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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

Learn to take vital signs, conduct pain assessments, and expand your medical vocabulary in Spanish. Practice interpreting results and corresponding interpretations. Instruction includes key terms, physical assessment basics, and pain assessment techniques.

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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

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  1. MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY Physical Assessment and Vital Signs

  2. Objectives • Student will be able verbalize how to take vital signs and interpret the results. • Student will know how to conduct a pain assessment and how to assess the basics of a physical assessment. • Student will broaden his/her vocabulary of medical terminology.

  3. Review • Body parts • Homework

  4. Body Parts with “mis-matching” articles • La ingle / the groin • La mano/ the hand • La nariz/ the nose

  5. Tener: to have; present tense • Yotengo • Tutienes • El/ ellatiene • Nosotrostenemos • Ustedestienen • Ellostienen

  6. Tener-to have; preterite tense • Yotuve • Tutuviste • El/Ella/Ustedtuvo • Nosotrostuvimos • Vosotrostuvisteis • Ellos/Ellas/Ustedestuvieron

  7. PAIN ASSESMENT • The first and most important assessment! • Tiene dolor? • Del uno al diez, el diezsiendo el dolor masfuerte. Cuanto le duele/Quenumeroessu dolor? • Donde le duele? • Quetipo de dolor es? • Quealivia el dolor?

  8. Quetipo dolor es?(What kind of pain is it?) • Sharp agudo/punzante • Stabbing /punzante • Dull sordo/ molesto • Constant/constante • Pulsating/ pulsativo

  9. Pain assessment • Cronico -Todo el tiempo • Intermitente -va y viene • Un poco-poquito • Regular – mas o menos/ (sort of) • Mucho / fuerte

  10. Let’s practice! • pastilla • antibi’otico • estetoscopio • vacuna

  11. “Voy a tomarsussignosvitales”(I am going to take your vital signs)

  12. Estar-to be(temporary); present tense • Yoestoy • Tuestás • El/Ella/Ustedestá • Nosotrosestamos • Vosotrosestáis • Ellos/Ellas/Ustedesestán

  13. Estar-to be (temporary); preterite tense • Yoestuve • Tuestuviste • El/Ella/Ustedestuvo • Nosotrosestuvimos • Vosotrosestuvisteis • Ellos/Ellas/Ustedesestuvieron

  14. Signosvitales • I am going to measure your blood pressure. Voya medirsupresionde la sangre/presion arterial. • I’m going to take your pulse. Voya tomarsupulso • I’m going to take your temperature Voya tomarsutemperatura • I’m going to measure your oxygen level. Voya medirsunivel de oxigeno

  15. Los resultados de lolsignosvitales • Su presion arterial es_______ • Su pulsoes__________ • Su temperaturaes________ • Su nivel de oxigenoes_________

  16. Interpretacion • It’s normal Es normal ●It’s high Es alto/a ●It’s low Es bajo/a

  17. Don’t forget to be descriptive • A little Un poco • A lot Muy/mucho/muchisimo • Extremely Extremadamente

  18. State the results and corresponding interpretation in Spanish • BP 138/56, 123/82, 90/54, 174/93 • Pulse 80, 65, 110, 45 • Temp 37 C 41 C 36.5 C 37.4 C • SPO2 94, 96, 92, 100( porciento %)

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