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Medical Spanish: Los Vatos Médicos

Adrian DeLeon & Stephen Ferrarolosvatosmedicos.fireside.fm
We are 2 medical residents Adrian (EM resident in Seattle) and Esteban (IM resident in Denver) who like to have a good time and teach topics in medical spanish for healthcare workers who want to improve their ability to interact, understand, and connect with spanish speaking patients.
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Episodes

Effectos Secundarios

Common side effects of meds and strategies for navigating this with pts. -ACE inhibitors: tos seca -Amlodipine: hinchazon en las piernas -Statins: dolores musculares, agujetas -Metformin: la diarrhea - Song: Me Porto Bonito -Bad Bunny

Aug 27, 202313 min

Dr Z Interview

A casual conversation with the anesthesia intern extraordinario Joel Zaldumbide. We discuss everything from his upbringing in the US in a Ecuadorian family to Simon Bolivar's sword. Check out these Spotify playlists of musica en espanol that Joel has curated for our listening pleasure - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/31nvMU6OUnnEyGKMpfsJ5R?si=LwzpgcIqS0yYDmX5PCVr7w - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6d4V4Q87DD4rStwKGJxBsv?si=bn_xItOlRDCemZdhaoCXlg - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5SL8DBtj...

Sep 24, 202248 minSeason 1Ep. 16

The 10 most common verbs

Song "Oye como va" - Santana ser/estar poder tener ir hacer sentir empezar tratar querer haber

Aug 17, 202236 min

Infección del Tracto Urinario (UTI)

Intro song: Cuando Voy Por La Calle (Trio America) Approach to UTI UTI Symptoms and PreTest Probability https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12020306/ Self-Diagnosis and Patient-Initiated Treatment of UTI https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11434727/ Skip to 18:30 for spanish dialogue

Jul 25, 202134 min

Episode 12: Anatomy Quiz

-Intro song: A no llorar (Ximena Sariñana) -Stump the chumps, Dr Steve edition -Tacos de cabeza -5 ways to talk about the butt -nursery rhymes -stinky breath -don't be an elbow -resilient vaginas and fragile penis'

Jul 19, 202129 min

Episode 9: Convulsiones (Part 1 Approach to Seizure)

Articles: Social Determinants: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/72/4/703/5860249 Rates of seropositivity amoung healthcare workers (non-clinical healthcare workers and ER nurses had highest rates) https://www.journalofhospitalmedicine.com/jhospmed/article/238678/hospital-medicine/sars-cov-2-seroprevalence-among-healthcare-workers-job Other Good Podcasts: http://www.emclerkship.com/seizure/...

Apr 28, 202136 min

Episode 8: El Amor en Los Tiempos de COVID

El dia de San Valentín (Valentine's Day). Corazones Rotos. Broken Heart Syndrome (Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy). Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Basic Life Support. Argentine slang (Che Boludo). Capitalist Conspiracies. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1406761

Mar 09, 202154 min

Episode 7: Dolor de Garganta (Sore Throat)

Approach to sore throat. CENTOR criteria. Enrique Iglesias. That 70s show. Antibiotic Stewardship. Tonsil-tennis teenagers. https://www.mdcalc.com/centor-score-modified-mcisaac-strep-pharyngitis http://healthlibrary.epnet.com/GetContent.aspx?token=38405ca3-6cab-4817-9cba-dc64dc5c69f1&chunkiid=121175...

Feb 17, 202159 min

Episode 5: Dolor de Estomago (Abdominal Pain)

Approach to completing a history and physical exam on a patient with abdominal pain, with a focus on conducting a "hypothesis-driven H&P" that utilizes the quadrant-based approach and Bayesian statistics and likelihood ratios. This episode also includes a plethora of "en la calle" slang courtesy of our guest/patient Mr Che Guevara.

Feb 08, 20211 hr 3 min

Episode 4: Dolor de Cabeza (Headache)

Approach to taking a history and doing a physical exam on a patient with headache, with a focus on identifying the "red flag symptoms" (Banderas Rojas) that help identify those rare life threating causes of headache (amenazas de vida).

Feb 06, 20211 hr

Episode 3: Falta de Aire (Shortness of Breath)

Description: In part 1 of this episode, we present a SOB dialogue in Spanish. In part 2, we break down the key phrases that are relevant to taking a history and doing a physical examine on these patients with respiratory illness. In part 3 we discuss the relevant medical workup and management of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia.

Jan 20, 20211 hr 3 min

Episode 1: Los Básicos

In this episode, we start at the very basics of how to introduce yourself, confirm the patient, sound smooth at small talk, agenda setting, and closing the visit.

Jan 06, 202127 min
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