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Managing a Child's Asthma Attack in the Emergency Department
Nurse (speaking English) and Father (speaking Swahili) talk through “Managing a Child's Asthma Attack in the Emergency Department”. You interpret both ways — English into Swahili, and Swahili into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
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Before we begin his treatment properly, can you walk me through exactly what happened right before Juma suddenly started struggling to breathe today?
Alikuwa akicheza mpira wa miguu shuleni, kisha ghafla akaanza kukohoa sana na kupumua kwa shida sana, midomo yake yakawa na rangi ya kijivu, hivyo tuliogopa sana tukamkimbiza hospitalini mara moja.
Once he began wheezing loudly, how many puffs of his blue reliever inhaler did you actually give him before calling the ambulance?
Nilimpa puffu nne za dawa yake ya buluu ya kupumua, lakini hali yake haikuboreka kabisa, ndipo nikapiga simu ya dharura kuita gari la wagonjwa.
Has he ever needed hospital treatment for asthma before this, or is tonight actually his very first serious attack like this one?
Ndiyo, aliwahi kulazwa hospitalini mara moja alipokuwa na umri wa miaka sita, lakini tangu wakati huo hakuwahi kuwa na shambulio kubwa kama hili.
We're starting nebulised medication now, so his oxygen levels should improve steadily over the next twenty minutes or so, alright?
Je, dawa hii ya kuvuta pumzi ni salama kwake? Ninaogopa asije akapata madhara mengine baadaye.
This isn't a chest infection, so antibiotics aren't necessary right now; the nebuliser should settle his airways gently within the hour.
Asante Mungu kwa hilo. Je, tunahitaji kurudi tena wiki hii, au tunaweza kusubiri hadi daktari wake wa kawaida atakapopata nafasi?
Please book a review with his regular GP within one week, and also collect an updated asthma action plan from Sunshine Coast University Hospital's respiratory clinic before you leave today.
Asante sana kwa maelezo yote, nitahakikisha tunapata miadi hiyo na kuchukua mpango mpya wa pumu kabla hatujaondoka leo.
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- asthma action planTumia 'mpango wa hatua za pumu' au ueleze kama 'mpango wa daktari wa kudhibiti pumu'.
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Practice dialogue written to the CCL specification (two speakers, segments of 35 words or fewer, about 300 words). It is a practice text, not a NAATI test paper, and the AI score is this site's estimate, not a NAATI result. All Swahili dialogues · All languages