Emergency - medical / Les urgences médicales (v)

Useful French vocabulary related to medical emergencies

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    Les urgences A&E / ER
    Le SAMU The ambulance service
    Une ambulance An ambulance
    Une chute A fall
    Un accident An accident
    Se blesser To injure oneself
    Se fouler la cheville, le poignet To sprain one's ankle, one's wrist
    Se casser le bras, la jambe To break one's arm / one's leg
    Une blessure A wound
    Une fracture A fracture
    Une crise cardiaque A heart attack
    Un accident cardio-vasculaire / un AVC A stroke
    Une attaque A seizure
    S'évanouir To faint
    Perdre connaissance To lose consciousness
    En arrêt respiratoire In respiratory arrest
    Un coma éthylique An alcohol-induced coma
    Un coma diabétique A diabetic coma
    L'hypoglycémie Hypoglycemia
    Une overdose An overdose
    Un traumatisme crânien A head trauma

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    Se casser la main

    Hi, why is “Se casser la main” “To break one's arm” when main = hand, and bras = arm? Is this an example of a non-literal phrase?

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    CécileKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

    Thanks for pointing this error out Brian, it has been corrected...

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    Se casser la main

    Hi, why is “Se casser la main” “To break one's arm” when main = hand, and bras = arm? Is this an example of a non-literal phrase?

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