Baseline Phrases	Registration	Nurse Phrases
Do you speak English?	What is your nationality?	Have you any pain or any other complaints?
Customary greeting	What is your name?	Is there anything you would like?
What's your country?	My name is	I will help you
What's the capital?	Please show me your	Undress
Do you know who I am?	Identity card	Dress
Do you know where you are?	Identity disc	Get dressed
Let us use this machine to talk together.	Dog tags	Put this on
Is this what you wish to say?	What languages do you speak?	I would like now
Answer my question yes or no.	Please print in capital letters here	To make your bed
Do what I ask	Your surname	To wash you
Put up the required number with your fingers.	Your first name	To cut your hair
Good morning, did you sleep well?	Your service, regimental number.	To shave you
Good afternoon.	Your date of birth.	To change your dressings
Good evening.	Your place of birth.	I am going to give you now
Good night, sleep well.	Your home address.	A suppository
Good bye.	How old are you?	An injection
How are you?	Information about next of kin.	A compress
Fine?	What relation are you?	A poultice
Better?	To him?	An enema
Not too good?	To her?	A stomach irrigation
Not too bad?	What is your religion?	A bladder catheter
Yes, No	Protestant	An IV
Yes?	Roman Catholic	A chest tube
No?	Jewish	Numbing medicine
Yes!	Greek Orthodox	Get up, please.
No!	Moslem	Come with me, please.
Raise your hand if you understand	Hindu	Take a seat over there, please.
Squeeze my hand once for yes	Buddhist	Sit up, please.
Squeeze my hand twice for no	Other	Please lift your head.
Move your toes	What is your present unit?	Please turn over on your
Please repeat	Battalion	Left side
Please	Brigade	Right side
Thank you	Division	Back
What do you want?	Group	Stomach
I will get it for you	Wing	I am going to lift you
I will be back soon	Ship	Put your arms around my shoulder.
In a few	Where is it located?	Please lie down on this
Just a moment	What is your rank?	Stretcher
Seconds	What is your service?	Operating table
Minutes	Army?	We will take you now
Hours	Navy?	To the operating theater
Days	Air Force?	To the treatment room
Nights	Marines?	To the Xray room
Weeks	Corps?	To the laboratory
Months	Private	To the physiotherapy clinic
Years	Airman	As ordered by the doctor, we will now transfer you
Today	Aircraftsman	To another ward
Tomorrow	Seaman	To another room
Yesterday	Corporal	To another department
In the morning	Sergeant	To another hospital
At noon	Warrant Officer	With special facilities
In the evening	Lieutenant	For treatment of your wounds
At night	Captain	For treatment of your sickness
Numbers	Major	Here is your
one	Colonel	Urine bottle
two	Group Captain	Bed pan
three	General	I will show you
four	Air Commodore	The washroom
five	Air Marshal	The WC
six	Admiral	The recreation room
seven	Commodore	The mess hall
eight	Infantry	The bathroom
nine	Artillery	The rest room
zero	Armored	The latrine
Point	Engineers	Please put your personal things in there.
ten	Signals	Please give your valuables and money to me
eleven	Chemical	I will give you a receipt.
twelve	Transportation	We shall now keep them in safe custody.
thirteen	Medical	Money
fourteen	Ordnance	Bed
fifteen	Quartermaster	Chair
sixteen	Pilot	Table
seventeen	Ground Personnel	Drawer
eighteen	Deck Personnel	Cupboard
nineteen	Supply Administration	Locker
twenty	Engineer	Breakfast
twenty one	Directions	Lunch
twenty four	Go	Tea
thirty	Map	Coffee
thirty five	Street	Dinner
thirty six	Sign	Supper
thirty seven	Go straight	Enjoy your meal.
thirty eight	Turn left	Would you like more?
thirty nine	Turn right	To eat?
forty	Stop	To drink?
forty one	Blocks	Of this?
forty two	Bridge	Of that?
forty three	Airport	You are allowed to eat or drink only what you get from us,nothing else.
fifty	Port	Please do not eat, drink, or smoke at all
sixty	Station	Tomorrow morning
seventy	River	Before the operation
eighty	Ocean	Before the Xray examination
ninety	North	Before the laboratory examination
Hundred	East	Please do not smoke here.
