MEDIC (07 April 99)

INTRODUCTION

Do you understand this language?

We are here to help you

I do not understand your language

There is no one available who speaks this language

Let us use this machine to talk together

The machine only works from my language to yours

The machine cannot translate your words for me

Try to answer my questions with "yes" or "no"

Move your head like this for "yes"

Move your head like this for "no"

Do you know where you are?

We cannot give you anything to eat or drink

If you need surgery, your stomach must be empty

We will give you food and drink as soon as it is safe to do so

Are you thirsty?

Are you hungry?

Do you need to urinate?

Do you need to defecate?

Do you want a cigarette?

I understand

I do not understand

We will try to contact someone from your group

Please

Thank you

You are welcome

Thank you for talking with me

I will talk with you again

Good-bye

GUIDANCE

Be quiet

Come with me

Describe it with gestures

Do not get excited

Do what I ask

Do you mean "no"?

Do you mean "yes"?

Get up

Hold up the number of fingers

I will get an interpreter

Is this it?

Point to it

Relax

Show me

Squeeze my hand once for yes

Squeeze my hand twice for no

Write your answer here

Yes

REGISTRATION

What is your given name?

What is your family name?

What is your nationality?

What country were you born in?

How old are you?

Do you have an identity card?

Show me your identification

Do you have any bad reactions to medications?

What is the name of the medication that causes bad reactions

Do you have any allergies to medicines?

What is your religion?

Do you smoke tobacco?

How many packs per day do you smoke?

Are you married?

Do you have any children?

ASSESSMENT

You have been injured

You are ill

Lie still

We will take care of you

Let us help you

We must examine you carefully

We will try to not hurt you further

Do exactly what we ask

Keep your head very still

Keep very still

This will help protect you

Can you breathe?

Say your name out loud

Do you hurt anywhere?

Show me where

Show me where it hurts worst?

Does this hurt?

Move all of your fingers

Move all of your toes

Open your eyes

Push against me

You will feel better soon

You must stay here

SURGICAL CONSENT

You are badly hurt

You are very sick

We need to take you to surgery

We need to remove this

We need to repair this

If we do not operate, you may die

If we do not operate, you may lose this

The operation is dangerous, but it is the only way to help you

Do you understand that you need this surgery?

We will operate very carefully

We want your permission before we operate on you

May we operate on you?

We will begin the operation as soon as we can

This medicine will make you sleep

TRAUMA

You have been hurt

We are all working to help you

Help us take care of you

We have to remove your clothes

Do you have any bad reactions to any medicine?

Have you eaten food in the past six hours?

Is this injury from a landmine?

Were you shot?

Is this from a knife?

Is this from a rock?

Is this from a vehicle crash?

Did a person do this to you?

Did you lose consciousness after this happened?

Did you lose more than this much blood?

Point to all the parts of your body that hurt

Does it hurt when I do this?

Move this like this

Turn over this way

Did you inhale any smoke or very hot air?

Do your lungs hurt?

Are you having trouble breathing?

This will help avoid infection

ORTHOPEDIC

Do you have pain in this joint I'm touching?

Do you have pain in any other joint?

Which joint hurts the most?

Do you have pain in this muscle I'm touching?

Do you have pain in any other muscle?

Where is the muscle pain?

Is this muscle cramping?

Have you ever had any broken bones?

What bones have you broken?

Does it hurt when I do this?

Do this

You need an x-ray of your bone

I will examine the x-ray and tell you what I see

The bone here is broken

The bone here is not broken

You need a cast to help the bone heal

Do not remove the cast

Do not get the cast wet

You need a splint to help the injury heal

You may take the splint off to clean yourself

The splint must be replaced after you have cleaned yourself

You need a metal plate and screws to help the healing of your bone

We need to take you to the Operating Room to put you back together

PROCEDURES

We will give you medicine to stop the pain

This will help you

I have to put a small needle in you here

We need to give you fluid

We need to give you blood

I need to put a tube into your throat

This tube will help you breathe better

This tube may feel uncomfortable

I need to put a tube through your nose to your stomach

You need to swallow while I put this tube in your nose

Drink this while I gently place the tube into your nose

This tube will drain your stomach

I have to put a small tube into your neck to give you fluid

I need to put a tube in your chest

This needle will release the air from your chest

This will help your burns

I need to cut your skin

We have to restrain you for your safety

You have been burned by a chemical

We need to wash the chemicals from your skin

You will need to be completely washed

FOLEY

Have you urinated today?

Does your bladder feel full?

Do you have problems starting to urinate?

Do you have an urge to urinate but are unable to pass urine?

Do you have any pain with urination?

Urinate into this container

You need a tube in your bladder

I am going to insert a tube into your bladder to drain urine

This tube will empty the urine from your bladder

This tube will feel uncomfortable in you

Do not touch this tube

SURGERY INSTRUCTIONS

Do not eat or drink until the surgery

Do not eat or drink anything after midnight tonight

Take this medicine

You must remain in bed

Do not move at all

You must stay in this room

You must not smoke

We have to cut your hair off here

You may get up to go to the toilet

PAIN INTERVIEW

Are you in pain?

Where is your pain?

Is the pain here?

Does anything make the pain better?

Does anything make the pain worse?

Did the pain start today?

How many days have you have the pain?

