Welcome to our third free audio lesson introducing the COPD Module of our Puolmonary Medicine Course.
In the last premium audio lesson, the doctor explained the progressive nature of COPD and the need for regular pulmonary function testing. In this lesson, you will hear the doctor explain alveoli and blood gases. After the dialogue, we'll review the description of alveoli and name the main blood gases in Spanish.
Finally, if you want to master everything the doctor said in Spanish, we cover it all in the next premium audio lesson for Medical Spanish members.
LEVEL – ADVANCED
Table of Contents
Alveoli and Blood Gases
P: ¿Qué son los alveolos? Se me olvidó.
D: Buena pregunta. En este dibujo, se ven los alveolos aquí. Los alveolos son las bolsitas de aire al final de las vías respiratorias donde la sangre recibe oxígeno y se deshace del dióxido de carbono. También vamos a sacarle sangre de una arteria en la muñeca para medir los niveles de estos gases en su sangre.
P: Ay sí. Recuerdo esta prueba. Duele.
D: Sí duele más que sacar sangre por la vena, pero nos da información esencial y lo haremos solamente cuando sea necesario.
P: Menos mal.
Quiz
1:58Let’s sum things up with a brief audio quiz!
(las) bolsitas de aire
little air sacks
al final de las vías respiratorias
at the end of the airways
(el) oxígeno
oxygen
(el) dióxido de carbono
carbon dioxide
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I will be joined by my friend Sonja, and we will be recording interviews and working on new clinical dialogues!
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Related Lessons
We have covered respiratory symptoms, smoking history, and inhaler use in prior lessons.
- Asthma
- The Flu
- Review of Systems – ENT Respiratory and Heart
- Smoking History
(A premium lesson, available through the Medical Spanish or Basic Medical Spanish memberships.
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In the premium lessons, we practice all the key vocabulary in this dialogue, and then we use that vocabulary as we interpret the dialogue between English and Spanish. This lesson is part of our full-access Premium Medical Spanish Membership.
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Lessons with Ángel
Ángel Bahena is a Spanish teacher and a critical care RN. He helped me with the Spanish for this series and played the role of the doctor. You can take one-on-one lessons over Skype with Ángel. Ángel is originally from Mexico.
Special Thanks
...to pulmonologist Dr. Yaron Goldman, who reviewed the clinical dialogues and advised us regarding essential information to cover at a patient’s first visit for COPD.
¡Gracias por escuchar!
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