Acute Care — Medical Spanish Vocabulary

High-yield emergency, chest, and breathing vocabulary for urgent assessment and acute clinical care.

This page pulls together the vocabulary you need when a patient arrives short of breath, in pain, or too unstable for slow back-and-forth communication. It is built for high-pressure encounters where concise, recognizable Spanish matters most.

EmergencyCardiologyRespiratory

36 terms in this category

Quick Reference — Essential Acute Care Terms

el colesterolcholesterol
el electrocardiogramaEKG/ECG
el infartoheart attack
el latidoheartbeat
la arritmiaarrhythmia
la insuficiencia cardíacaheart failure
el ahogamientodrowning
el choqueshock

All Acute Care Vocabulary

SpanishEnglish
el colesterolcholesterol
el electrocardiogramaEKG/ECG
el infartoheart attack
el latidoheartbeat
la arritmiaarrhythmia
la insuficiencia cardíacaheart failure
el ahogamientodrowning
el choqueshock
el código azulcode blue
el envenenamientopoisoning
el golpe de calorheatstroke
el paro cardíacocardiac arrest
el paro respiratoriorespiratory arrest
el traumatismotrauma/injury
el triajetriage
estabilizarto stabilize
la ambulanciaambulance
la anafilaxiaanaphylaxis
la conmoción cerebralconcussion
la convulsiónseizure
la epinefrinaepinephrine
la hemorragiahemorrhage
la herida de balagunshot wound
la herida punzantestab wound

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