Describe the pain on a scale from 1 to 10

10 is the worst possible pain, and 1 is no pain at all

Hold up the number of fingers

MEDICINE INTERVIEW

Do you feel sick?

Did you begin to feel sick today?

How many days have you felt sick?

Is the sickness here?

Do you feel nauseated?

Did the nausea start today?

How many days have you had the nausea?

Have you been vomiting?

Is there any blood in your vomit?

Is there any black color in your vomit?

Have you had any diarrhea?

How many times have you had diarrhea today?

Would your diarrhea today fill this?

Has there been any blood in your stool?

Are you bleeding from your rectum?

Have your stools been black?

Do you have worms?

Do you have malaria?

Do you have tuberculosis?

Do you know what I mean by the term HIV?

Do you know what I mean by the term AIDS?

Are you infected with the HIV virus?

Do you have AIDS?

You need a blood test for the HIV virus

OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Do you have an Intra-Uterine Device (birth control device)?

Have you had missed periods of menstruation recently?

Do you use pills for birth control?

Are you pregnant?

How many months have you been pregnant?

How many babies do you have?

Have you been raped?

We need to examine you carefully

We will protect your privacy as much as we can

Does this hurt?

Do not push yet

Push now

Push now as hard as you can

The baby is here

It is a boy

It is a girl

The baby looks healthy

We will take good care of the baby

PEDIATRICS

Your child is sick

Your child is hurt

We need to care for your child

You need to let us keep your child here

You may stay with your child

Let us examine your child in private

Your child will get better soon

This medicine will help your child

Did your child eat today?

Did your child eat yesterday?

Has your child passed urine today?

Has your child passed any stool today?

Did your child pass any stool yesterday?

Has your child had any diarrhea?

Has your child been vomiting?

Your child looks healthy

Your child will be fine

Your child will be ill for a long time

This illness will pass slowly, but your childs health will return completely

Feed the child small portions every few hours

Help your child drink this every few hours

Feed this medicine to your child every four hours

Allow your child to sleep

You need to sleep as much as the child does

Bring your child back here tomorrow

Bring your child back if there is no improvement by tomorrow

We will continue to follow the health of your child with you

CARDIOLOGY

Do you have any chest pain or tightness?

Are you having trouble trying to breathe?

Do you have chest pain over your entire chest?

Do you have pain from your chest into your arm?

Have you had this type of chest pain before?

Do you feel light-headed with the chest pain?

Do you feel nauseated with the chest pain?

Do you sweat with the chest pain?

This heart pill may give you a headache

This will go under your tongue

Chew this and swallow it

Let us take care of you

OPHTHALMOLOGY

Open your eyes

Close your eyes

Do you have any pain in your eyes?

Do you wear corrective glasses?

Do you wear contact lenses?

Is your vision clear in both eyes?

Which eye has a new problem?

Do you see my fingers?

Are they clear?

How many fingers do you see right now?

I am going to be looking into your eyes with this

Keep your head still

Look straight ahead and focus on an object

While I am looking into your eyes, continue to focus on that object

I am going to put some drops into your eye

I am going to blow a puff of air into your eye

Hold very still while I remove the foreign body in your eye

NEUROLOGY

Does this feel normal?

Do this

Move your toes

Do you have numbness or tingling?

Where do you feel the numbness or tingling?

Did the numbness or tingling start today?

How many days have you have the numbness or tingling?

Do you feel weak?

Did the weakness start today?

How many days have you had the weakness?

EXAM COMMANDS

Bend your arm

Bend your leg

Breathe normally

Close your eyes

Close your hand

Close your mouth

Cough

Cough some phlegm into this cup

Hold this under your tongue

Hold your breath

Lie down

Lie flat

Lie on your abdomen

Lie on your back

Look at my finger as it moves

Look down

Look straight

Look left

Look right

Look up

Open

Open your eyes

Open your hand

Open your mouth

Push here

Sit down

Sit up

Squeeze here

Stand on the scale

Stand up

Take a deep breath in and out

Touch my finger with this finger

Touch your finger to your nose like this

Turn around

Turn onto this side

Walk like this

Walk towards me

You need an x-ray of your chest

CAREGIVER

Can I do anything to help you?

Come with me

I will try not to hurt you

I am going to lift you

I am going to put a needle in your arm to give you medication

I am sorry I hurt you

I must adjust the tube in your chest

I must change your dressings

I must cut your hair

I must give you a shave

I must give you a suppository into your rectum

I must give you an injection with a needle

I must make your bed

I must wash your hair

I will help you dress

I will help you undress

Put the gown on

Put your arms around my shoulders

This medicine will take the pain away

This will help you feel better

Would you like more?

POST-OP AND PROGNOSIS

Everything will be done to get you fixed up again

You are only slightly wounded

You will soon be up again

Your condition is serious, but you will get better

You will get better if you let us take care of you

You are seriously hurt

You are seriously ill

It will probably take a long time for you to get better

The surgery was successful

We were able to fix you

We had to remove this

We tried, but we could not save this

You were hurt very badly

You will be fine

You will need time to heal

We will arrange for your transport back to your country

We will send you to another place

You need more care

You will return to your Unit when you are better

I will be back soon

I will check back later to see how you are doing

Return tomorrow so we can be sure you get better

Return in one week so we can be sure you get better

SIGNATURE

This module was recorded for Dr. Eric Rasmussen by Anila Xhixho on 09 April 1999