Ok, well, I’m not anywhere near fluent in Spanish, but I know the basics. “Hi, how are you?” “Take one tablet every day,” etc.
Today, I had a patient come in that spoke very little (and very broken) English. I greeted him, first in English, then in Spanish when I saw that he didn’t understand me. I got his name and d.o.b., then went to the computer to see if he was in the system, and of course he wasn’t.
So, I put a pen and profile form (in Spanish) in front of him. Did he start writing? No; he handed me his ID card. Well, I just copied down his name and address, asked him his phone number and other pertinent info. When I got to drug allergies, though, we hit a snag:
Andrew: “
