Episode Details

Learn how to explain interventions performed during advanced cardiac life support and the decision to stop resuscitation in Spanish. This is the third of 4 scenarios in which the paramedics care for a patient who has suffered an out-of-hospital arrest. 

LEVEL - ADVANCED

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TimeStamps

CLINICAL ENCOUNTER  1:44 

VOCABULARY REVIEW

Cardiac arrest, heart history, stents 4:25

Medical Terms: Asystole, ROSC, ACLS 5:35

Interventions Performed 9:04 

Next Steps 12:23 

RETURN TO ENCOUNTER  14:39 

CLOSING  17:01

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I recorded this clinical encounter with one of my Spanish teachers from México, Danie