When You Have to Stop Resuscitation in Spanish

Learn how to explain interventions performed during advanced cardiac life support and the decision to stop resuscitation in Spanish. This is the third of 4 scenarios in which the paramedics care for a patient who has suffered an out-of-hospital arrest. LEVEL - ADVANCEDVideo version of this lesson with subtitles in YouTube. Check out our Shorts where I share useful tips.ONE-QUESTION SURVEY: Do you want me to continue to do the podcast primarily in Spanish?Member? Access full show notes, the Quizlet set and the PDF for this lesson within our Spanish for Emergencies course! TimeStampsCLINICAL ENCOUNTER  1:44 VOCABULARY REVIEWCardiac arrest, heart history, stents 4:25Medical Terms: Asystole, ROSC, ACLS 5:35Interventions Performed 9:04 Next Steps 12:23 RETURN TO ENCOUNTER  14:39 CLOSING  17:01Learn More Medical Spanish!Become a member and get access to our interactive member lessons, where we interpret the clinical dialogue as we review the vocabulary and grammar, as well as full lesson notes, PDFs, and quizzes.You can also subscribe to access the last 3 months of our member audio lessons via Apple Podcasts.  Related LessonsLessons covering discussions on code status in Spanish* Explaining CPR in Spanish* Discussing a DNR Order in Spanish* Spanish for Paramedics: Too Late for CPR* Spanish for Paramedics: CPR en Route to HospitalI recorded this clinical encounter with one of my Spanish teachers from México, Daniela Grave. Click here to take lessons with Daniela.  Vocabulary ReviewPresenting the Scene4:25to witness or to be present during an event.presenciarcardiac arrestel paro cardíacoto have a history of heart attacktener antecedentes de infarto cardíacostents, as in drug-eluting stents or coronary stentslos stentswitnessel testigoMedical Terms: Asystole, ROSC, ACLS5:35CPRla RCPEmergency Medical ServicesLos Servicios Médicos de Emergencia Los Servicios de Emergencias MédicasThe next few terms are medical jargon, so don't worry about them if you're only going to be speaking with patients. asystolela asistoliaHe remains in asystole.Sigue en asistolia.Permanece en asistolia.Return of Spontaneous CirculationEl Retorno de la Circulación EspontáneaRCE by its Spanish acronymRCE por sus siglas en españolAdvanced Life Support InterventionLa Intervención de Soporte Vital AvanzadoAdvanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)Soporte Vital Cardiovascular Avanzado (SVCA)to stop cardiopulmonary resuscitationdetener / parar la reanimación cardiopulmonar the paramedic (woman) in charge of the resuscitation team la paramédica encargada del equipo de reanimación la paramédica a cargo del equipo de reanimaciónto take charge or to assume care of someone or somethinghacerse cargo deencargarse deAdvanced Life Support Interventions 9:04He didn't have a pulse and he wasn't breathing.No tenía pulso y no respiraba.We use the IMPERFECT to DESCRIBE the patient when the paramedics arrived.