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MEDICAL CARE                                                  CAREER VOCABULARY



               Look at pages 16–17.  Write the correct words to complete the description.

                 ambulance         checking           gloves            nursing          setting up       transport
                 ball              dietetic           gurney            orderly          surgeon          transporting
                 bed               discussing         measuring         oxygen           surgical         ventilator
                 certified         emergency          medication        perform          taking           weights
                 changing          entrance           monitor           sanitizing       therapist        wheelchair

                   The certified     nursing      1  assistants at this hospital are doing a variety of tasks.  One CNA

               is                   2  a patient’s blood pressure, another is               3  an IV, another is
                                  4  the linens on a patient’s hospital              5 , and another has received some
                                  6  from an RN that he will administer to a patient.  A respiratory therapist is adjusting the

               settings on a                  7  for a patient who is using                8  inhalation equipment.

               A                    9  aide is delivering a patient’s meal.  A            10  SPD technician is
               bringing a commode to a patient’s room.  An                 11  wearing disposable                 12

               is                  13  a bathroom.  Another is                14  a patient’s output.  A CNA is
                                 15  a patient’s status with family members.  The patient is connected to a blood pressure

                                 16 .  An                 17  has arrived at the               18  room.  An EMT is
                                 19  a patient into the emergency room on a                20 .  An emergency room

               technician is meeting them at the emergency room                  21 .  In the                22  suite, a
               surgical technician is                23  surgical instruments for a              24  who is operating on a

               patient.  A patient                25  attendant is transporting a patient in a             26  to physical
               therapy, where a physical                 27  and physical therapist assistant will             28

               physical therapy using a therapy                 29  and hand                  30 .


                 activities        evaluate             organizes           raised           safety           status
                 aide              homemaker            portable            ramp             sanitize         vital
                 belt              nurse                prepares            reports          shops            walker


                   This client in this home has 24-hour home health care.  The home health              31  who
               comes during the day uses a gait                 32  to help him out of bed.  She grooms and dresses him

               and                   33  his meals.  She also helps him eat.  In addition, she           34  to the
               Home Health Service on his                  35 .  A physical therapist comes in to              36

               his PT progress and a visiting               37  comes in to check his                38  signs.  Also,
               a                   39  comes to vacuum and clean the house and                 40  the counters.  The

               client uses a two-wheel                 41  to get around his house.  The aide who comes in the evening
                                 42  for groceries and puts them away, bathes the client,             43  his medication

               supply, does                  44  with him, and puts him to bed.  There’s a              45  bar and
                                 46  toilet seat in the bathroom,              47  oxygen in the dining room, and a

               handicap                   48  outside the house.
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