Words You May Hear in the Hospital
| Word |
It's Not |
In the hospital it really means |
| I.V. |
A plant |
Medicine going through a plastic
tube into your vein |
| Dressing change |
Changing your clothes |
Putting on a new bandage |
| Stool collection |
Little chairs |
Poop, do-do or BM |
| Urine |
You're in |
Pee |
| Shot |
(not) A shot from a gun |
Medicine through a small needle |
| Poke |
Someone's finger in your rib |
Medicine through a small needle |
| CAT Scan |
Animals or scratching |
Taking pictures of your body |
| Stretcher |
Stretching your body |
A bed on wheels |
| Move to the floor |
On the floor |
Move to a different room with a bed
on a unit |
| O.R.(operating room) |
For a boat |
Place some patients go to have an
operation |
| Operation |
A game |
Surgery to fix a problem with a body
part |
| Leads |
To take you somewhere |
Stickers on your chest to watch your
heart and breathing |
| NPO |
A new way to spell NO |
Nothing to eat or drink |
| Anesthesia |
Someone's name |
Medicine to help some patients go to
sleep |
| Nebs |
A snack |
A machine that gives some patients breathing treatments |
| Blood draw |
A picture |
A poke to get blood for a lab test |
| Lab test |
A test on paper |
Someone who looks at a patients blood
in a microscope to see what is making
you sick |
| Sepsis |
A step-sister |
An infection in the body |
| Doc |
A place to put your boat |
A short name for doctor |
| Resident |
Someone that lives in
your house |
A doctor in training |
| Attending |
Not tickets to a concert |
A boss doctor |
| Interns |
Taking turns |
A hospital person learning their job |
| Rounds |
A circle |
Doctors visiting their patients |
| Vitals |
Chicken livers |
Checking your temperature, blood
pressure, heart and breathing rate |
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