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Child's Asthma Attack in the Emergency Department
Nurse (speaking English) and Mother (speaking Sinhala) talk through “Child's Asthma Attack in the Emergency Department”. You interpret both ways — English into Sinhala, and Sinhala into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
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Hello, I'm Sarah, one of the nurses here at Nepean Hospital. Can you tell me what happened before you brought your son in tonight?
ඔහුට රාත්රියේ හදිසියේ හුස්ම ගැනීමට අපහසුතාවයක් ඇති වුණා. කැස්ස වැඩි වුණා, ඒ නිසා අපි පැයක් ඇතුළත පාපර් එක හතර වතාවක් පාවිච්චි කළා, නමුත් කිසිම වැඩිදියුණුවක් නොවුණා.
Has he had asthma attacks before? Does he usually take a preventer inhaler every day, or only the blue reliever when he's unwell?
ඔව්, මාස හයකට කලින් ඔහුට ඇදුම රෝගය තිබෙනවා කියලා දැනගත්තා. දිනපතා ප්රිවෙන්ටර් පාවිච්චි කරන්න කිව්වත්, සමහර වෙලාවට අපි අමතක කරනවා.
Did anything trigger this, like a cold, exercise, or exposure to smoke or pollen? Also, has he ever needed hospital admission before?
ඔව්, ගිය සතියේ ඔහුට උණ හැදුනා. මීට කලින් රෝහල් ගත කිරීමක් වුණේ නැහැ, මේකයි පළමු වතාව මෙච්චර දරුණු වුණේ.
We'll give him a nebuliser treatment now and monitor his oxygen levels. If he doesn't improve within thirty minutes, we may need to admit him overnight.
හරි, ස්තුතියි. එයාට යන්න පුළුවන් වෙන්නේ කවදාද? මම ටිකක් කනස්සල්ලෙන් ඉන්නේ නැවත මෙහෙම වෙයිද කියලා.
Once he's stable, we'll send you home with an updated asthma action plan and a new preventer prescription. Please return immediately if his lips turn blue.
හෙට එයාට පාසැල් යන්න පුළුවන්ද? එයාට ඉතින් පරීක්ෂණයක් තියෙනවා, ඒ නිසායි මම අහන්නේ.
He can return to school on Thursday if he's had no symptoms for twenty-four hours. Please book a review with his GP within one week.
තේරුණා, බොහොම ස්තුතියි. අපි කේන්දර වෛද්යවරයා ළඟට ගිහින් සතියක් ඇතුළත පරීක්ෂා කරගන්නම්.
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- asthma action plan"Asthma Action Plan" කියා ඉංග්රීසි වචනයම භාවිතා කරන්න, නැතහොත් "ඇදුම කලමනාකරණ සැලැස්ම" කියා පැහැදිලි කළ හැක.
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