ASL Medical Unit

Medical Vocabulary

100

What's wrong? 

WHAT-WRONG?

200

Medicine

MEDICINE

300

Emergency

EMERGENCY

400

Fill out papers

PAPER FILL-OUT

500

Improve

IMPROVE

Injury / Illness

100

My brother broke his arm last year. 

LAST-YEAR, MY BROTHER HIS ARM BROKE.

200

Sometimes I get nose bleeds during winter. 

WINTER, SOMETIMES MY NOSE BLEED WILL. 

300

I was vomiting all night long. 

ALL-NIGHT, I VOMIT 

400

I can't eat when I go on car rides, I get nauseous. 

CAR RIDE, I EAT CAN'T. I NAUSEAOUS. 

500

I have a headache and I feel dizzy. I need to call my doctor to set up an appointment. 

HEADACHE I HAVE. I FEEL DIZZY. DOCTOR me-CALL-him APPOINTMENT SET-UP NEED.

Treatment

100

I need to wear a cast on my leg for 2 months. 

2+MONTHS, MY #LEG, CAST NEED. 

200

I'm really sick. I need to stay home today and rest. 

I REALLY-SICK. NOW+DAY HOME I STAY REST NEED-TO. 

300

If I eat soup and crackers, I will feel better. 

SOUP CRACKERS EAT FINISH, FEEL BETTER WILL 

400

The doctor gave me a prescription. I need to take one pill every morning with breakfast. 

RX DOCTOR GAVE ME. EVERY-MORNING 1 TAKE-MEDICINE/PILL WITH BREAKFAST NEED-TO

500

My dad is getting heart surgery soon. I will help take care of him after. 

SOON, MY DAD HEART SURGERY HAVE. FINISH I HELP, TAKE-CARE WILL. 

Injuries in Sports

100

I was playing soccer yesterday and sprained my ankle. 

YESTERDAY, SOCCER I PLAY. MY fs-ANKLE I SPRAIN. 

200

A basketball hit me in the head. My glasses broke and my eye hurts.

BASKETBALL CL:S (hit in the head) MY GLASSES BROKE, MY EYE HURTS.

300

My knees are swollen from my wrestling match yesterday. 

YESTERDAY, WRESTLE GAME HAVE. MY fs-KNEES CL:elbows SWOLLEN 

400

My friend went ice skating and she fell. A guy did not see her and his blade sliced her hand. 

MY FRIEND IX-left, ICE SKATING SHE GO. SHE FELL. MAN IX-right NOT SEE, HER HAND CL:5,  HE CL:X (over her hand) 

500

I'm so sad. I got a concussion from football and now I can't play this season.  

I SO-SAD. I PLAY FOOTBALL OOPS, CONCUSSION HAVE. NOW SEASON I PLAY CAN'T. 

Deaf rights in Medical Settings

100

The Americans with Disability Act is a law for Deaf people's accessibility rights. 

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY fs-ACT WHAT? LAW, DEAF PEOPLE THEIR ACCESS RIGHTS. 

200

Doctors can't ask deaf people's family to interpret. 

DEAF PEOPLE THERE, THEIR FAMILY THERE. DOCTORS ASK-THEM(family) INTERPRET CAN'T

300

When going to the hospital, deaf people are concerned. Will they have access to communication? 

DEAF PEOPLE, HOSPITAL GO. CONCERN, COMMUNICATION ACCESS HAVE WILL? 

400

It's the hospital's responsibility to pay for a certified interpreter. 

HOSPITAL THERE(left) THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, CERTFIED INTERPRET+PERSON THERE(right) 

(left)they-PAY-them(right) 

500

It is illegal to not give deaf people effective communication. 

DEAF PEOPLE THERE, EFFECTIVE COMMUNCATION HAVE NONE, ILLGEAL