For a Medical Emergency in the Coatepec-Xico-Xalapa Area

FOR A MEDICAL EMERGENCY IN THE COATEPEC-XICO-XALAPA AREA:

IN A MEDICAL EMERGENCY CALL  AN AMBULANCE at  066

066 IS THE EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER IN OUR AREA, LIKE 911 IN THE US.

SAY: “Necesito ambulancia” or “Tengo una emergencia médica”

Emergency Information: Fill in this form.  Make a copy for your wallet.  Use Spanish where applicable.  If you can’t speak it, you can show this form to the paramedics.

Name/Nombre
Address/Dirección
Tel. number/Número de teléfono
Medical conditions/Problemas médicos (Diabetes, for example)
Medications I am taking and doses/Medicamentos que uso y dosis
Allergies/Alergías
Blood type/grupo sanguíneo
Name and address of emergency contact (especially a bilingual person)/En caso de emergencia, contacte.

When you should call an ambulance at 066:  Learn the Spanish, especially for problems you know you have. You can list additional problems.  Learn the Spanish for them.

ENGLISH	SPANISH
Anaphylactic shock	Choque  (shock) anafiláctico
Concussion	Conmoción cerebral
Consciousness, sudden loss of	Deterioro agudo de la conciencia
Diabetic crisis	Crisis diabética
Epileptic crisis	Crisis epiléptica
Fainting with loss of consciousness for more than brief time	Perdido de conciencia para más que tiempo breve. (sincope)
Diabetic crisis	Crisis diabética
Heart attack	Infarto cardiaco

ENGLISH	SPANISH
Heart not beating	Paro cardiaco
Hemorrhaging, acute	Hemorragias agudas
Medicine, adverse reaction to	Razones adversos a medicina
Multiple trauma	Trauma multiple
Penetrating wounds	Heridas penetrantes
Respiratory failure	Paro respiratorio; no poder respirar
Respiratory insufficiency	Insuficiencia respiratoria
Stroke	Derrame cerebral

 

The ambulance will take you to a hospital with an emergency room in Xalapa.