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It has come to our attention from several emergency rooms that many EMS narratives have taken a decidedly creative direction lately. Effective immediately, all members are to refrain from using slang and abbreviations to describe patients, such as the following.

1) Cardiac patients should not be referred to as suffering from MUH (messed up heart), PBS (pretty bad shape), PCL (pre-code looking) or HIBGIA (had it before, got it again).

2) Stroke patients are NOT "Charlie Carrots." Nor are rescuers to use CCFCCP(Coo Coo for Cocoa Puffs) to describe their mental state.

3) Trauma patients are not CATS (cut all to :censored::censored::censored::censored:), FDGB (fall down, go boom), TBC (total body crunch) or "hamburger helper." Similarly, descriptions of a car crash do not have to include phrases like "negative vehicle to vehicle interface" or "terminal deceleration syndrome."

4) HAZMAT teams are highly trained professionals, not "glow worms."

5) Persons with altered mental states as a result of drug use are not considered "pharmaceutically gifted."

6) Gunshot wounds to the head are not "trans-occipital implants."

7) The homeless are not "urban outdoorsmen," nor is endotracheal intubation referred to as a "PVC Challenge."

8) And finally, do not refer to recently deceased persons as being "paws up," ART (assuming room temperature), CC (Cancel Christmas), CTD (circling the drain), DRT (dead right there) or NLPR (no long playing records).

I know you will all join me in respecting the cultural diversity of our patients to include their medical orientations in creating proper narratives and log entries.
 
Lol'd @ #4.

Never heard that before.

...And then several others.

10/10. Would read again.
 
roflmao

I once used the term "Crispy Chicken" to describe hazmat - reference to their yellow "chicken" suits.
 
How very odd, I just took a class about two weeks ago (WMD/EMS something or other) and the fire guys kept referring to the Hazmat guys as glow worms.
Having never heard them called that before, I thought perhaps it was just a Molalla thing.
I guess notB)
 
my personal fav is ccfccp because we get lots of those from teh local homeless shelter
 
Grady Specific Rules:

G1: It is not appropriate to simply put "Ms. Glenda" as a Chief Complaint (nor 156 Mills St, or "It's Cold Damnit")

G2: "Gouch" does not appear in any medical textbook anywhere...really.

G3: Peanut Butter Balls is not an accepted drug name, yes, even if its what the patient said and it was funny. (For those not in EMS, it's Phenobarbital)

G4: A can of RAID is not appropriate in the treatment section for "Roaches of the Liver" (Cirrhosis), likewise, the fire extinguisher (assuming your unit even has one) is not appropriate for "Fireballs in my belly" (fibroid tumors) :)

G5: Please, please, please do not tell the PGY1's that the patient has any of the following: XDR-TB, Ebola, Bird Flu, fleas, the mange, scabies; unless of course they do ;), Small Pox, the black death, etc.

G6: "Domino" pains are NOT one that come right after another after another...

G7: Emeis is NOT to be referred to as "vomicking", nor is it EVER Stungen pain ;)
 
2) Stroke patients are NOT "Charlie Carrots." Nor are rescuers to use CCFCCP(Coo Coo for Cocoa Puffs) to describe their mental state.
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Hubby refers to these as 'self watering vegetables'
 
5) Persons with altered mental states as a result of drug use are not considered "pharmaceutically gifted."
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I about choked on my salad on that one. LOL.

My goal tomorrow: work that phrase into a sentence.
 
I'm shocked and appalled at reading this.

SHOCKED!

I thought "glow worms" was universal. And FDGB. And "negative vehicle-to-vehicle interface."

Next thing you'll tell me is that Tachylordia is no longer an acceptable diagnosis: "Lordy,lordy,lordy,lordy..."

You guys really just ruined my worldview....


Later!

--Coop
 
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I'm shocked and appalled at reading this.

SHOCKED!

I thought "glow worms" was universal. And FDGB. And "negative vehicle-to-vehicle interface."

Next thing you'll tell me is that Tachylordia is no longer an acceptable diagnosis: "Lordy,lordy,lordy,lordy..."

You guys really just ruined my worldview....


Later!

--Coop
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Oh, no...I just lead a sheltered life. Sorry about your worldview.
If it helps, I used to be in the Marine Corps, so I'm kinda slow.
 
It's okay...

...I'll just find some group therapy somewhere...


Heh.


Later!

--Coop
 
High Speed Led Injection - Self inflicted GSW or by another, LEO,Gang banger ect.

Geriatric call - Raisin Run

CVA - Going to the produce isle.
 
Bosco578 said:
High Speed Led Injection - Self inflicted GSW or by another, LEO,Gang banger ect.

Geriatric call - Raisin Run

CVA - Going to the produce isle.
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Don't forget to differentiate between high-velocity lead poisoning and high-velocity lead therapy. As an example:
If a LEO gets shot... it is probably high-velocity lead poisoning
If a LEO shoots someone... it is probably high-velocity lead therapy.
 
not really an abbreviation but the Zoll Autopulse = the geezer squeezer.
 
In the case of an open fracture of an extremity it is not ok to tell them "Dude your sh:censored::censored: is f:censored::censored::censored:ed up!!!"
BTW heard that on an MVA roll over.
 
EMS humor

You can also use (OCWTL) "overecomewiththelord" for Tachylordia.:lol:
 
eric2068 said:
You can also use (OCWTL) "overecomewiththelord" for Tachylordia.:lol:
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You mean when the patient goes
OOHH Lordylordylordylordy OOOHHHH lordylordylordy. Good Lord Jesus Help Me. Help me Jesus, Help me! for mild nausea? :P
 
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