MEDICAL CAREFor common ailments & injuries

1. Where do you keep medicine in your home?

2. What kinds of medicine do you have at home?

3. Do you have a First-Aid kit?

Here are some common vocabulary words for medicine & medical supplies

What do take when you have a…

Headache or Migraine?

General name: Pain Killer

What do take when you have a…

Sore Throat

Throat spray

Throat Lozenge

What do use when you have a…

cut

scrape

…and you are bleeding?

1.

Antiseptic (hydrogen peroxide, alcohol)

2.

3.

Antiseptic ointment (to prevent wound infections) Antibacterial Ointment

Band-aid; Bandage; Plaster (UK)

What do use when you have a…

Sprained Ankle /Twisted Ankle

You need to wrap your ankle with a bandage

What do use when you have red, itchy eyes?

Eye drops

What do you take when you have allergies?

Antihistamine

How can you treat a burn?

Gauze

Medical / Surgical Tape

This man is going to have heartburn. What should he take?

Antacid

What do you take when you have diarrhea?

Anti-Diarrheal medicine

What do you take when you have constipation?

A Laxative