Medical Spanish Dialogues

Medical Spanish dialogues for doctors, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other clinicians or healthcare workers.

Incision & Drainage Procedure [Medical Spanish for ER / Urgent Care]

Here’s a medical Spanish dialogue to use with patients before, during, and after doing an incision and drainage procedure (abscess treatment). Explain in Spanish what’s going to happen during the procedure, and what they should do afterwards. Video Version Here’s the YouTube version of this dialogue. (The audio version is on my podcast.) Text Version …

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Pediatric Fever – HPI

Topic:  History of the Present Illness – for a Child with a Fever Target Audience:  ER clinicians Format:  Mainly yes/no questions, a few with short answers Video Version First, I’ll walk you through Pediatric Fever HPI in video form.  Written Version If you prefer, here’s the written version of Pediatric Fever HPI in Spanish. Note: …

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HPI – General (Pain Complaint)

Topic:  History of the Present Illness (for a patient with pain) Target Audience:  ER clinicians Format:  Mainly yes/no questions, a few with short answers Video Version First, I’ll walk you through a general HPI in video form.  (FYI, this video is also available as a podcast. Details below.) Written Version If you prefer, here’s the …

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Gastrointestinal – Review of Systems

Topic:  Gastrointestinal (GI) review of systems (ROS) Target Audience:  Emergency medicine or urgent care clinicians Format:  Mainly yes/no questions Video Version First, I’ll walk you through a full gastrointestinal ROS in video form.  (FYI, this video is also available as a podcast. Details below.) Written Version If you prefer, here’s the written version of GI …

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Cardiovascular – Review of Systems

Topic:  Cardiovascular review of systems (ROS) Target Audience:  Emergency medicine or urgent care clinicians Format:  Mainly yes/no questions Video Version First, I’ll walk you through Cardiovascular – full ROS in video form.  (FYI, this video is also available as a podcast. Details below.) Written Version If you prefer, here’s the written version of Cardiovascular – …

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Clarifying Patient Symptoms

Clarifying Symptoms Medical Spanish Dialogue

Topic:  Clarifying details of patient symptoms Target Audience:  ER or urgent care clinicians  Video Version First, I’ll walk you through how to Clarify Patient Symptoms in video form.  (FYI, this video is also available as a podcast. Details below.) Written Version If you prefer, here’s the written version of the words & phrases. (FYI, I …

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Occupational Therapy Spanish

OT Spanish Medical Spanish Dialogue

Topic:  Occupational Therapy Spanish (Multiple Subtopics) Target Audience:  Hospital-based Occupational Therapists Format:  Mainly yes/no questions, a few with short answers Video Versions First, I’ll walk you through each section of Occupational Therapy Spanish in video form.  (FYI, these videos are also available on my podcast. Details below.) Part 1: Assessing Home Situation Part 2: Skill …

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Stroke HPI [for ER Providers]

Stroke HPI Medical Spanish Dialogue

Topic:  Stroke, History of the Present Illness (HPI) Target Audience:  Emergency medicine clinicians (doctors, PA’s, or NP’s) Format:  Mainly yes/no questions, a few with short answers Video Version First, I’ll walk you through Stroke HPI in video form.  (FYI, this video is also available as a podcast. Details below.) Written Version If you prefer, here’s …

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COVID-19 HPI [for ER Providers]

COVID HPI Medical Spanish Dialogue

Topic:  COVID-19, History of Present Illness (HPI) Target Audience:  Emergency medicine clinicians (doctors, PA’s, or NP’s) Format:  Mainly yes/no questions, a few with short answers Video Version First, I’ll walk you through the medical Spanish phrases for COVID HPI in video form.  You can listen to the pronunciation, and quiz yourself as you go along. …

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Fever PMH [for ER Providers]

Fever PMH Medical Spanish Dialogue

Topic:  Fever – Past Medical History (PMH) Target Audience:  ER clinicians (doctors, PA’s, or NP’s who work in the ER) Format:  Mainly yes/no questions, a few with short answers   Video Version First, I’ll walk you through the medical Spanish phrases for Fever PMH in video form.  You can listen to the pronunciation, and quiz yourself …

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Chest Pain ROS [for ER Providers]

Chest Pain Review of Systems Medical Spanish Dialogue

Topic:  Chest Pain – Review of Systems (ROS) Target Audience:  ER clinicians (doctors, PA’s, or NP’s who work in the emergency room) Format:  Mainly yes/no questions Video Version First, I’ll walk you through the medical Spanish phrases for Chest Pain ROS in video form.  You can listen to the pronunciation, and quiz yourself as you …

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Abdominal Pain HPI [for ER Providers]

ER medical Spanish dialogues, abdominal pain HPI

Today I’ll go over the Spanish phrases you could use to take an HPI (history of the present illness) on a Spanish-speaking patient with abdominal pain. This is geared towards emergency room clinicians (doctors, PA’s, or NP’s), or perhaps urgent care. But other healthcare workers can likely benefit as well. We’ll mainly use yes/no questions, …

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