Thousand	South	Please take
Ten thousand	West	This tablet
Hundred Thousand	Traffic light	These tablets
Million	I am lost!	This medicine
Every	Compass	These drops
Hour	How far to?	Cream
Two hours	City	Powder
Three hours	Town	Paste
Four hours	Village	The pharmacy will give you this
Six hours	Country	Swallow it
Eight hours	Casualties	Keep it under your tongue, don't swallow it
Twelve hours	Sick or injured	Apply it externally
Twenty four hours	Dead	You must stay strictly in bed.
Day	Missing	Please get up from the bed
Two days	Captured	Please do not move at all
Three days	Civilian	Keep perfectly still.
First	Military	Please move as little as possible and only very carefully your
Second	Travel	Please join me in these movements; regularly exercise your
Third	Hotel	For the present you must lie flat on your back, without a pillow.
Fourth	Baggage	Is your bandage, cast too tight?
Fifth	Customs	Do not touch the bandage yourself.
Sixth	Tickets	Is the cast too tight?
Seventh	Restaurant	Do not touch the
Eighth	Passport	When you have to spit or vomit, please do it into this
Ninth	Visa	Bedpan
Tenth	Change money	Chamber pot
Eleventh	Mechanic	Kidney dish
Last	Gas station	Shall I ask the doctor to come?
Once	Base	We see you are having difficulty
Twice	Embassy	If you want anything, please
Three times	Consul	Call
Four times	Ambassador	Ring this bell
Five times	Office	Raise your hand
Six times	Military Attache	We will
Seven times	Where have you travelled?	Wash
Eight times	During the last	Mend
Nine times	Please show me on the map	Disinfect
Ten times		Your
Write the number on this paper, please	Patient Phrases	I will take your temperature
How frequently?		Orally
Once a day	Do you mean	Under your arm
Twice a day	I am feeling	Rectally
Four times a day	Very bad	Equivalent temperatures
Six times a day	Dizzy	Degrees
How much?	Giddy	Centigrade
More?	Hot	Fahrenheit
Less?	Cold	You must obey the rules.
How long?	The same	You must
For five minutes	I have a great pain, especially here.	Stay in bed
For ten minutes	I have	Stay in this room
For thirty minutes	Burning sensation	Not smoke
For one hour	An itching	We will call the Military Police
For two hours	In this area	You will be sent to prison
For four hours	My	We have to restrain you
For	Is aching terribly	You are a prisoner
How?	Is aching	You will be treated well
How many?	I am	Put your hands up
When?	Hungry	Put down your weapons
At what time?	Thirsty	Move forward slowly
How many minutes ago?	I am coughing a lot.	For your protection
How many hours ago?	I feel very sick.	You can't stay with the patient.
How many days ago?	I want to vomit.
How many weeks ago?	I feel faint.	Doctor Phrases
How many months ago?	I have diarrhea very badly.
How many years ago?	Could I get some medicine	I will look after you.
How old were you?	For my fever	I am a doctor
What month was it?	For my disorder of	I am a nurse
What year was it?	For my constipation	I am an orderly
Today?	For my diarrhea	I am a technician
Yesterday?	For my vomiting	When were you taken ill?
The day before yesterday?	To make me sleep	When were you wounded?
Tomorrow?	For the pain	When did you have the accident?
The day after tomorrow?	I want to	Please show me
Next week?	Urinate	On the watch
Next month?	Have a bowel movement	On the calendar
Next year?	May I have something	The time
Where?	To smoke	The date
Here	To read	Hold up the number of fingers
There	Newspaper	How long has it been like that?
What?	Book	Have you been sick or wounded previously?
Why?	Holy book	Have you had?
Who?	To write with	Any of the following?
Which?	Pen	What kind of disease?
Forbidden	Ink	What kind of wound?
Permitted	Pencil	Show me where.
Big	Paper	Do you feel pain?
Small	Envelope	Here?
Same size as	Stamp	Or more there?
