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STXmedic

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Or... you could be like ANY person that uses the proper term, and look at both people like they were idiots. :)

How so? I just browsed multiple dictionaries, all of which said "Injured or killed", not just killed.
 

Shishkabob

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How so? I just browsed multiple dictionaries, all of which said "Injured or killed", not just killed.

Point me to a single MEDICAL dictionary that says "injured or killed" as the primary definition. Doesn't exists, because that's not the true definition.
 

HotelCo

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Point me to a single MEDICAL dictionary that says "injured or killed" as the primary definition. Doesn't exists, because that's not the true definition.

Dont care. Common sense ( at least around here) understands. And yes, I would feel comfortable being cross examined by a patient's attorney on this.
 
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MrBrown

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Wikipedia says electrocution means death, so it has to be right ... right? :D

Brown would go with electrical injury
 

rmabrey

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I vote that if we use near drowning, we should also use near electrocution


On that note i called DHS and got a hold of them the first time, apparently ive been calling the wrong person this whole time :sad:
 

foxfire

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At a labor and delivery shift. Waiting for a lady to hatch her kid before my shift ends.B)
 

MrBrown

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At a labor and delivery shift. Waiting for a lady to hatch her kid before my shift ends.B)

Do tell Brown how it is done, Brown needs to find out because at some point 40 weeks is gonna come and Brown will no longer be able to avoid having to know! :D
 

crazycajun

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Point me to a single MEDICAL dictionary that says "injured or killed" as the primary definition. Doesn't exists, because that's not the true definition.

We have a doc in the level one who has an issue with incorrect terminology. I asked him about this a few minutes ago. He claims the proper report should be:

15yo male who received a self inflicted electrical shock by sticking a foreign object into an electrical socket. Patient complaining of tingling and spasms in left arm blah blah blah.

He did say something that made me think. By definition electrocution = death. That means every time we used an AED we would be effectively killing the patient if we consider all electrical shock to be electrocution.
 

ffemt8978

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Sounds like we're getting a little bit too on topic. Time to get directionless, please.
 

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Ultra trampoline room anyone?
 

DesertMedic66

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Point me to a single MEDICAL dictionary that says "injured or killed" as the primary definition. Doesn't exists, because that's not the true definition.

Sorry to get back on a topic but if you guys are all debating about that then when I tell the doc that my patient "rode the electrical wave" is probably not a good thing....... Lol
 

mycrofft

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Wonder who took the longest hiatus between posts on EMTLIFE?

I imagine we "announce" birthdays for people long gone.
 

foxfire

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Do tell Brown how it is done, Brown needs to find out because at some point 40 weeks is gonna come and Brown will no longer be able to avoid having to know! :D
Well, * Foxfire sits up tall and straight and attempts to sound knowledgeable *
Do not pass out as your brownling is being delivered.^_^
 

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One of the docs I work with gave me a Stetson fedora as a graduation present tonight! I am thrilled.
 
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