Spanish for Emergency Room Staff

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ISBN: 978-1-61449-017-3 copyright by Command Spanish® , Inc. 124 pages

Program Overview: This program is designed to train non-Spanish-speaking emergency department staff in functional Spanish language skills to communicate with Spanish-speaking patients. Spanish for Emergency Room Staff consists of a 124-page manual and accompanying .mp3 audio files for enhanced learning. It was developed in consultation with ER directors, physicians, nurses, and support staff. The program includes: patient registration, taking patient’s history, determining chief complaint, diagnosis, laboratory procedures, explaining and performing treatments, and discharging patients. Spanish for Emergency Room Staff utilizes print, audio, and phonetic encoding to teach the most common and important Spanish language commands, questions, statements, and phrases critical for non-Spanish-speaking ER staff, when treating Spanish-speaking patients.

ISBN: 978-1-61449-017-3 copyright by Command Spanish® , Inc. 124 pages

Program Overview: This program is designed to train non-Spanish-speaking emergency department staff in functional Spanish language skills to communicate with Spanish-speaking patients. Spanish for Emergency Room Staff consists of a 124-page manual and accompanying .mp3 audio files for enhanced learning. It was developed in consultation with ER directors, physicians, nurses, and support staff. The program includes: patient registration, taking patient’s history, determining chief complaint, diagnosis, laboratory procedures, explaining and performing treatments, and discharging patients. Spanish for Emergency Room Staff utilizes print, audio, and phonetic encoding to teach the most common and important Spanish language commands, questions, statements, and phrases critical for non-Spanish-speaking ER staff, when treating Spanish-speaking patients.

Program Content: Spanish for Emergency Room Staff contains more than 330 work-specific Spanish language questions, commands, statements, and phrases. In addition to a special section devoted to pronunciation, Spanish for Emergency Room Staff contains the following work-specific language sections: triage-initial assessment; patient traffic; registration, body commands, statements and questions for assessment & treatment; calming the patient; urine, stool, blood samples and throat swabs; chief complaints; assessment & treatment sections for respiratory, ENT, OB-GYN, chest pain & cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, pediatrics, neurology/stroke seizure, headaches, kidney problems just to name a few; invasive procedures to be announced/explained: cardioversion, catheter, intubation, dermabond of lacerations, etc.; announcing exams & surgery; patient discharge and instructions; and many more sections.

Bonus: Spanish for Emergency Room Staff also contains the following English/Spanish glossaries: human body; diseases, disorders, and injuries; conditions and symptoms; operations and procedures; medical personnel; pharmacological terms; dates; and a numeric pain scale.

Special Features

  • No prior knowledge of Spanish is necessary.

  • Contains more than 330 work-specific Spanish language questions, commands, statements, and phrases.

  • This program is fully supported by .mp3 audio files that can be played on any device.

  • Learner-friendly text designed for adult learners.

  • Non-grammar-based.

  • Authored in consultation with ER directors, physicians, nurses, and support staff.

This program prepares non-Spanish-speaking emergency department staff in practical, learner-friendly survival Spanish to better interact with Spanish-speaking patients in order to provide quality emergency medical care. Prepares ER staff to do the following in Spanish: register a patient; obtain patient’s history; determine patient’s chief complaint; obtain vital signs; assess a patient’s condition; explain diagnosis; explain treatments and other procedures; give discharge information and follow-up instructions.

Intended Audience: This program is intended for emergency department physicians, triage nurses, lab technicians, nurses, and EMS support staff.

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