Medicine 1 - DOPS and Gastroscopy Vocab

Here is a list of vocab which we have studied to date and may well be on your test :)

Word	In class definition
Essential	Must have
Clinical care	Medical help
Evaluate	Assess/help
Encounters	Meetings
Consultant	Senior doctor
Care setting	Place/where care happens
Core	Main/important/basic
Curriculum	What you learn
Adequate	enough
Developed	Started/made first/ continued
Foundation	Basic skill
Peripheral	Edge/outer
Criteria	Things to do
Relevant	Related/connected
Technique	Way to do it
Post (procedural)	After (the procedure)
Gastroscopy	To look in the stomach
Perforation	Hole
Expect	Think will happen
Operation	Surgery/procedure
Reliable	Be trusted/ always works
Side effects	Other problems/issues e.g. tiredness
complications	Serious problems e.g. haemorrhage
Pneumonia	Lung illness
Abdominal	Around stomach area
Avoid	Don't do/have
Calm	Relaxed
Vomiting	Throw out/up food
Stomach acid	Dissolves/breaks down food
To fast	Not eat
Sip	Small amount to drink
Accompany	Be/go with somebody
Wear off	Stop/finish/end effect
Occasionally	Sometimes/seldomly
Foolproof	100% correct
Fever	Infection with high temperature
Abnormal	Not normal
Mild	Small/weak/soft
Sore	Hurts
Risk	Danger
Rare	Not often
Immediate	Now
Demonstrate	To show (explain practically)
Sedate	Give drugs/make relaxed
Stroke	Blood blocked to heart