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Medical Interpreting for a QME session
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DJBarg (X)
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Ingiriisi to Spanish
Apr 24, 2014

Can a medical interpreter tell me what a Qualified Medical Exam entails? I know it's a medical exam to determine if a patient should be awarded workman's comp. but does the exam procedure itself involve anything special other than detailed questions about the patient's accident? Any information would be greatly appreciated and/or a link the kind of questions asked in an QME spinal injury exam would be great! Thank you
 
Tim Friese
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I have done IMEs Apr 25, 2014

and they are quite straightforward.

There will be the usual questions about the injury similar to a medical history. Since many workplace injuries are muscular/skeletal, be prepared for a lot of discussion of "how much force" "how much range of motion", twisting, pushing, pressing, and lots of other specific physical actions. Also what the patient does to manage the pain like compresses, over the counter meds, prescriptions, etc. Pretty usual stuff for medical interpreting in my ex... See more
and they are quite straightforward.

There will be the usual questions about the injury similar to a medical history. Since many workplace injuries are muscular/skeletal, be prepared for a lot of discussion of "how much force" "how much range of motion", twisting, pushing, pressing, and lots of other specific physical actions. Also what the patient does to manage the pain like compresses, over the counter meds, prescriptions, etc. Pretty usual stuff for medical interpreting in my experience.

The exact language will of course depend on the injury.

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DJBarg (X)
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thanks Apr 25, 2014

thank you
 


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