SKELETAL
The x-ray shows that he has a fracture in his SKULL
what is craneo?
The Doppler ultrasound on your left leg veins showed you have a BLOOD CLOT
What is coágulo de sangre?
You can apply to Medicare due to the ALS diagnosis
what is Esclerosis lateral amiotrófica?
We do not need to remove her TONSILS, only her adenoids
what is Amígdalas?
At the end of a OPI you do not ask to to rate the call, instead you need to state your...
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Tengo un dolor en el pecho que se va hacia atrás, hacia mi ESCÁPULA.
what is scapula?
Hace 3 años yo tuve un PARO CARDIACO y tuvieron que realizar reanimación cardiopulmonar.
What is cardiac arrest?
Al inicio pensaron que tenia un derrame cerebral pero el diagnostico fue PARALISIS DE BELL
What is Bell palsy?
Tengo que hacer una biopsia de MÉDULA ÓSEA para saber como va el tratamiento del cáncer.
What is Bone Marrow?
What should you do or say if the patient is having a side conversation that is not related to the appointment?
This is the interpreter speaking just wanted to let you know the patient was having a conversation with his/her family member/friend about something non related to the appointment
The Patella is the same as KNEECAP
what is Patella?
Do you have an implanted medical device such as a PACEMAKER?
What is Marcapasos?
The brain and spinal cord are the 2 main parts of the CNS
what is sistema nervioso central?
I’ll order some lab work, including a CBC and kidney function
what is Conteo sanguíneo completo?
The patient is 6 years old and seems confused about the use of the interpreter, what should you do?
Switch to third person interpretation
Esa cicatriz que tengo en el pie es de una cirugía de corrección de JUANETE que me hicieron el año pasado
what is Bunion?
El necesita un ecocardiograma porque nació con un DEFECTO CARDÍACO CONGENITO que necesita ser monitorizado
what is Congenital heart defect?
Vamos a hacer un ELECTROENCEFALOGRAMA para confirmar si esos movimientos son por epilepsia
What is EEG (electroencephalogram)?
What is immunization?
A NEW provider came into the patient’s room to talk about the anesthesia for a surgery, before you start the interpretation you should….
Introduce yourself. We need to introduce to every new provider that comes into the room
We call this type of fracture in multiple fragments COMMINUTED FRACTURE
what is fractura conminuta?
Did you sign a Do-not-resuscitate form? In case of an emergency do you want us to do CPR?
what is Reanimación cardiopulmonar?
Some symptoms of STROKE are face drooping, arm weakness and speech difficulty
What is Ataque cerebral?
You have swollen LYMPH NODES, because of your other symptoms I think we should take a biopsy.
what is Ganglios linfáticos?
In order to respect the accuracy of the conversation in a long call, how much time must pass before you are allowed to transfer the call to an operator to find a new interpreter?
90 min