Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

box de críticos

English translation:

critical care unit or facility

Added to glossary by Henry Hinds
Mar 5, 2005 15:21
19 yrs ago
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Spanish term

box de criticos

Spanish to English Other Medical (general) Sports championship
En el primer nivel de actuación se cuenta con consultas de atención primaria, urgencias médicas (box de críticos), consultas de enfermería, podología, área de fisioterapia, farmacia con dispensario, laboratorio clínico, servicio de radiodiagnóstico y de transporte sanitario

How is thir normally referred to in EN, the place where urgent resuscitation is acrried out? This is for a sports champioship.

Discussion

David Brown Mar 7, 2005:
It was, relatively, it was 2 years ago. Therefore this is why I believe it is an **observation ward** within Casualty or the Emergency area.I worked in a hospitals all my life and they also have "observation units"
Non-ProZ.com Mar 7, 2005:
Hope it wasn't serious!
David Brown Mar 6, 2005:
I was once admitted to a "box" in a hospital in Valencia and it was no more than an observation/holding unit until a bed became available in a specialised ward or unit.

Proposed translations

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critical care unit or facility

Might do it.
Peer comment(s):

agree Cecilia Della Croce
16 mins
Gracias, Cecilia.
agree Clare Macnamara
33 mins
Gracias, Clare.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, this best fits my context:-)"
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resuscitation rooms

If you're sure it's only for resuscitation, I think it's simply called a "resuscitation room".

Emergency Room
This department is located near the out-patient clinics on the ground floor and is connected to the laboratory and radiology departments to ensure a very fast medical service. The emergency room is design and equipped to deliver a complete medical service.
In addition to the speciality clinics, the emergency room also contains a main lobby, observation and resuscitation rooms, obstetrics and gynaecology rooms and a trauma unit. This complete unit is thus able to receive emergency cases 24 hours a day. Our fully equipped ambulances are always available to respond to emergency calls.
http://www.networkoverseas.cc/vacancy/mouwasat.htm

Anaesthetic machines in the accident and emergency resuscitation ...
... Please ensure that any anaesthetic machine used in the accident and emergency resuscitation room complies with safety notice MDA SN2001(15). ...
emj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/extract/19/3/194-a -

Relatives in the resuscitation room: their point of view ...
... of being in the resuscitation room; this could have several benefits. ...
emj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/15/2/109 - Páginas similares


TRAUMA.ORG : Nursing : Witnessed Resuscitation - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... resuscitation - can relatives be present in the resuscitation room? ...
www.trauma.org/nurse/witness.html - 21k - En caché - Páginas similares

Trauma and Resuscitation Room - [ Traduzca esta página ]
Health Center. Trauma/Resuscitation Room. Back.
www.vanterventures.com/healthctr8.htm - 3k - En caché - Páginas similares

Trauma attending in the resuscitation room: does it affect outcome? - [ Traduzca esta página ]
Although there are no Class I data supporting the regionalization of trauma care
the consensus is th...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve& db=PubMed&list_uids=11450770&dopt=Abstract - Páginas similares

Peer comment(s):

agree David Brown : hospitals in the UK have Resus(citation) Units
21 hrs
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urgent care unit

The text is referring to the "primer nivel de actuación." By definition, this is first-level-of-referral walk-in care, from which patients are sent to higher-level, more complex facilities. It is not even the same as a fully equipped emergency room. It is simply an ambulatory clinic where medical emergencies are attended to. "Critical care" is provided in intensive care units that have highly complex equipment. Patients are referred there from lower-level services.

It's important to remember that "critical" in English is the highest classification of patient condition, as in stable > serious > critical > dead. "Critico" has a much looser meaning in Spanish.

This quote from a web site gives some of the feel of an urgent care unit:

... The Urgent Care unit in UHS' main building is a clinic, not an emergency room....
www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~geo/gp/health.html

My experience: 30 years translating for the World Health Organization.



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Note added at 9 hrs 30 mins (2005-03-06 00:52:04 GMT)
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The translation would read: \"The first level of attention includes facilities for primary care, treatment of medical emergencies (urgent care unit), nursing care ...\"
Peer comment(s):

neutral David Brown : This is called "triage". Where patients' level of care is assessed rapidly.
12 hrs
I didn't say triage because it's such a specific function, with no treatment is given, just referral. Triage is quite different from "urgent care unit."
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