Emergencies

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=Comics=

[|La emergencia]

=Readings=

[|La ambulancia llegó tres horas tarde y no entró] - A news story from Argentina

=Videos=

media type="youtube" key="A8woOp-P0k8?rel=0" height="315" width="420" - News clip showing an accident in Spanish

media type="youtube" key="L7l1u2n2g00?rel=0" height="315" width="560" "Llamada de emergencia" - Daddy Yankee This song and video are both entirely appropriate. Could be used with the preterit; to talk about injuries, accidents, emergencies, etc. Depicts the story of a car accident, emergency phone call and response, and funeral. Bonus: a surprise ending!

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media type="youtube" key="XOWYgagdVfM?rel=0" height="315" width="560"- Soccer player suffers an injury that results in a fractured ankle (news clip in Spanish)

media type="youtube" key="LyVQa0UQYUI?rel=0" height="315" width="560" - A 36-second video clip that shows various emergency vehicles traveling through the streets of Madrid

[|Los pacientes latinos prefieren estar atendidos en español] - Video clip in Spanish from news station in NY and transcript

See also: Community Service, Emergency Preparedness, Health & Hygiene, Natural Disasters, Professions, Safety