Calling an Ambulance in Spanish

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In this Spanish conversation, a caller contacts emergency services after a man collapses in the street. Read the dialogue to practice natural Spanish for requesting an ambulance, describing a person’s condition, giving a location, answering urgent questions, and following clear instructions while waiting for emergency help to arrive.

Spanish Conversation

Dispatcher: Emergencias. ¿Cuál es su situación?

Dispatcher: Emergency services. What is your situation?

Caller: Necesito una ambulancia. Un señor se acaba de desmayar en la calle.

Caller: I need an ambulance. A man just fainted on the street.

Dispatcher: ¿Está consciente?

Dispatcher: Is he conscious?

Caller: No. Le estoy hablando, pero no responde.

Caller: No. I'm talking to him, but he isn't responding.

Dispatcher: ¿Está respirando?

Dispatcher: Is he breathing?

Caller: Sí. Sí está respirando.

Caller: Yes. Yes, he's breathing.

Dispatcher: Bien. ¿Dónde se encuentra exactamente?

Dispatcher: Good. Where exactly are you?

Caller: En Avenida Central, frente al número 120, al lado de una farmacia.

Caller: On Central Avenue, in front of number 120, next to a pharmacy.

Dispatcher: Repítame el número, por favor.

Dispatcher: Repeat the number, please.

Caller: Ciento veinte.

Caller: One hundred twenty.

Dispatcher: Gracias. Ya estoy enviando una ambulancia.

Dispatcher: Thank you. I'm sending an ambulance now.

Caller: ¿Qué hago mientras llega?

Caller: What should I do while it gets here?

Dispatcher: Déjelo acostado y asegúrese de que pueda respirar bien.

Dispatcher: Keep him lying down and make sure he can breathe freely.

Caller: Está boca arriba.

Caller: He's on his back.

Dispatcher: Perfecto. No le dé agua ni comida.

Dispatcher: Perfect. Don't give him water or food.

Caller: Está bien.

Caller: Okay.

Dispatcher: ¿Vio qué pasó antes de que se desmayara?

Dispatcher: Did you see what happened before he fainted?

Caller: Estaba caminando y de repente dijo que se sentía mareado. Una persona lo alcanzó a sostener.

Caller: He was walking, and suddenly he said he felt dizzy. Someone managed to catch him.

Dispatcher: ¿Se golpeó la cabeza?

Dispatcher: Did he hit his head?

Caller: No, no llegó a caer fuerte.

Caller: No, he didn't hit the ground hard.

Dispatcher: Muy bien. ¿Sabe aproximadamente qué edad tiene?

Dispatcher: Very good. Do you know approximately how old he is?

Caller: Como sesenta, tal vez un poco más.

Caller: Around sixty, maybe a little older.

Dispatcher: ¿Hay alguien con él además de usted?

Dispatcher: Is anyone else there with him besides you?

Caller: Sí, otra persona está aquí.

Caller: Yes, another person is here.

Dispatcher: Perfecto. Que una persona espere a la ambulancia en un lugar visible.

Dispatcher: Perfect. Have one person wait somewhere visible for the ambulance.

Caller: Yo puedo hacerlo.

Caller: I can do that.

Dispatcher: Bien. La ambulancia está a unos cinco minutos.

Dispatcher: Good. The ambulance is about five minutes away.

Caller: ¿Me quedo en la línea?

Caller: Should I stay on the line?

Dispatcher: Sí. Quédese conmigo y avíseme si deja de respirar o cambia algo.

Dispatcher: Yes. Stay with me and tell me if he stops breathing or anything changes.

Caller: De acuerdo.

Caller: Okay.

Dispatcher: ¿Sigue respirando normalmente?

Dispatcher: Is he still breathing normally?

Caller: Sí.

Caller: Yes.

Dispatcher: Perfecto. Ya casi llegan.

Dispatcher: Perfect. They're almost there.

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