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After Stroke
After Stroke
REP: Hello! My name is Anna and I'll be the nurse who's going to take care of you tonight.
REP: Nice to see you again, Julio. Can you tell me your last name and birth date?
LEP: Tampoco lo recuerdo. Sé que el que estaba antes era Obama, pero el de ahorita no sé cómo se
llama.
REP: That's fine. Do you know where you are right now? Is it a hospital or home?
REP: Your family brought you because you had a wound on your foot that became infected and while
you were at hospital you had a stroke.
LEP: Ah sí, ahorita me estoy recordando que no podía hablar ni caminar. Y el doctor me dijo que tenía
sangre en mi cerebro.
REP: That's exactly right. Here at the hospital we are trying to make you feel better.
REP: So, now I'm going to check your vital signs real quick. I'm going to take your blood pressure, pulse,
and listen to your heart and lungs.
REP: Your blood pressure is still high. I'm going to leave the Blood Pressure Cuff on your leg for a while.
It will be measuring your blood pressure every hour. It's not that I'm going to leave it on the whole night
but definitely for the next few hours.
REP: Absolutely, let me get you the water. Meanwhile, if you need to tell me something just point to this
phone and we can get an interpreter for you.