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  • What's another name for extremity?
    Limb
  • The patient responded after the second charge from the...
    desfibrilator
  • When someone has a patch of red skin we call that:
    A rash
  • What's another name for critical condition?
    life-threatening
  • What do you call a person who cannot leave their bed?
    Bedridden
  • What's the name of a substance which causes lack of awareness or feeling?
    anesthesia
  • You have to show your patients that you _____ about them.
    care
  • What do you call a pain that feels like something sharp is stuck into you?
    Stabbing
  • I need a tissue because I have a ______ nose.
    runny
  • What's the device used by people who cannot hear well?
    hearing aid
  • What's the informal name for influenza?
    The flu
  • I had an _______ reaction to walnuts.
    allergic
  • What do you call a pain that feels like it is eating you?
    Gnawing
  • What does a pediatrician do?
    They treat children
  • What do you call a pain that feels like fire?
    Burning
  • What's the opposite of healthy?
    Sick/Ill
  • What do you call a very strong headache?
    Migraine
  • What's the name of a condition that makes the affected person suffer memory loss?
    Dementia
  • They were in critical condition, ________ up blood.
    coughing
  • What's the hospital department that deals with conditions related to the heart?
    Cardiology
  • What do you call the nurse who establishes levels of priority in emergency rooms?
    Triage nurse
  • I've got an __________ with the doctor at ten o'clock.
    appointment
  • I ___________ for a job at the new hospital.
    applied
  • He couldn't eat because he had a stomach....
    ulcer
  • I'm working a ______ job at the clinic.
    part-time
  • Elderly people may have more ______ from medication.
    side effects
  • What do I need when I can't see very well?
    glasses
  • Let me get my _________ kit.
    first aid
  • I need my _________ to help me when I walk.
    walking stick
  • I cleaned the ________ so it wouldn't get infected.
    wound
  • I can't go out tonight, I'm working a...
    Night shift
  • I have a _________ of more than 37 degrees.
    temperature
  • What's another name for heart attack?
    Cardiac arrest
  • She experienced a detriment of her _______ processes.
    cognitive
  • What's COVID19?
    A virus