VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Ask about the new patient story!

Vocabulary

get home / arrive home
go home / leave work

it took 30 minutes to get home – to arrive home – the trip home was 30 minutes

it took 30 minutes to go home – waiting took 30 minutes – I waited at the hospital for 30 minutes before leaving

send – he sent his mother to our hospital

bring – he brought his mother to our hospital

take – he took his mother to our hospital

she is not responding to medicine / didn’t respond / hasn’t responded / hasn’t been responding

medicine history – only medicine / drugs
medical history – everything related to medicine and her health

a ticking time bomb
eg. she has so many conditions she’s a ticking time bomb

at last = finally – sounds like a relief
in the end – at the end part

her body is very swollen (past verb) / her body has a lot of swelling (n)

her skin is very thin because she is swelling (now verb)

i was surprised – i couldn’t believe it / i was totally shocked 

at set times = on an empty stomach < > after meals / after eating

Pronunciation

history – his tree / his teh ree

respiratory – RES prah tree / RES prah tor ree

congestive – con jes tiv

urinate – YOU rin nayt

when – wehhn

special / specific