Vocabulary Associated With Medical Procedures

The purpose of this project was to identify unique vocabulary associated with specific medical procedures. Personnel from six medical facilities with acute care or long-term acute care hospital (LTACH) units participated by proposing vocabulary/messages associated with procedures in which they routinely participated. Speech-language pathologists, respiratory therapists, physicians, nurses, chaplains, and nursing aids participated in the project. The unique vocabulary associated with common medical procedures is available in this article and on our augmentative and alternative communication–related website, http://aac.unl.edu .