Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

cooperar y orientarse

English translation:

become cooperative and oriented

Added to glossary by sebaspedlp
Feb 5, 2016 22:08
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Spanish term

cooperar y orientarse

Spanish to English Medical Medical: Pharmaceuticals trabajo práctico faculta
Sin embargo, los pacientes pudieron despertarse fácilmente, cooperar y orientarse, lo que aumentó la facilidad de su manejo

prospecto de remedio, hablan de cuando se despiertan los pacientes de anestesia

However, patients could easily wake up, cooperate and

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become cooperative and oriented

This refers to patients becoming cooperative with treatment and aware of their situation or circumstances, for example, that they are in a hospital and were under anaesthesia.

Another way to put this would be:

...patients could be easily awakened, and become cooperative and oriented, which...

As soon as the patient felt dizzy, the remifentanil infusion was decreased to... Sedation was evaluated according to a 5 - point scale (1: Patient sleeps and cannot be awakened, 2: Patient sleeps and can be awakened with difficulty, 3: Patient sleeps and can be easily awakened, 4: Patient is cooperative, oriented, and tranquil 5: Patient is anxious and agitated).
http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/16525665/remifent...

If their postictal level of consciousness doesn't improve to "fully oriented and cooperative with treatment" after 5 minutes of oxygen administration, additional care procedures (such as IV establishment with blood sample draw) must be initiated.
http://www.charlydmiller.com/RA/protocol.html
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agree Andy Watkinson : Well supported.
2 hrs
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agree Muriel Vasconcellos
4 hrs
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agree neilmac : Most formal :)
8 hrs
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come back to their senses

i.e, re-orientate themselves after being under anaesthetic;:

However, patients could easily wake up, cooperate and come back to their senses, which made their care easier ( easier to manage if they were co-operative and had come back to their full senses)
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1 hr

cooperate and get their bearings

DEFINITION of GET ONE's BEARINGS
Figure out one's position or situation relative to one's surroundings.
Example sentence:

to find or get one's bearings (fig) → orientarse

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agree neilmac : Perhaps just a tad too informal though...
10 hrs
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cooperate and turn around

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