1. How are you today? Are you fine? OK? Not bad ? Vocabulary and expressions to be used at different levels

2. How do you feel today? Study these expressions. How do you say them in your language?

4. Symptoms He’s complaining of severe chest pains Pain: (verb): dolorHe’s complaining of severe chest pains Do you find it painful to swallow? Painful: (adj)doloroso Do you find it painful to swallow? My ankle hurts Hurt: (verb)doler: My ankle hurts She was badly hurt in the fall (verb) hacerse daño: She was badly hurt in the fall Tell me all about your aches and pains Ache: (noun) dolor: Tell me all about your aches and pains My eyes are aching (verb) doler: My eyes are aching The smoke stung my eyes Sting:(verb) escocer, picar: The smoke stung my eyes The sting of the iodine (noun) escozor: The sting of the iodine I’ve got this itch behind my ear Itch: (noun): picazón, comezón: I’ve got this itch behind my ear Swollen: Hinchado:Her foot was very swollen after the accident Término genérico Implica una lesión más que un dolor Implica un dolor continuo más que intenso

5. stomach

6. Arriving at hospital Operating theatre

7. Casualty Departmen t Cut / Injury: (noun) herida, lesión : She suffered severe head injuries Injure: (verb) lesionarse, herir: I injured my knees in the fall The injured were taken to a local hospital First Aids blister

8. It’s got its arm in a sting Its leg is in plaster It has to walk on crutches but It is not in a wheelchair

9. Medication

10. At the dentist