Medical Signing

Lesson 01

ALRIGHT

Facial expression: "Are you…?"

*

"Ask me this" =

ASK-to-me…

Are you alright? (YOU ALRIGHT

YOU?)

HELP

me-HELP-YOU

NEED

Facial expression: "Do you…?"

*

"Ask me this…" = ASK-

to-me…

Do you need help? (NEED HELP

YOU?)

HURT / PAIN

version 1 version 2

Facial expression: "Are you…?"

"injured" = HURT/PAIN

*

"Ask me this…" = ASK-

to-me…

Are you injured? (YOU HURT YOU?)

WHERE?

Facial expression: "WH" type questions.

(Information seeking)

*

"Ask me this…" = ASK-

to-me…

Where does it hurt? (HURT

WHERE?)

"Ask him/her this…" =

ASK-to-he/she…

Where does it hurt? (HURT

WHERE?)

KNOW

very-SMALL-amount

(Classifier-G)

LITTLE-bit (thumb and

index finger)

"sign language"

= SIGN

OKAY GOOD FINE

"Respond appropriately"

= ANSWER APPROPRIATE

*

I know a bit of sign language. (I SIGN LITTLE-bit. or I SIGN very-

SMALL-amount.)

"Sign that sentence." = SIGN [index

board or display]

I know a bit of sign language. (I SIGN LITTLE-bit. or I SIGN very-

SMALL-amount.)

"lose something" or "lost" =

LOST

Facial expression: "Are you…?"

*

Are you lost? (YOU

LOST YOU?)

"going to [a place]" = GO

"I'm going to HELP" = I WILL HELP

*

Where were you going? (YOU GO

WHERE YOU?)

FEEL

HOW FEEL?

*

How do you feel? (HOW

YOU FEEL? or "FEEL?")

HOW YOU FEEL? vs HOW

ARE YOU? [Facial

expressions are different.]

WANT

LIE-DOWN

Facial expression: "Do you…?"

*

Do you want to lie down? (YOU WANT LIE-DOWN

YOU?)

CALL [Make a phone call.]

SINGLE = someone /

single / something

WANT

*

Do you want me to call someone? Who?

(YOU WANT ME CALL SOMEONE? WHO?)

EMERGENCY

ROOM = BOX

EMERGENCY ROOM version

1

Emergency room version 2

= "ER"*

Do you want to go to the emergency room? (YOU WANT GO EMERGENCY

ROOM YOU?)HOSPITAL

*

Do you want to go to the

hospital? (YOU WANT GO HOSPITAL

YOU?)

AMBULANCE = "rotating flashing lights" (Must be in context. Can mean

any vehicle with flashing lights.)

NEED = need / want / must /

ought to / have to / should

*

Do you need an ambulance? (YOU NEED

AMBULANCE YOU?)

INTERPRETER*

Do you need an interpreter? (YOU NEED

INTERPRETER YOU?)

"Watch out!" = WARN or

LOOK-at-[2h] or HEY

"that" = IT or THAT-one

"dangerous" =

DANGER

*

Watch out! That is

dangerous! (HEY WARN IT DANGER IT!)

"accident" = MISTAKE or

MISTAKE-HAPPEN

"car accident" = ACCIDENT-crash

(Must be in context, or add

CAR)

*

Have you been in a car accident?

(YOU ACCIDENT-crash YOU?)

"fire/flames/ burning"

= FIRE-flames

occurring / take place / happen =

HAPPEN

911

*

There is a fire! Call 911!

(HAPPEN FIRE! CALL 9-1-1!)

COME

COME-to-here

ARRIVE

SOON-(version)

*

The police are on their way!

(POLICE COME-to-here SOON or POLICE ARRIVE

SOON.)

ALLERGIC

ANY

*

Are you allergic to anything?

(ALLERGIC ANY YOU?)

NOW

right-NOW*

This is an emergency! (HEY

HAPPEN EMERGENCY right-NOW

EMERGENCY) 

 

Vocabulary:

911

ACCIDENT-crash

ALLERGIC

ALRIGHT

AMBULANCE

ANY

ARRIVE

CALL-phone

COME

CONFUSED

DANGER

DIZZY

EMERGENCY

FEEL

FINE

GO

HAPPEN

HELP

HEY

HOSPITAL

HOW

HURT

INTERPRETER

IT

LIE-DOWN

LOST

NEED

OKAY

PAIN

POLICE

right-NOW

ROOM

SICK

SOMEONE

SOON

SMALL-(very-SMALL-amount)

WANT

WARN

WHERE

WHO