Funny Ems phrases

[TransportJockey]

The technical term is HP, which is the abbreviation for Hispanic Panic. Not to be confused with a Triple E, an Ethnic Emotional Episode

Dear god we see that all the time lol

 

[JPINFV]

Relevant to this thread:

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=1009216

My favorite is the tachlodia with an occasional junctional Jesus.

 

[v3nn3m]

TTTR: Tooth to Tattoo Ratio

lol

 

[Handsome Robb]

Incarceritis.

 

[Casey Sanders]

since i fear most anyone on this Thursday will be getting an overabundance of these
drs- drunken redneck syndrome
usually determined by heavy presence of etoh, altered mental, vomitus, and rash decisions, the later being our chief complaint.

 

[TheLocalMedic]

Incarceritis.

This.

Another favorite is the "Be advised, we're coming in with a Code Brown"

 

[jefftherealmccoy]

These always make me chuckle-

DRT- Dead Right There
DFO- Done Falled Over

 

[NomadicMedic]

DFO is "done fell out".

I say, "what happened to her?"

The guy with the positive tattoo/tooth ratio says, "I dunno man, she just done fell out"

Southern vernacular for syncope.

The first time I heard it, I asked, "what did she fall out of?" Everybody looked at me like I was stupid. Which, I guess I was.

 

[NPO]

DFO is "done fell out".

I say, "what happened to her?"

The guy with the positive tattoo/tooth ratio says, "I dunno man, she just done fell out"

Southern vernacular for syncope.

The first time I heard it, I asked, "what did she fall out of?" Everybody looked at me like I was stupid. Which, I guess I was.

I've also heard it as done fell over.

 

[UndeadEMT]

Sleeping beauty

Our ER doc called a sedated Pt sleeping beauty.

 

[EMT B]

My dad put "entropy" as a patients chief complaint

 

[IdiotBrain]

The technical term is HP, which is the abbreviation for Hispanic Panic. Not to be confused with a Triple E, an Ethnic Emotional Episode

Around here I've only ever heard them referred to as "Extreme MA", which is of course an extreme mexican attack.

 

[unleashedfury]

Charlie Foxtrot...

also referred to as Cluster F*** referring to the calls where you have a million people on scene usually accidents or a glory call and everyone wants to do their own thing. Or calls where half the county is dispatched and no one knows whats going on or what they are doing or planning to do.

 

[NomadicMedic]

Charlie Foxtrot...

also referred to as Cluster F*** referring to the calls where you have a million people on scene usually accidents or a glory call and everyone wants to do their own thing. Or calls where half the county is dispatched and no one knows whats going on or what they are doing or planning to do.

Around here that's a typical structure fire response.

 

[unleashedfury]

Around here that's a typical structure fire response.

Same here. we have the locals hitting a 2nd and 3rd alarm as soon as they get on location. By the time the crews roll fires out.

 

[Mtnmedic]

"Ashes to ashes,
dust to dust,
improve our response times,
we must, we must!"

 

[Mtnmedic]

Also for those who are just plain jerks...we recognize they suffer from a really bad malady called cerebral-rectal inversion.

 

[JWalters]

DFO is "done fell out".

I say, "what happened to her?"

The guy with the positive tattoo/tooth ratio says, "I dunno man, she just done fell out"

Southern vernacular for syncope.

The first time I heard it, I asked, "what did she fall out of?" Everybody looked at me like I was stupid. Which, I guess I was.

This literally made me laugh out loud. REAL loud. I would have asked that as well.

 

[NomeProvider]

For someone not playing with a full deck...

Chronic Microdeckia

 

[johnrsemt]

she is having 'fits' again.
She takes 'mothballs' for her 'bike' problems (Haldol for physc).