12 lead ecg, Medical Spanish

Question

Hello, I am new to the forum and am so excited to be here so that I can learn to better use Spanish to help people while on the ambulance. Hopefully there are some practitioners in here who can help with some medical jargon. So we have the heart monitor that we use to rule out heart attack. When we place stickers and wires on we say we are performing a 12 lead ECG. I would like to know how to say...

We are going to view (take a picture) of your heart to see if it is a heart attack...

We need to expose your chest because we need to place several stickers there...

(if the chest is hairy we have to shave it some of the hair off) We need to shave your hair off. (the saving) It will be uncomfortable.

Please hold still and be quiet for a moment while the monitor assesses your heart.

Thanks for any help!

Welcome to the forum ,please complete your profile so that we may better help you. - ray76, May 29, 2016

Just completed! Thanks for the reminder ray76. - Marcalis77, May 29, 2016

Answer 1

Just a couple of links that might be of help... EMS Services 1

Same web site, but the main page. It's helped me a lot. Same Site Home Page

Answer 2

This is my go, I'm a native latin american spanish speaker:

We are going to view (take a picture) of your heart to see if it is a heart attack... We need to expose your chest because we need to place several stickers there... (if the chest is hairy we have to shave it some of the hair off) We need to shave your hair off. (the saving) It will be uncomfortable. Please hold still and be quiet for a moment while the monitor assesses your heart.

Vamos a revisar (tomar una imagen) de su corazón para ver si es un ataque al corazón Necesitamos descubrir su pecho porque necesitamos ponerle varios adhesivos allí (Si el pecho es peludo, tenemos que afeitar algo del vello) Necesitamos rasurar su vello. (rasurarlo) será incómodo. Por favor quédese quieto y callado por un momento mientras el monitor evalúa su corazón.

Answer 3

I am also an intermediate level learner, these are my attempts, I was somewhat free with your English, so I put down what I think I said in the Spanish in English as well. Please wait to see what corrections I might get, as I may have made some error, and most likely did not use the most natural expressions, even though I think it would communicate the concept.

We are going to view (take a picture) of your heart to see if it is a heart attack...

Vamos a grabarle un trazado del corazón para averiguar si padece un infarto.

We are going to record a tracing of your heart in order to figure out if you are suffering an infarction.

We need to expose your chest because we need to place several stickers there...

Necesitamos desnudarle el pecho para poner algunos electrodos/algunas almohadillas.

We need to bare your chest in order to place some electrodes/some pads.

(if the chest is hairy we have to shave it some of the hair off) We need to shave your hair off. (the saving) It will be uncomfortable.

Necesitamos afeitarle una parte del pecho, lo que estaré incómodo.

We need to shave part of your chest, which will be uncomfortable.

Please hold still and be quiet for a moment while the monitor assesses your heart

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Por favor, quédese quieto/quieta por un momento mientras que el monitor le evalúe el corazón.

Please remain still for a moment while the monitor evaluates your heart.

I really would appreciate any corrections to this. :) - bosquederoble, May 29, 2016