Medical
Signing
Lesson 01
ALRIGHT
Facial
expression:
"Are you…?"
*
"Ask me this"
=
ASK-to-me…
Are you alright?
(YOU ALRIGHT
YOU?)
HELP
meHELPYOU
NEED
Facial
expression:
"Do you…?"
*
"Ask me
this…" =
ASK-to-me…
Do you
need help?
(NEED
HELP
YOU?)
HURT /
PAIN
version 1
version 2
Facial
expression:
"Are you…?"
"injured" =
HURT/PAIN
*
"Ask me
this…" =
ASK-to-me…
Are you
injured?
(YOU HURT
YOU?)
WHERE?
Facial
expression:
"WH" type
questions.
(Information
seeking)
*
"Ask me
this…" =
ASK-to-me…
Where does
it hurt?
(HURT
WHERE?)
"Ask
him/her
this…" =
ASK-tohe/she…
Where
does it
hurt?
(HURT
WHERE?)
KNOW
very-SMALLamount
(Classifier-G)
LITTLE-bit
(thumb and
index
finger)
"sign
language
" = SIGN
OKAY
GOOD
FINE
"Respond
appropriately"
= ANSWER
APPROPRIATE
*
I know a bit of
sign language.
(I SIGN LITTLEbit. or I SIGN
very-SMALLamount.)
"Sign that
sentence." =
SIGN [index
board or
display]
I know a bit of
sign language.
(I SIGN LITTLEbit. or I SIGN
very-SMALLamount.)
"lose
something"
or "lost" =
LOST
Facial
expression:
"Are you…?"
*
Are you
lost? (YOU
LOST
YOU?)
"going to [a
place]" = GO
"I'm going to
HELP" = I
WILL HELP
*
Where were
you going?
(YOU GO
WHERE
YOU?)
FEEL
HOW
FEEL?
*
How do you
feel? (HOW
YOU FEEL?
or "FEEL?")
HOW YOU
FEEL? vs HOW
ARE YOU?
[Facial
expressions
are different.]
WANT
LIEDOWN
Facial
expression:
"Do you…?"
*
Do you want
to lie down?
(YOU WANT
LIE-DOWN
YOU?)
CALL
[Make a
phone
call.]
SINGLE =
someone /
single /
something
WANT
*
Do you want me to
call someone?
Who?
(YOU WANT ME
CALL SOMEONE?
WHO?)
EMERGENCY
ROOM =
BOX
EMERGENCY
ROOM
version 1
Emergency
room version
2 = "ER"
*
Do you want to
go to the
emergency room?
(YOU WANT GO
EMERGENCY
ROOM YOU?)
HOSPITAL
*
Do you want
to go to the
hospital?
(YOU WANT
GO HOSPITAL
YOU?)
AMBULANCE =
"rotating flashing
lights" (Must be
in context. Can
mean any vehicle
with flashing
lights.)
NEED = need /
want / must /
ought to /
have to /
should
*
Do you need
an
ambulance?
(YOU NEED
AMBULANCE
YOU?)
INTERPRETER
*
Do you need
an
interpreter?
(YOU NEED
INTERPRETER
YOU?)
"Watch out!" =
WARN or
LOOK-at-[2h]
or HEY
"that" = IT
or THATone
"dangero
us" =
DANGER
*
Watch out!
That is
dangerous!
(HEY WARN IT
DANGER IT!)
"accident" =
MISTAKE or
MISTAKEHAPPEN
"car accident"
= ACCIDENTcrash (Must be
in context, or
add CAR)
*
Have you been
in a car
accident? (YOU
ACCIDENTcrash YOU?)
"fire/flames/
burning"
= FIRE-flames
occurring / take
place / happen
= HAPPEN
911
*
There is a fire!
Call 911!
(HAPPEN FIRE!
CALL 9-1-1!)
COME
COME-to-here
ARRIVE
SOON-(version)
*
The police are
on their way!
(POLICE COMEto-here SOON
or POLICE
ARRIVE SOON.)
ALLERGIC
ANY
*
Are you allergic
to anything?
(ALLERGIC ANY
YOU?)
NOW
right-NOW
*
This is an
emergency!
(HEY HAPPEN
EMERGENCY
right-NOW
EMERGENCY)
Vocabulary:
911
ACCIDENTcrash
ALLERGIC
ALRIGHT
AMBULANCE
ANY
ARRIVE
CALLphone
COME
CONFUSED
DANGER
DIZZY
EMERGENCY
FEEL
FINE
GO
HAPPEN
HELP
HEY
HOSPITAL
HOW
HURT
INTERPRETER
IT
LIEDOWN
LOST
NEED
OKAY
PAIN
POLICE
rightNOW
ROOM
SICK
SOMEON
E
SOON
SMALL-(verySMALLamount)
WANT
WARN
WHERE
WHO