McGraw-Hill's Medical Translation Visual Phrasebook PB by Neil Bobenhouse

McGraw-Hill's Medical Translation Visual Phrasebook PB by Neil Bobenhouse

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Communicate with your non-English speaking patients even when no translator is available--you just have to flip pages and point!

McGraw-Hill's Medical Translation Visual Phrasebook provides you with the tools you need to communicate in the 20 most commonly spoken languages in the U.S.--with no foreign language knowledge required. The cards feature close-ended questions that are designed so that non-English speaking patients can respond with a simple head nod, a "yes" or "no" response, or by pointing to a simple diagram. Each assessment fits on one page, so you don't have to flip back and forth for what you need. This unique product is the only multi-lingual pocket medical reference of its kind--and the only one you'll need when a critical situation arises.
• Conveniently sized, easy-to-use product features spiral binding and close-ended questions for quick and easy communication
• No prior foreign language knowledge needed to communicate basic medical information in 20 different languages
• Includes Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu, and Vietnamese

Neil Bobenhouse is a paramedic for the St. Louis City Fire Department. He received his Master's Degree in Healthcare Administration from the St. Louis University School of Public Health in 2009.

Dean Meenach BSN, CCRN, EMP-P is the director of EMS Education at Mineral Area College and has worked as a critical care nurse at St. Anthony's Medical Center and as a paramedic at the Mehlville Fire Protection District.