A 71-year-old woman who speaks only Vietnamese is ready to leave the emergency department after chest pain wit…

Question

A 71-year-old woman who speaks only Vietnamese is ready to leave the emergency department after chest pain with normal troponin results. She is to start a new medicine and needs to know what should bring her back. Her 14-year-old grandson has translated for the department all evening and offers to explain everything to her at home. Her daughter, who also speaks English, is at work and could come tomorrow. The hospital has round-the-clock access to an accredited telephone service. Which one of th…

Accepted Answer

Arrange a telephone interpreter now.

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Ask a Vietnamese-speaking nurse to interpret.

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Ask her grandson to interpret.

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Give written instructions in Vietnamese.

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Postpone discharge until her daughter arrives.

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