Medical terminology - Lesson 3

• Explain the different sections of a medical report.

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• Complete your own medical report​

​What are we learning today?

​What do you need to know by the end of the lesson?

• Look at the different parts of a medical report.

• identify some of the medical terminology used in medical reports.

• Common medical terms used.

Blood pressure 98/47 (hypotension)

Pulse rate 48bpm (bradycardic)

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• Does the patient have low or high blood pressure?​

• Does the patient have a low or high pulse?

Vital Signs

​The patient has normal joints in his hands and arms. The patient has abnormal joints in his knees

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• What part of the patient's body is not normal?

​The results show that the patient has arthritis and hypotension.

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• What two conditions does the patient have? ​

Body Systems

Test results

​SIGNS

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?​

​SYMPTOMS

​SIGNS

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?​

​SYMPTOMS

​What we can see

​What we feel inside

​MEDICAL REPORTS

​The report will include details such as:

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1. Personal information

2. Medical history

3. Medical complaint

4. Physical examination results

5. Test results and diagnosis

6. Treatment plan and progress report

​Page 25 in your workbooks

She feels weak and tired and has pain in her chest. Fatima is 155cm tall and weighs 69kg. She has a high blood pressure reading of 160/90, and her pulse rate is higher than normal at 95bpm. Her breathing rate is 16 breaths per minute and her body temperature is 37 degrees. No other tests have been carried out.