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¿Qué tal?
Spanish for the medical-minded
By Matt Mullen, MSIV
The Mini-Mental Status Exam
What is the…
Date?
Day?
Month?
Year?
Cual es…
La fecha?
El dia?
El mes?
El ano?
Please repeat these three things:
House
Car
Dog
Por favor repita estas tres cosas:
Casa
Carro
Perro
Where are we?
Country?
State?
City?
Hospital?
Remember those things,
I will ask you to repeat them later.
Tell me the three things. (after several minutes)
Please subtract 7 from 100
and keep going down by 7
OR ask: Spell “WORLD” world backward
Donde Estamos?
Que Pais?
Que estado?
Que ciudad?
Que hospital?
Recuerde esas cosas,
mas tarde se las voy a preguntar.
Digame las tres cosas.
Por favor, reste cien menos siete
y siga restando siete
Deletree la palabra MUNDO al
reves .
Point to two objects: What is this?
1. Wristwatch
2. Pen (or pencil)
Please follow these instructions:
Take this paper in your
right hand
fold it in half
put it on the floor.
Read this and do what it says
Que son esta cosa?
1. Reloj
2. Pluma (or lapiz)
Por favor, sigua estas
insrucciones:
Toma esa papel in tu
mano derecho
doble por el medio
pongalo en el suelo.
Lee esto y hacerlo que dice
Write the following: “Cierre los ojos” (translation: close your eyes)
Write a sentence
Copy this design
Escriba una frase
Copie este dibujo
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your eye, make you
“hmmm,” or irk you?
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