Learn REAL ENGLISH: Going to the hospital ?

Hopefully, you will never need to use the vocabulary you will learn in this lesson! However, accidents do happen, so it’s important to know what to expect when you go see a doctor. Whether it’s at a hospital emergency room or a walk-in clinic, the vocabulary you will learn in this lesson will help you get through the process more easily. I will teach you how to describe your symptoms to the nurse so that you can get the help you need. You will also learn medical terms, such as ‘diagnosis’, ‘IV’, ‘dressing’, ‘operating theatre’, and more. TRANSCRIPT Hi. Welcome to engVid. I&Adam. In today&video, I&going to talk to you about going to a hospital or a clinic in an English-speaking country. Now, hopefully, you will never need to know any of the words in this video because nothing will happen to you; but life is life, things do happen, sometimes accidents happen, sometimes things occur unexpectedly, so you may need to go to a hospital or a clinic. A hospital - big building, lots of doctors, lots of equipment. It has an emergency room or an emergency department. A clinic is more like a small doctor&office, and you can walk into... Go into a walk-in clinic, meaning you don&need an appointment. If you have something urgent and you need to speak to a doctor, then you can go here to take care of whatever it is. Now, this is all assuming that you are ambulatory. Now, all of you know "ambulance"; an ambulance carries you to the hospital. If you are ambulatory, it means you don&need...