Medical Signing

Lesson 02

Facial expression: "Are you…?"

Facial expression: "Do you…?"

Facial expression: "WH" type questions.

(Information seeking)

How do you sign the following

phrase?

"Ask me this."

"Ask me this" =

ASK-to-me…

"Who is…?"

When the instructor or your signing partner make a

statement such as “I need a blood sample,” you should respond accordingly with

something like:

OK / GOOD / FINE / ALRIGHT / “Do I have to?” / NO / LATER / OTHER OPTION? / what-FOR?

DOCTOR

*

01. Who is your doctor? (YOUR

DOCTOR, WHO?)

HOSPITAL

PREFER

WHICH?

*

02. Which hospital do you prefer?

(HOSPITAL YOU PREFER WHICH?)

STORE

BUY

RX = "prescription"

*

03. Which pharmacy do you use?

(YOU STORE FOR BUY RX MEDICINE YOU

PREFER WHICH STORE YOU?)

INSURANCE

04. Do you have insurance?

(INSURANCE, YOU HAVE YOU?)

MEDICINE

PAST-(version: palm forward)

FEW

ASK-to

"A question"

“I have a few questions.”

Example:

"I ASK-to you, ASK-to-you"

Other example:

I ASK-to you FEW QUESTION

*

05. I need to ask you a few

questions about your medical

history. (YOUR MEDICINE PAST, I FEW QUESTIONS.)

HISTORY vs

“your history” = YOUR PAST

NEED

CHECK-investigate

how-TALL-measure / height

WEIGH = weight

= ton = pound

(relies on context, can use "LB")

"scale"

Example: WEIGH CL-LL

"get on scale" Example CL-LL CL-V: "get on

scale"

"Would you mind?” =

“Do you mind?” (eyebrows up)

vs“I don’t mind.”

(eyebrows down)

*

06. Do you mind stepping on the scale? I need to find out

your height and weight.

(I NEED CHECK YOU how-TALL-measure, WEIGH, YOU-MIND IT CL-LL: "scale" CL-V "stand on")

WAIT

2-MINUTES

BRING-to-here

WHEELCHAIR

OK?

*

07. I'm going to go get you a wheelchair and I'll be

back in two minutes okay?

(YOU WAIT 2-MINUTES I GO BRING-to-here

WHEELCHAIR FOR YOU, OK?)

PRIVATE = secret = confidential

SHARE

ROOMATE vs MATCH / COMBINE

*

08. Do you prefer a private room or

shared?

(YOU PREFER PRIVATE ROOM [bodyshift-or] SHARE ROOMMATE?)

"shared room" = ROOMMATE

ROOM IT or ROOM SHARE IT

CURTAIN

"curtain in-between two

people on separate beds"

*

09. The shared room has a privacy curtain.

(ROOMMATE ROOM HAVE CURTAIN CL-4: "curtain

between." CL-V/CL-V:_"two people on separate beds.")

VISIT

HOUR

CAN

4PM to 8PM

*

10. Visiting hours are from 4 to 8 p.m.

(VISITOR CAN COME-to-here 4-

AFTERNOON-to-NIGHT-8)

WANT

SUMMON = * get

* call to come here* a "calling"

(metaphysical)

NURSE

*

11. Do you want me to get the

nurse?

(YOU WANT ME SUMMON NURSE

YOU?)

RED

"if" = SUPPOSE

push-BUTTON

*

12. If you need the nurse just push the red

button.

(SUPPOSE YOU WANT NURSE COME-to-here,

IT RED IT PUSH-[thumb])

"A corporation or company"

= CO

SELL

“different people give to me repeatedly"

SOME = part

FREESAFE

INDEPENDENTLIBERAL

13. I have some free samples if you'd like. (COMPANY THEY SELL MEDICINE GIVE-to-me-[repeatedly] PILE OF. I

GIVE-to-you SOME FREE YOU WANT YOU?)

"should" = NEED / "have to" / must / "ought to"

NOT

HUNGRY

"When you …"

= HAPPEN (take an action)

"When do you…"

= WHEN (the time of occurance)

SATISFY

take-PILL

*

14. Don't take this on an empty stomach.

(THIS MEDICINE YOU SHOULD NOT HUNGRY HAPPEN YOU take-PILL.

YOU SHOULD FOOD, SATISFY, take-PILL.)

"I need to take your…" =

"I NEED CHECK…" or "I NEED let's-SEE…“

“I NEED BLOOD-DRAW”

TEMPERATURE

*

15. I need to take your

temperature. (I NEED CHECK

YOUR TEMPERATURE)

"The" is often signed as INDEX-"IT"

CURTAIN

CL-1 = Classifier 1

CL-4 = Classifier 4

CLOTHES

CLOTHES-(take_off)

"smock" = DRESS

"put on" = [mime]

CL-1/CL-4: "Step behind the

curtain"

*

16. I need you to step behind the curtain and put

on this examination smock.

(IT CURTAIN? YOU NEED CL-1/CL-4

"person_move_behind" CLOTHES OFF, IT WHITE

DRESS PUT-on.)

"Expose your buttock."

INJECTION-(locative)

*

17. I need you to expose your buttock a bit for so I can administer a shot.

(YOU-MIND CL: "pull down pants off of one buttock"

FOR INJECTION.)

"roll-over" =

CL-V: "roll over"

*

18. I need you to roll over.

(YOU-MIND? NEED ROLL-OVER.)

"sit up" = CL:55 (hands near

chest) "lean body forward"

"sit up" = "CL-B / ICL-(instrument

classifier) "reposition of

body"

*

19. I need you to sit up.

(YOU-MIND YOU NEED SIT U-P.

MIME/gesture:"upper body leaning forward" CL-B "lean forward.")

"pill" is often spelled (P-I-L-L)

"pill" is often shown as a noun form of

"take-PILL"

"3 times" = THRICE

ONCE TWICE

THRICE

Seems to work up to "five times" after that use SIX TIME

"morning, noon, and evening"

"run out of" = DEPLETE

*

20. You need to take those pills 3 times a day until you

run out.

(IT P-I-L-L NEED take-PILL THRICE DAILY MORNING

AFTERNOON NIGHT DAILY CONTINUE RUN-OUT-OF)