Bigger?	I would like	Does it hurt there all the time?
Smaller?	To talk to the doctor	Does the pain come and go?
Much	To see a clergyman	Since when?
Little	To see a member of the Red Cross	Does it keep you awake at night?
Less than	Regarding my family	Is there anything that makes it better?
More than	To write a few lines to my family	Or worse?
Few	To have changed my	Point with one finger exactly where
Many	Bedding	Is it?
Enough	A wash	Burning?
Too	A shower	Pinching?
Some	A bath	Squeezing?
Any	A shave	Throbbing?
Mild	A haircut	Aching?
Moderate	To lie down again	Stabbing?
Severe	May I have another	Itching?
On a one to ten Scale	May I get up?	Sparking?
One is just barely felt	For how long?	Numb?
Ten is the worst possible pain	May I go out for a walk?	Does it hurt you when you
Sorry, I was wrong. I'll try again	What is the matter with me?	Move your
Excuse me	How long will it take until I am fit again?	Stretch your
Sorry to cause you pain	When will you	Bend your
Let me try again	Discharge me?	Cough?
Shall I call an interpreter?	Transfer me?	Breathe deeply?
I understand	May I return immediately to my unit when discharged?	Swallow?
I don't understand	I would like to visit a friend who is in this hospital.	Do you sleep well?
Do you understand?	How do I locate him?	Do you have a good appetite?
What do you call this?	Is there one of my countrymen around?	Have you lost weight?
What does this mean?	Could I get in touch with him?	Have you gained weight?
Did you see?	I fully agree	Do you feel hot or cold?
You don't know?	I do not agree	Cold?
I don't know.	With the proposed treatment.	Hot?
Is it possible?	With the proposed operation.	Do you have chills?
Not that you know of?	To the amputation of my	Do you sweat much?
Please speak more slowly	With your proposals.	Did you vomit?
I do not speak	I would like to thank you for everything you have done for me.	Once?
Days of the week	I wish to complain about	Several times?
Monday	The nurse	What color?
Tuesday	The orderly	Like coffee grounds?
Wednesday	The food	Digested food?
Thursday	Form for a certificate of refusal	Do you have regular bowel movements?
Friday	I, the undersigned,	Are you constipated?
Saturday	Refuse the treatment	Can you pass wind?
Sunday	Proposed by the doctor	Do you have diarrhea?
Names of the months	And I accept full responsibility	Very badly?
January	For the consequences.	Do you pass blood or mucus in your stools?
February	Signature	Blood?
March	Place and date	Mucus?
April		Is it black?
May	Parts of the Body	Like tar?
June		Streaked with blood?
July	Head	Blood on the tissue?
August	Scalp	Do you urinate normally?
September	Hair	Does it hurt when you urinate?
October	Face	Do you have a discharge?
November	Eye	On your underwear in the morning?
December	Eyes	Do you lose control before going?
At	Pupil	Does it all come out?
On	Cornea	Does it come out easily?
In	Sclera	Any erection problems?
To	Iris	Is the color of your?
After	Retina	Stool normal?
Before	Eyelid	Urine normal?
From	Nose	Darker?
With	Sinuses	Lighter?
Without	Ear	What did you have for?
Through	Ears	Breakfast?
Towards	Mouth	Lunch?
Until	Cheeks	Dinner?
During	Jaw	Have you eaten meat that was not thoroughly cooked?
Next to	Chin	Did you drink unboiled or not purified water?
Behind	Throat	Do you cough a lot?
Between	Lips	Do you cough up phlegm?
Since	Tongue	With blood?
Above	Tooth	With pus?
Below	Teeth	Were you unconscious?
Out	Wisdom teeth	Do you remember exactly what happened to you?
Under	Molars	Have you had any convulsions?
Inside	Gums	Are you giddy?
Outside	Tonsils	Dizzy?
Up	Neck	Does your head swim?
Down	Thyroid	Are you short of breath?
And	Lymph nodes	How many meters can you walk?
Or	Larynx	How many pillows do you use?
But	Chest	Do you sleep sitting up?
Not	Breast	Do you wake up out of breath?
