Gimme a little somethin’ somethin’
Posted by enrico | Under Humor, In the News, Medical and Health Thursday Sep 6, 2007A friend sent me this article at CNN about a pictureboard used to help with patients who don’t speak English. Especially in emergency settings, it helps assist healthcare personnel to 1) identify the nationality/language of the person so that an appropriate translator can be found, and 2) obviously, so the patient can easily communicate what’s wrong, what happened, what they need, etc., at least in a basic fashion until #1 can be achieved.
When I saw the blowup of the picture board, however, I felt it was missing some crucial squares that ED personnel would need regularly. Above is an excerpt from the official board and below is my addition, based on what I feel could also assist personnel establish a differential about what actually might be wrong:
Good one! Seems the possibilities are endless, but these are a good start.
Heh. Funny (although, so far as I know, all my serious drug seekers have been English speaking).
Gruntdoc: Well until you show the foreigners this new picture board, you can’t really know that for sure now, can you?
Let the data gathering begin! LOL!
Oh my……LOLOLOL!
It’s the universal language!!!!!!!!!!
OMG, that is hilarious, do you mind if I link you?
ERNursey: I’d be honored
That is absolutely hilarious! Although I’d like to see Oxycontin added to that illustrious list, it certainly opens up worlds of possibilities for pictorial communication in the ER.