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Intensive Care Unit

English-English
Difficulty
Beginner
Domain
Medical
Subdomain
Intensive Care
Environment
Intensive Care Unit
Region
USA
Time Estimate:
4 min.
Avg. Length per Line:
4 sec.
Introductory Summary
A doctor meets with a patient's family to update them on his condition following a complex surgery.
Disclaimer:
This text is an original work of fiction based on real scenarios. Any similarities between people or places are purely coincidental.
Participants
Abbr. Role Language(s)
Dr Doctor en-US American English
Int Interpreter en-US American English und undetermined
PF Patient's family en-US American English
Contributors
Author
Vicente Iranzo
Co-Author
Andrea Schwartz
Editors
Devin Gilbert
Karen Marin
Audio Engineer
Carlos Rubio
Voice Actors
Patient's family
Devin Gilbert
Doctor
Nathaniel Murphy
Key Terminology and Vocabulary

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English
Definition:
An intensive care unit (ICU) is a special department of a hospital or health care facility that provides intensive care medicine.
Source: Wikipedia 		A abbreviation ICU intensive care unit
--- first hours post operation
--- blood pressure
--- progress
--- surgery
--- procedure
--- test
--- arise
Supplementary Resources
"Introducción a la interpretación médica" by Vicente Iranzo and Misty Allen (Weber State University Open Educational Resources)
¿Qué es la UCI y cómo actuar cuando un familiar está ingresado en esta unidad? (Recoletas Salud)

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  1. Dr TR-1

    Good afternoon. Are you Mr. Pérez’s family?

  2. Int TR-2

  3. PF TR-3

    Hello, Doctor. Yes, we’re Antonio’s family. How is he doing?

  4. Int TR-4

  5. Dr TR-5

    Well, he’s asleep right now. The operation went well, but it was very long and aggressive and we’ll wake him up slowly in the ICU to do tests and make sure there aren’t any complications.

  6. Int TR-6

  7. PF TR-7

    And when can we see him, Doctor?

  8. Int TR-8

  9. Dr TR-9

    Come inside in 15 minutes. He’ll be asleep and you’ll have to give us your contact information and phone numbers. Tomorrow at 1pm you can see him again and we’ll explain how he’s been progressing during the first few hours post operation.

  10. Int TR-10

  11. PF TR-11

    No one explained that to me, I want to see my brother now.

  12. Int TR-12

  13. Dr TR-13

    Don’t worry, you can come in to see him later. We’re taking care of him and putting monitors on to make sure everything is OK.

  14. Int TR-14

  15. PF TR-15

    How long will he be in the ICU?

  16. Int TR-16

  17. Dr TR-17

    Everything depends on how he progresses, how he responds to surgery and the complications that can arise with this type of operation. Your brother is in good hands, and we’ll do everything we can to ensure his speedy recovery.

  18. Int TR-18

  19. PF TR-19

    Are all of his organs working or are there any problems?

  20. Int TR-20

  21. Dr TR-21

    Right now, he needs a small amount of medication for his heart and blood pressure. This is normal in this type of procedure, and we can most likely reduce the amount in the next few hours.

  22. Int TR-22

  23. PF TR-23

    Ok, thank you. We’ll wait here until we can come in.

  24. Int TR-24