Injuries and Broken Bones in Spain
Explain a fall, get through urgencias and talk about casts, sprains and recovery in Spanish.
In Spain you go to urgencias at the public hospital for a suspected break, get triaged by a nurse and seen by traumatología; sick leave (la baja) comes later from your GP at the centro de salud. The cards follow a fall in a Madrid park, an X-ray and a cast, and a friend's sprained ankle after pádel.
- 1
Me resbalé y me caí sobre la mano.
I slipped and landed on my hand.
- 2
Al caerme oí un crujido.
I heard a crack when I fell.
- 3
No puedo mover la muñeca.
I can't move my wrist.
- 4
Está muy hinchado.
It's really swollen.
- 5
¿Puedes apoyar el pie?
Can you put any weight on your foot?
- 6
Creo que me he torcido el tobillo.
I think I've twisted my ankle.
- 7
Del uno al diez, ¿cuánto te duele?
On a scale of one to ten, how much does it hurt?
- 8
Hay que hacer una radiografía.
We need to do an X-ray.
- 9
Tienes una fractura, pero es limpia.
You've got a fracture, but it's a clean one.
- 10
Es solo un esguince, no hay nada roto.
It's just a sprain, nothing's broken.
- 11
Vas a llevar escayola seis semanas.
You'll be in a cast for six weeks.
- 12
Tenlo en alto y ponte hielo.
Keep it raised and put ice on it.
- 13
Tómate un ibuprofeno cada ocho horas.
Take an ibuprofen every eight hours.
- 14
¿Necesito la baja para el trabajo?
Do I need a sick note for work?
- 15
¿Te duele si aprieto aquí?
Does it hurt when I press here?
- 16
¿Cómo ha sido?
How did it happen?
- 17
No te muevas, llamo a una ambulancia.
Don't move, I'm calling an ambulance.
- 18
Podría haber sido mucho peor.
It could have been much worse.
- 19
Voy a ir con muletas una temporada.
I'll be on crutches for a while.
- 20
¿Cuándo te quitan la escayola?
When are they taking the cast off?