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Child's Asthma Attack Assessment with Practice Nurse
Nurse (speaking English) and Mother (speaking Portuguese) talk through “Child's Asthma Attack Assessment with Practice Nurse”. You interpret both ways — English into Portuguese, and Portuguese into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
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Full transcript with model answers
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Thank you for bringing Sofia in so quickly this morning. Can you tell me exactly what happened when her breathing first became difficult?
Model answer and marking points
Obrigada por trazer a Sofia tão depressa hoje de manhã. Pode me contar exatamente o que aconteceu quando ela começou a ter dificuldade para respirar?
What an examiner checks here:
- Sofia brought in quickly this morning
- thanks for bringing Sofia
- question: exactly what happened when breathing difficulty began
Easy to miss: The question asks about the onset of breathing difficulty, not just her current symptoms.
Ela começou a tossir muito por volta das seis da manhã e depois começou a fazer aquele barulho de chiado no peito. Fiquei muito assustada, enfermeira.
Model answer and marking points
She started coughing a lot at around six in the morning, and then she started making that wheezing sound in her chest. I was very frightened, nurse.
What an examiner checks here:
- heavy coughing began
- around six in the morning
- wheezing in her chest followed
- mother was very frightened
- addresses the nurse
Easy to miss: Keep the sequence: coughing began first, followed by wheezing.
Has Sofia used her blue reliever puffer today, and did you remember to attach the spacer device before giving it to her?
Model answer and marking points
A Sofia já usou a bombinha azul de alívio hoje? E você se lembrou de encaixar o espaçador antes de dar a medicação a ela?
What an examiner checks here:
- question: blue reliever puffer used today
- question: remembered to attach spacer
- spacer attached before administering medication
Easy to miss: Keep both questions and specify that the spacer should be attached before use.
Dei o puffer azul duas vezes, mas não tínhamos o espaçador em casa, então usei só o puffer sozinho.
Model answer and marking points
I gave her the blue puffer twice, but we didn't have the spacer at home, so I used just the puffer on its own.
What an examiner checks here:
- blue puffer given twice
- no spacer at home
- puffer used on its own
Easy to miss: Twice refers to administrations, not the number of puffs.
How many puffs did you give her each time, and how much time passed between each dose this morning?
Model answer and marking points
Quantos jatos você deu a ela de cada vez? E quanto tempo passou entre uma dose e outra hoje de manhã?
What an examiner checks here:
- question: number of puffs each time
- question: time between doses
- doses given this morning
Easy to miss: Distinguish the number of puffs per dose from the interval between doses.
Dei dois jatos de cada vez, com cerca de vinte minutos entre uma dose e outra, e fiz isso três vezes ao todo.
Model answer and marking points
I gave her two puffs each time, with about twenty minutes between doses, and I did that three times in total.
What an examiner checks here:
- two puffs each time
- about twenty minutes between doses
- three administrations in total
Easy to miss: Preserve three administrations even though the earlier segment said twice.
I'll show you the correct technique with a spacer now, step by step. If her breathing doesn't improve within twenty minutes, we need to escalate her care immediately.
Model answer and marking points
Vou mostrar agora, passo a passo, a técnica correta para usar o espaçador. Se a respiração dela não melhorar em até vinte minutos, precisamos intensificar o atendimento imediatamente.
What an examiner checks here:
- correct spacer technique will be demonstrated now
- step-by-step demonstration
- condition: breathing does not improve within twenty minutes
- care must be escalated immediately
Easy to miss: Escalation is conditional on no improvement within twenty minutes.
O que significa 'escalar', enfermeira? A senhora acha que ela vai precisar ir para o hospital?
Model answer and marking points
What does 'escalate' mean, nurse? Do you think she'll need to go to hospital?
What an examiner checks here:
- question: meaning of escalate
- addresses the nurse
- question: whether Sofia will need to go to hospital
Easy to miss: Keep the hospital admission concern as a question, not a certainty.
If she doesn't settle after this next dose, we will transfer her straight to Liverpool Hospital's emergency department for closer monitoring and further treatment.
Model answer and marking points
Se ela não melhorar depois desta próxima dose, vamos transferi-la diretamente para o pronto-socorro do Hospital de Liverpool, para monitorá-la mais de perto e dar continuidade ao tratamento.
What an examiner checks here:
- condition: no improvement after the next dose
- direct transfer
- Liverpool Hospital emergency department
- closer monitoring
- further treatment
Easy to miss: The transfer depends on her response to the next dose and is specifically to the emergency department.
Entendo. Quanto tempo demora normalmente para ela melhorar depois de usar o espaçador corretamente?
Model answer and marking points
I understand. How long does it normally take for her to improve after using the spacer correctly?
What an examiner checks here:
- acknowledges understanding
- question: usual time until improvement
- after correct spacer use
Easy to miss: The question asks how long improvement takes after correct use, not how long to use the spacer.
Most children improve within about one hour with proper spacer technique. Please keep monitoring her lips and fingernails closely for any bluish tinge appearing.
Model answer and marking points
A maioria das crianças melhora em cerca de uma hora quando o espaçador é usado corretamente. Por favor, continue observando atentamente os lábios e as unhas dela para ver se aparece alguma coloração azulada.
What an examiner checks here:
- most children improve
- within about one hour
- correct spacer technique
- continue close monitoring of lips
- continue close monitoring of fingernails
- watch for any bluish tinge
Easy to miss: Keep about one hour distinct from the earlier twenty-minute escalation threshold.
Muito obrigada, enfermeira, vou ficar de olho nos lábios e nas unhas dela como a senhora explicou.
Model answer and marking points
Thank you very much, nurse. I'll keep an eye on her lips and fingernails as you explained.
What an examiner checks here:
- thanks the nurse
- will watch Sofia's lips
- will watch Sofia's fingernails
- as the nurse explained
Easy to miss: Preserve both lips and fingernails as the areas to watch.
Terms in this dialogue that cost marks
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- Emergency departmentTraduzir como 'departamento de emergência' ou 'pronto-socorro', explicando que é a parte do hospital para casos urgentes.
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