UNIT 1: PRESENTING COMPLAINTS

Vocabulary
PARTS OF THE BODY
clavicle: clavícula
sternum: esternón
oesophagus: esófago
abdomen(=)
umbilicus: ombligo
carpus: carpo
patella: rótula
tibia(=)
talus: astrágalo
calcaneus: calcáneo
tummy: barriga

DESCRIBING PAIN
Pearcing/boring: penetrante, taladrante
-Extremely severe/intense: muy severo, intenso
-Aching: dolorido
-Scalding/burning: hirviente
-Like a tight band arround the head: ajustado
-Dull/persistent/vague: leve
-Excrucihating/thunderclap: intenso
-Shooting: extender
-Spasmodic: irregular
-Crushing/gripping: devastador
*cluster headache: agrupamiento
*teetotal:abstemio
*prognosis: pronóstico

IT’S MY JOB
-NHS: Sistema Nacional de Salud(británico)
-Triage nurses: enfermeras de triaje
-GP: médico de cabecera
-Next of skin(=relative): familiar cercano
-Catchment area: zona de influencia(geográfica)
-A&E: urgencias
-Referals: derivación(al especialista)
-Skilled: habilidoso

*Abreviaturas*
DOB: date of bith
C/o: complaining of
HPC: presenting complaint history

Language spot
ASKING SHORT AND GENTLE QUESTIONS
-Where do you get the pain?
-Does the pain spread anywhere else?
-Does it wake you up at night?
-Can you tell me what the pain is like?
-Can you describe the pain for me?
-How long have you had the pain?
-Is there anything which makes it worse/better?
-When did it start?
-Is there anything brings it ton?
-Is the pain constant?
-Have ypu had the pain before?

*Truco para recordar las preguntas del Present Complaint del médico al paciente:
SOCRATES*
S: site (lugar)
O: onset (comienzo)
C: character (características)
R: radiation (irradiación del dolor)
A: associations (asociación)
T: timing (duración)
E: exacerbating and alleviating factors (factores que lo alivian o lo emeporan)
S: severity (gravedad)

Grammar
(apuntes)
Present perfect/ Present continuous
Present Perfect/Present perfect continuous