Never	Nipple	Do you get cramps in your legs?
Nothing	Armpit	Do your feet swell up?
None	Belly	Do you have chest pain?
Very	Navel	Have you taken any medicine?
Only	Spine	What type?
Yet	Vertebra	Show me the medicine
Soon	Spinal cord	Are you allergic
Now	Pelvis	To medicines?
Then	Privates	To chemicals?
Perhaps	Shoulder	To paints?
	Upper arm	To insecticides?
Medical Terms	Arm	To certain foods?
	Lower arm	To insect stings?
Colic	Elbow	To bees?
Stomach ache	Wrist	To penicillin?
Cramp	Hand	To sulfa?
Convulsion	Hands	Have you been exposed to any of the following
Paralysis	Palms	Chemicals?
Weakness of circulatory system	Finger	Paints?
Shock	Fingers	Dust?
Collapse	Fingernail	Gasoline?
Unconsciousness	Thumb	Diesel oil?
Coma	Leg	Fumes?
Hemorrhage	Hip	If yes, which ones?
Hematoma	Buttocks	When did you first notice this
Edema	Thigh	Spot?
Inflammation	Knee	Skin eruption?
Necrosis	Kneecap	Scab?
Pus	Lower leg	Have you had lice?
Fluid	Ankle	Body lice?
Cerebrospinal fluid	Foot	Crab lice?
Synovial fluid	Feet	Head lice?
Effusion	Soles	Have you been bitten by ticks?
Discharge	Toe	Have you seen
Tears	Toes	Rats?
Semen	Toenails	Sand flies?
Sweat	Skin	Mosquitoes?
Bile	Muscle	Bugs?
Milk	Bone	In your quarters?
Saliva	Cartilage	In your area?
Hydrops	Joint	Were you bitten by a dog or other animal?
Urine	Artery	Dog?
Stool	Arteries	Cat?
Blood pressure	Vein	Rat?
Fever	Veins	Snake?
Temperature	Nerve	Bat?
Pulse	Nerves	Fox?
Heat	Brain	Lizard?
Colors	Heart	Human?
Red	Lung	Insects?
Black	Intestines	Spider?
Blue	Small bowel	Mosquito?
Brown	Large bowel	Scorpion?
Green	Appendix	Flea?
White	Rectum	Fly?
Grey	Anus	How are your spirits?
Yellow	Liver	Do you hear voices?
Purple	Gall bladder	When did you last have sexual intercourse?
Violet	Spleen	Can you identify your sexual contact?
Pink	Kidney	Name?
Gold	Renal pelvis	Address?
Silver	Ureter	Identifying features?
Spots	Urethra	Characteristics?
Weal	Bladder	Place at which contact occurred?
Scar	Penis	Do you carry a record of vaccination or inoculation?
Pale	Testis	Please let me see it.
Deaf	Scrotum	When did you last eat?
Dumb	Foreskin	Answer for the child.
Blind	Vagina	Child
Thick	Clitoris	Baby
Thin	Uterus	Infant
Overweight	Ovaries	Fetus
Obese	Labia	Are you pregnant?
Underweight	Gland	When was your last period?
Swollen	Pubic hair	How many pregnancies?
Swelling decreases	Body	How many children now living?
Swelling or lump		Any miscarriages?
Stones in	Deseases and Injuries	Any abortions?
Ulcer		RH factor problems?
Varicose	Skin lesion	Are you sexually active?
Gastric	Laceration	Do you use birth control?
Duodenal	Soft tissue wound	Condoms?
Venereal	Flesh wound	Pills?
Malfunction of	Superficial	Diaphragm?
Disorder of	Profound	Medicine under the skin?
Constipation	Bruise	IUD?
Diarrhea	Fracture	Are you bleeding?
Vomiting	Fractures	How far apart are the contractions?
Obstruction	Simple	Has your water broken?
	Compound	Any problems during delivery?
Materials and Equipment	Open	Have you had any female disorders?
	Comminuted	Do you have
Bandage	Dislocation	Pelvic pain?
Bandages	Sprain	Pain during intercourse?
