In this lesson, the doctor discusses the initial treatment of chest pain in the hospital.
This free lesson is part of our Spanish for Emergencies Course!

LEVEL - UPPER INTERMEDIATE

Diálogo1:13

(La doctora llega.)
D: ¿Cómo se siente ahora señora? ¿Todavía tiene dolor?

P: Me estaba doliendo otra vez, pero ya me está bajando. Sólo siento el pecho un poco apretado ahora.

D: Bueno Señora. Veo algunos cambios en su electrocardiograma que indican que usted puede estar sufriendo un ataque al corazón. La mayoría de los ataques de corazón ocurren cuando un coágulo se forma en una arteria del corazón de modo que el músculo cardíaco no recibe suficiente oxígeno. Por eso, vamos a darle unas medicinas para impedir la formación de coágulos en la sangre.

P: Dios mío. ¿Me voy a morir?

D: Tranquila. Sus signos vitales están muy estables, y parece que el corazón está funcionando bien. Sus enzimas cardíacas no están elevadas. Cuando alguien sufre un ataque al corazón normalmente éstas se elevan dentro de las primeras horas. Y su dolor empezó hace una hora, ¿verdad?

P: A ver. Ya son las tres y media y me desperté a las dos con el dolor. Ha pasado como hora y media.

D: Debido a sus síntomas y lo que vemos en su electrocardiograma, vamos a tratarle con medicinas para impedir coágulos en la sangre y voy a hablar con el cardiólogo.  Ya tomó aspirina, ¿verdad?

P: Sí, me la dio la enfermera cuando apenas llegué.

D: También vamos a ponerle medicina por la vena que se llama heparina. Esta medicina disminuye la capacidad de la sangre para formar coágulos.

Y Lisa, su enfermera, va a empezar una infusión de nitroglicerina para relajar los vasos sanguíneos de modo que el corazón no necesite esforzarse tanto para bombear la sangre y esto le ayudará a aliviar el dolor.

Aquí tengo todos sus medicamentos apuntados. Vamos a seguir dándole su metoprolol y su simvastatina. Si su corazón late rápidamente, vamos a subir la dosis de metoprolol para disminuir su ritmo. No queremos que su corazón trabaje mucho.

¿Todo entendido?

P: Creo que sí, doctora.

D: ¿Tiene alguna pregunta?

P: ¿Me va a hospitalizar?

D: Sí, señora. Voy a hablar con el cardiólogo ahora.

Siento + la parte del cuerpo + adjetivo3:47

My chest feels tight. 
Siento el pecho apretado. 

D: ¿Cómo se siente ahora señora? ¿Todavía tiene dolor?

P: Me estaba doliendo otra vez, pero ya me está bajando. Sólo siento el pecho un poco apretado ahora.

My knees feel stiff. 
Siento las rodillas rígidas. 

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