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Explaining CPR in Spanish


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Learn to discuss CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) in Spanish with the family of a patient with advanced dementia.

Next week, we will begin a series of lessons based on 4 scenarios where a patient suffers an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. In this series, we will learn how to explain the results of CPR, the condition of the patient, and the next steps in their care in Spanish. To introduce this series, we are revisiting a dialogue from our Palliative Care series, in which a doctor explains CPR while discussing code status with the daughter of a patient admitted to the hospital with pneumonia. 

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TimeStamps
Dialogue 3:05
Key Medical vocabulary 
We will admit him to the hospital 5:03
His health has deteriorated.  6:11
Would he like to receive CPR? 8:09
Explanation of CPR 11:35
We return to the dialogue 16:10
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This lesson is part of our Palliative Care series. In this series, we cover. 

  1. Advanced Directives
  2. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
  3. A DNR order and less aggressive therapies at the end of life
  4. Discussing goals of care for a critically ill patient 
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    I recorded this dialogue with one of my Spanish teachers from México, Ángel Bahena. Click here to take lessons with Ángel.  

    Key Medical Vocabulary
    We will admit him to the hospital.

    5:03

    ingresar al hospital
    to admit to the hospital 

    la neumonía
    pneumonia 

    tratar
    to treat

    curar 
    to treat, to cure 

    Vamos a ingresar a su padre al hospital para tratar la neumonía. 
    We are going to admit your father to the hospital to treat the pneumonia. 

    His health has deteriorated. 

    6:11

    débil 
    weak

    Se ha puesto / vuelto muy débil. 
    Se ha debilitado mucho. 
    He has become very weak. 

    el derrame cerebral
    stroke

    empeorar
    to worsen

    el estado de salud
    state of health

    Su estado de salud ha empeorado.
    His state of health has declined. 

    los problemas para respirar
    problems breathing

    el corazón
    heart

    fallar
    to fail

    Would he want resuscitation?

    8:09

    administrar, aplicar
    to administrar, to give

    la resucitación/reanimación cardiopulmonar 
    cardiopulmonary resuscitation

    el paro cardíaco
    cardiac arrest

    el paro respiratorio 
    respiratory arrest

    ¿Cree que (a él) le gustaría que se le aplicara resucitación/reanimación cardiopulmonar (RCP) en caso de tener un paro cardíaco o respiratorio?
    Do you think he would like to be given cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the event of cardiac or respiratory arrest?

    Empezamos con el condicional: LE GUSTARÍA QUE…. y como estamos expresando un juicio u opinión, terminamos con el imperfecto de subjuntivo: SE LE APLICARA RESUCITACIÓN CARDIOPULMONAR. Aquí, utilizamos el se pasivo y LE se refiere al paciente. Aprende a usar el subjuntivo para expresar juicios o opiniones: Influence Emotion and Judgments.

    Explaining CPR

    11:35

    reanimar
    to revive

    la actividad cardíaca /cardiaca
    cardiac activity 

    la respiración 
    breathing

    La reanimación cardiopulmonar es cuando tratamos de/intentamos reanimar la actividad cardíaca y la respiración después de un paro cardiaco. 
    Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is when we try to revive the cardiac activity and breathing after a cardiac arrest. 

    presionar
    to press

    dar respiraciones
    to give breaths

    Se le presiona el pecho.
    Your chest is pressed on.

    Puede romper costillas.
    It may break ribs. 

    Se le dan respiraciones por la boca.
    You are given breaths through the mouth. 

    la vía respiratoria
    airway

    las descargas eléctricas
    electrical shocks 

    los fármacos/medicamentos/medicinas por vía intravenosa.
    intravenous medications 

    Se le introduce un tubo por la vía respiratoria. 
    A tube is inserted down your airway. 

    Se le aplican descargas eléctricas al corazón.
    Electrical shocks are applied to your heart. 

    Se le administran fármacos por vía intravenosa. 
    You are administered medications through an IV. 

    Graicas por escuchar. ¡Hasta la próxima! 

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