What are essential Russian phrases for emergency medical situations

Here are essential Russian phrases for emergency medical situations, provided with focus on quick understanding and communication:

• Помогите! Мне нужна скорая помощь! (Help! I need an ambulance!)
• Где болит? (Where does it hurt?)
• У меня боль в груди. (I have chest pain.)
• Я не могу дышать. (I can’t breathe.)
• Потерял сознание. (He/She lost consciousness.)
• Это срочно. (This is urgent.)
• У меня аллергия. (I have an allergy.)
• У меня диабет. (I have diabetes.)
• Вы можете говорить по-английски? (Can you speak English?)
• Позвоните в скорую помощь! (Call an ambulance!)
• Где ближайшая больница? (Where is the nearest hospital?)
• Покажите ваши документы. (Show your documents.)
• Как зовут пациента? (What is the patient’s name?)
• У меня высокая температура. (I have a high fever.)

These phrases cover key symptoms, urgency, and communication clarifications critical in medical emergencies. Using these can facilitate immediate help and understanding in Russian-speaking emergency situations, especially when language barriers exist. It’s important to learn pronunciation or have these accessible in writing for quick reference. ^{1, 5}

References

• Professional Idioms in a Practical Course of Russian Language for Foreigners (based on the Language of Medicine)

• RuMedBench: A Russian Medical Language Understanding Benchmark

• Overcoming Language Barriers in Paramedic Care With an App Designed to Improve Communication With Foreign-Language Patients: Nonrandomized Controlled Pilot Study

• Medical Issues through Idiomatic Perspective

• Overcoming Language Barriers in Paramedic Care With an App Designed to Improve Communication With Foreign-Language Patients: Nonrandomized Controlled Pilot Study

• Atypical lexical abbreviations identification in Russian medical texts

• Linguistic In/Exclusion in Medicine: Multilingual COVID-19 Communication in Russia

• Russian-English medical dictionaries.