Medical Signing Lesson 01
ALRIGHT
Facial expression: "Are you…?"
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"Ask me this" = ASK-to-me…
Are you alright? (YOU ALRIGHT YOU?)
HELP
me- HELP- YOU
NEED
Facial expression: "Do you…?"
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"Ask me this…" = ASK-to-me…
Do you need help? (NEED HELP YOU?)
HURT / PAIN version 1 version 2
Facial expression: "Are you…?"
"injured" = HURT/PAIN
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"Ask me this…" = ASK-to-me…
Are you injured? (YOU HURT YOU?)
WHERE?
Facial expression: "WH" type questions. (Information seeking)
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"Ask me this…" = ASK-to-me…
Where does it hurt? (HURT WHERE?)
"Ask him/her this…" = ASK-to- he/she…
Where does it hurt? (HURT WHERE?)
KNOW
very-SMALL- amount (Classifier-G)
LITTLE-bit (thumb and index finger)
"sign language " = SIGN
OKAY GOOD FINE
"Respond appropriately" = ANSWER APPROPRIATE
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I know a bit of sign language. (I SIGN LITTLE- bit. or I SIGN very-SMALL- amount.)
"Sign that sentence." = SIGN [index board or display]
I know a bit of sign language. (I SIGN LITTLE- bit. or I SIGN very-SMALL- amount.)
"lose something" or "lost" = LOST
Facial expression: "Are you…?"
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Are you lost? (YOU LOST YOU?)
"going to [a place]" = GO
"I'm going to HELP" = I WILL HELP *
Where were you going? (YOU GO WHERE YOU?)
FEEL
HOW FEEL?
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How do you feel? (HOW YOU FEEL? or "FEEL?")
HOW YOU FEEL? vs HOW ARE YOU? [Facial expressions are different.]
WANT
LIE- DOWN
Facial expression: "Do you…?"
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Do you want to lie down? (YOU WANT LIE-DOWN YOU?)
CALL [Make a phone call.]
SINGLE = someone / single / something
WANT
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Do you want me to call someone? Who? (YOU WANT ME CALL SOMEONE? WHO?)
EMERGENCY
ROOM = BOX
EMERGENCY ROOM version 1
Emergency room version 2 = "ER" *
Do you want to go to the emergency room? (YOU WANT GO EMERGENCY ROOM YOU?) HOSPITAL
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Do you want to go to the hospital? (YOU WANT GO HOSPITAL YOU?)
AMBULANCE = "rotating flashing lights" (Must be in context. Can mean any vehicle with flashing lights.)
NEED = need / want / must / ought to / have to / should
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Do you need an ambulance? (YOU NEED AMBULANCE YOU?)
INTERPRETER *
Do you need an interpreter? (YOU NEED INTERPRETER YOU?)
"Watch out!" = WARN or LOOK-at-[2h] or HEY
"that" = IT or THAT- one
"dangero us" = DANGER
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Watch out! That is dangerous! (HEY WARN IT DANGER IT!)
"accident" = MISTAKE or MISTAKE- HAPPEN
"car accident" = ACCIDENT- crash (Must be in context, or add CAR)
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Have you been in a car accident? (YOU ACCIDENT- crash YOU?)
"fire/flames/ burning" = FIRE-flames
occurring / take place / happen = HAPPEN
911
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There is a fire! Call 911! (HAPPEN FIRE! CALL 9-1-1!)
COME
COME-to-here
ARRIVE
SOON-(version)
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The police are on their way! (POLICE COME- to-here SOON or POLICE ARRIVE SOON.)
ALLERGIC
ANY
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Are you allergic to anything? (ALLERGIC ANY YOU?)
NOW
right-NOW *
This is an emergency! (HEY HAPPEN EMERGENCY right-NOW EMERGENCY)
Vocabulary:
911
ACCIDENT- crash
ALLERGIC
ALRIGHT
AMBULANCE
ANY
ARRIVE
CALL- phone
COME
CONFUSED
DANGER
DIZZY
EMERGENCY
FEEL
FINE
GO
HAPPEN
HELP
HEY
HOSPITAL
HOW
HURT
INTERPRETER
IT
LIE- DOWN
LOST
NEED
OKAY
PAIN
POLICE
right- NOW
ROOM
SICK
SOMEON E
SOON
SMALL-(very- SMALL- amount)
WANT
WARN
WHERE
WHO