of ____.
5. A small bubble that forms under the skin, caused by friction or burning (for example)
8. When you twist your pull a ligament, but you don’t dislocate anything.
9. How do you say ‘sanidad’ in English?
11. This is a material that you put around part of the body to protect it.
12. If you suffer an injury to a part of the lower body, you use these to help you move.
13. Doctors apply anaesthetic to part of your body so that it is ____ and you lose feeling.
14. Some people suffer from ____ effects after taking some medication.
17. The surgeon decided to ____ surgery on the patient.
19. ____ injuries are caused by excessive repetition of physical actions.
22. Physiotherapists play an important ____ in a patient’s recovery.
26. When you feel that everything is spinning around and you lose your balance (adjective).