This unit covers common medical equipment including devices such as thermometers, stethoscopes, syringes, and wheelchairs.
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Reading Activity: Medical Equipment
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When hearing the term 'medical equipment', a typical layman, whose only knowledge about health care comes from an annual check-up at a local surgery and TV shows such as 'House, M.D.' or 'ER', might think of complex devices like a defibrillator, the star of the show in every scene in which somebody's life is saved.
However, medical equipment might refer to both very complex devices used by…
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I need to wrap the bandage around my ankle, as I suspect I have sprained it.
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He had an X-ray taken and it revealed he had broken a rib
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She's been in a wheelchair since she had her leg amputated.
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- Which three pieces of medical equipment do you think every hospital should have?
- What equipment do you use on a regular basis?