Triangular bandage	Entrance wound and exit wound	Pain during your period?
Gauze	Entrance wound only	Irregular periods?
Cotton	Gunshot wound	Missed periods?
Wool	Shell wound	Bleeding between periods?
Cotton swab	Bomb	A vaginal discharge?
Cellulose	Explosion	Difficulty getting pregnant?
Plaster of Paris	Land mine	Did you pass tissue?
Adhesive tape	Abdominal wound	Do you smoke?
First aid dressing	With perforation of	How many packs per day?
Field dressing	Without perforation of	Do you drink alcohol?
Safety pin	First Degree	How many drinks per day?
Splint	Second Degree	Do you take drugs?
Eye shade	Third Degree	I would like to examine you now.
Pad	Burn	Do not be excited.
Sling	Acid	Relax, please.
Tourniquet	Caustic	Please undress.
Instrument		Please bare your
Sterile	Thermal	Please cover your
Clean	Fire	Please get up.
Dirty	Poisoning	Please sit up.
Iodine	Radiation	Please sit down there.
Disinfectant	Frostbite	Please lie on your
Alcohol	Injury	Turn over, please.
Eyeglasses	Damage	Please bend your knees.
Contact lens	Fall	Please open your mouth.
Oxygen	Stab wound	Wider
Air	Attack	Stick out your tongue
Tube	Beaten	Say AHH!
Speculum	Fist	Close your mouth, please
Scalpel	Club	Keep your head still
Scissors	Choked	Turn your head and cough
Forceps	Kicked	Show me your tongue, please.
Tissue	Raped	Show me where it hurts you most.
Dressing	Abscess	Does it hurt you
Hemostat	Suppuration	When I press here?
With teeth	Boil	Breathe deeply in and out, with mouth open please.
Without teeth	Carbuncle	Stop breathing for a moment, please.
Retractor	Blisters	Breathe
Sharp prongs	Pimple	Relax
Blunt prongs	Nodule	Put your arms down
Tongue depressor	Pustule	Raise your arms
Syringe	Sore	Breath deeply
One cc	Erysipelas	Breathing
Two cc	Tetanus or Lockjaw	Yourself
Three cc	Gas gangrene	Don't let me move your
Five cc	Inflammation of	Squeeze my hands
Ten cc	Peritonitis	Jump up and down on one foot
Twenty cc	Appendicitis	Walk heel to toe
Fifty cc	Meningitis	Gently or carefully
Insulin	Rupture	Can you feel
Bulb	Varicocele	When I touch you here?
Dental	Tumor	Whether this is hot or cold?
Needles	Benign	Whether this is sharp or dull?
Hypodermic	Malignant	Sharp?
Intramuscular	Size?	Dull?
Intravenous	Varicose veins	Can you feel the vibration?
For tapping	Hemorrhoids	Tell me when it stops.
For sutures	Pile	Whether I move this up or down?
Needle	Tonsillitis	Up?
Sutures	Vincent's angina	Down?
Catgut	Pneumonia	Touch my finger with your finger.
Silk	Pleuritis	Look straight in my eye.
Wire	Organic disease of the heart	Can you?
Nylon	Heart murmur	Can you hear me talking?
Medium	Bronchitis	Try to repeat what I say.
O	Influenza	Can you see this moving?
Two O	Asthma	How many fingers have I put up?
Four O	Nervous breakdown	Put up the same number of fingers.
Five O	Mental disease	Is it brighter like this?
Needleholder	Skin disease	Or like that?
