Spanish In the Medical or Police Field
In this Country of Freedom, and in our time and generation, America is getting more and more foreign visitors. We get people that have little English knowledge, then we get the people that just don’t want to learn the native language of this country, that speak no English what so ever. In the medical field it’s hard for a doctor to understand a patient and know his symptoms if he/she can’t understand them. The doctor usually has to find a nurse or another doctor that knows the language the patient is speaking so he/she can interpret the language, but that’s where it can be life threatening. When the Paramedics arrive to the hospital, it’s usually their job to assess the problem and know exactly what’s wrong so they can relay all the information to the doctors. As an ex EMT, it’s our job to find what’s wrong. We check blood pressure, check the beats per minute, try to acknowledge if there are any signs of a heart attack, and also check the pupils of the eyes to see if there is any sign of brain damage or stroke. The patient that was in the back of the rescue did not have any of the symptoms, but was screaming as if someone was pouring liquid acid on his stomach. This gentleman could not speak any English, mid twenties, and none of the paramedics or emt’s knew Spanish. Not only is this difficult for the Emt’s, because they wanted to help, and it is there job, but it is going to be difficult when the gentleman arrives at the hospital, and the only information the paramedics can give, is the tests that they gave him. Even though this man failed to learn the English language, he was still a citizen of the United States, and may be fighting for his life.
An officer, and or firefighter/paramedic should be trained the Spanish language when he/she is put through the six month academy. Even though citizens should learn the English language if that case of scenario ever happens, the officer or firefighter should always learn...