Spanish for Emergency Medical Personnel

NO PRIOR SPANISH REQUIRED!

"Spanish for Emergency Medical Personnel is designed for first responders (EMT/ Medically Trained Firefighters) and Emergency Department personnel (physicians, physician's assistants, nurses and technicians).  It's all about time. Every emergency medical professional knows it. Time is brain. Time is heart muscle. It takes time to get an interpreter on scene/dialed in (if one is available at all). Any delay can negatively affect the patient's outcome. The skills taught in this course enable you, the emergency medical professional, to initiate assessments and/or treatment without delay, giving simple verbal directions and asking critical questions independent of an interpreter. In this course, you'll learn to utilize interview control techniques in Spanish to avoid being overwhelmed by the answers. You'll learn to manage questioning during triage, handling respiratory and cardiac assessments, assessments for CVA, seizures, and numerous other illnesses and injuries in Spanish (see the outline below). You'll learn to issue simple directions in Spanish to position the patient, keep him/her calm, while reassuring him/her that an interpreter is being sought. The critical information needed for a better outcome, or even to save a life, can often be obtained before an interpreter has time to dial in/arrive. In conjunction with your existing medical knowledge and skills, Spanish for Emergency Medical Personnel can bridge that interpreter - gap, or function as a stand-alone, and help you get the best possible outcome for your patient." 

Course Objectives:

1.      The essentials to gather information and complete paperwork

2.      Interview control techniques

3.      Commands and phrases to control patient movement and position in

        Spanish

4.      Cognitive questioning in Spanish

5.      Trauma, illness and other detailed assessment questioning in Spanish

6.      Illness/injury and pain checklists in Spanish

7.      Medication questioning in Spanish

8.      Body parts for pain questioning in Spanish

9.      Cultural and behavioral information to enhance medic effectiveness

10.    Pertinent legal cases