Poll: Have you ever had a healthcare experience that made you appreciate clear communication? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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Anyway, I appreciate clear communication on every level…
[Edited at 2024-09-16 10:36 GMT]
| | | | Lingua 5B 
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 22:26
Member (2009)
English to Croatian
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| A what…vague question | Sep 16 |
I don’t get the question.
| | | | Paulo Melo
Brazil
Local time: 18:26
English to Portuguese
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I think working in the translation industry has taught me to appreciate clear communication much more.
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I think I get the meaning now after a few times staring blankly at the screen: Have you ever been in hospital and the communication was good and you appreciated it? Yes, but I've also had times when the Polish X-ray technician couldn't really speak German and he was rather crap at his job, then a consultant had to come in. The job got done in the end, but it could have been much easier.
I also had an experience in a hospital in Russia in another X-ray room, complete with a huge rug... See more I think I get the meaning now after a few times staring blankly at the screen: Have you ever been in hospital and the communication was good and you appreciated it? Yes, but I've also had times when the Polish X-ray technician couldn't really speak German and he was rather crap at his job, then a consultant had to come in. The job got done in the end, but it could have been much easier.
I also had an experience in a hospital in Russia in another X-ray room, complete with a huge rug covering the whole floor (!) and manky sofa (!!!). The problems there were due to my own lack of vocabulary, but we got there in the end.
The older I get, the more I appreciate clear, concise language, and the angrier I get when I'm faced with poppycock.
Happy translatoring bzzzz bzzzz ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Doctors' handwriting is a meme here | Sep 17 |
Maybe that's what they meant? I'm not sure if it's a global thing. There may be places where they don't write by hand anymore
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Yes, once at a dentist. A doctor put a needle to clean my client's nerve canal, and the client reflexively bit it. His eyes out of the orbits (aka sockets), didn't react to the doctor's words "Open the mouth" until I was called and said him in Russian "Open the mouth". This communication in the healthcare field has been very useful )
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Last century, while living in the UK, I was rushed to a public hospital in London for a punctured lung. After installing oxygen support and relieving the air from between lung and rib cage through a massive needle they had boldy planted into my chest (Pulp fiction type), I could breathe my content again.
Some time later, after going from the emergencies to a bed in a ward, a resident and a doctor prepared to insert a permanent tube into my chest to keep on purging misplaced air from my rib... See more Last century, while living in the UK, I was rushed to a public hospital in London for a punctured lung. After installing oxygen support and relieving the air from between lung and rib cage through a massive needle they had boldy planted into my chest (Pulp fiction type), I could breathe my content again.
Some time later, after going from the emergencies to a bed in a ward, a resident and a doctor prepared to insert a permanent tube into my chest to keep on purging misplaced air from my rib cage. It was meant to stay inside for a few days, in order for the lung to patch itself and if not, to operate.
While they were around me in the ward, I looked at the wrapped tube and noticed that the expiration date was 2 years overdue. While I don't really mind if a yogurt is a few days past its expiration date, I nevertheless notified the doctors. They profusely apologised, got one that wasn't expired and performed the procedure (local injection of anaesthetics, making a hole below the armpit, insert the tube deeply, purse-string stitch and connect the tube to a water-filled bucket as a non-return valve I guess).
Thanks to clear communication, I didn't get an out-of-date tube into my chest!
Philippe
Epilogue: I recovered nicely, the lung repaired itself and I went home after a week or so. ▲ Collapse
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