dialogi3

The goal of this material is to improve both patient safety, as well as the interaction
between health care professionals and patients and their loved ones in
situations where communication takes place in English. The material is based on a dialogue manual called DIALOGIA – Acute Care in Three Languages.

1 Greeting

1.1 Greetings and wishes

2 Obtaining patient information

2.1 Patient Interview on site
2.2 Patient Interview at an outpatient clinic

3 Examining the patient's state

3.1 ABCDE
3.2 Examining pain

4 Patient care

4.1 Deterioration of a patient’s general state
4.2 Delirium
4.3 Breathing difficulties
4.4 Heart problems
4.5 Stroke
4.6 Infections
4.7 Abdominal problems
4.8 Pregnancy and labour
4.9 Intoxication and poisoning
4.10 Accidents
4.11 Trauma
4.12 Convulsions
4.13 Examinations

5 Transferring the patient

5.1. Transferring the patient to another health care facility
5.2 Hospital transfer

6 Death

6.1 Death at home
6.2 Traffic accident

7 Expressions of time and parts of body

8 Vocabulary

8.1 Vocabulary