Stethoscope	Eczema	Look at the light
Otoscope	Scabies	Follow it with your eyes
Blanket	Tinea versicolor	Don't move your head
Pillow	Ringworm	You will have to undergo
Sheet	Acne	A blood test
Pajamas	Insect bite	A urine test
Dressing gown	Venereal disease	A stool test
Slippers	Gonorrhea	A special laboratory examination
Uniform	Syphilis	An Xray examination
Overcoat	Warts	Examination
Underwear	Herpes	Return here
Socks	AIDS	Appointment
Handkerchief	Diabetes	Special Examination
Shoes	Jaundice	I would like to test
Boots	Common cold	Reflexes
Mess kit	Rheumatic condition	For an Xray examination
Plate	Disease of the blood	On the film, place your
Bowl	Anemia	Take a deep breath in
Cup	Scurvy	Stop breathing
Glass	Typhoid fever	Breathe right out
Spoon	Paratyphoid fever	Do not move
Fork	Typhus fever	Take one mouthful
Knife	Louse borne	But do not swallow until I tell you
Ice bag	Cholera	Now swallow
Hot water bottle	Bacillary dysentery	Put on this apron
Air ring	Amebic dysentery	Use these gloves
Sandbag	Tuberculosis	Hold this very still
Wash basin	Epidemic hepatitis	Try to do what I do.
Personal items	Scarlet fever	Help me with the child
Towel	Diphtheria	Hold the child in your arms
Soap	Smallpox	Don't let the child move
Toothbrush	Chickenpox	Open the diapers
Toothpaste	Malaria	Hold the child's arms
Comb	Measles	Hold the child's head
Razor blade	Mumps	Explain it to the child
Brush	Poliomyelitis	Feed the child
Bucket	Trichinosis	Dress the child
Walking stick	Tapeworm infection	I would like to examine the patient alone.
Crutch	Rabies	You are suffering a
Crutches	Epidemic meningitis	We will treat you with
Cane	Yellow fever	Medicine
Brace	Plague	Injections in a vein
Artificial limb	Worm	Intravenous fluids
Artificial	Bacteria	Injection into a muscle
Bag	Fungus	Injection under the skin
Box	Virus	Blood transfusion
Machine	Infection	Diet
Electricity		Physiotherapy
Telephone	Food	Massage
Television		Baths
Radio	Bread	Procedure
Fax	Butter	Operation
Computer	Sausage	We will have to operate on you
Tools	Ham	Immediately
Hammer	Bacon	Probably within a few hours
Saw	Pork	Again, another time
Nail	Cheese	We will watch you for a certain time before deciding.
Screw	Jam	Whether an operation is necessary
Screwdriver	Marmalade	The operation will be
Nut	Potatoes	A minor or short one
Bolt	Rice	A major or long one
Pin	Noodles	Not an easy one
Chisel	Macaroni	We must open an abscess.
Drill	Spaghetti	We must
Plier	Vegetables	Cut
Wrench	Peas	Cut off
Cutters	Beans	We must remove the
Jaws of life	Cabbage	Fragment
Tape measure	Carrots	Bullet
Rope	Mushrooms	Foreign body
Chain	Lettuce	Stones
Hose	Onion	Organ
Axe	Cucumber	Splinter
Lever	Meat	I am very sorry, but there is no other way than to amputate your
Ladder	Beef	Do you agree to this proposal?
	Mutton	You do agree?
General Terms	Veal	You don't agree?
	Lamb	It is necessary
Hospital	It contains no pork	If not, would you please sign this certificate.
Military hospital	Fish	Please do not be afraid, it will certainly not hurt.
Dispensary	Shellfish	You will feel a pinch.
Orderly	Poultry	You are only feeling pressure.
Nurse	Chicken	This may be
Matron	Duck	Uncomfortable
Doctor, physician	Goose	Slightly painful
Specialist for	Turkey	Unpleasant
Surgery	Eggs	You will feel much better afterwards.
Neurosurgery	Fruit	Please do not get excited.
Thoracic surgery	Orange	Keep calm.
Orthopedic surgery	Apple	It will soon be over.
Maxillofacial surgery	Pear	You will quickly be relieved of your pain after this injection.
Gastroenterology	Raisin	Have you any artificial teeth?
Urology	Lemon	Take them out please.
Plastic Surgery	Grapefruit	We will now put you to sleep with this anesthetic.
Internal medicine	Grape	Please breathe regularly.
Anesthesiology	Strawberry	Breathe in and out.
Ophthalmology	Pastry	Start to count.
Ear, Nose, Throat	Biscuit	We need to intubate you
Neurology	Salt	Have you ever had problems with anesthesia?
Psychiatry	Pepper	Has anyone i