Funny Ems phrases

[Apple Bill]

From the fire side;
CHAOS = Chief has arrived on scene

 

[TrueNorthMedic]

Edison medicine (defib, etc....)
WADAO (Weak and dizzy all over)

 

[LACoGurneyjockey]

Acute A-C-T... Or needing to fill out an ID10T form...

 

[samiam]

Acute Lead Poisoning

 

[Anjel]

Acute Lead Poisoning

Lol that took me a second

 

[gotbeerz001]

TMB - Too Many Birthdays

 

[TheLocalMedic]

performing a wallet biopsy: looking for someone's ID/insurance information

 

[COmedic17]

Status dramaticus

 

[samiam]

Has anyone posted CTD (circling the drain) and FDGB (Fall Down Go Boom) (I have actually seen this one as the CC in the ER tracking system) are my two personal favorites!

 

[CdnArmyMedic]

Psych patients having an event:
CCFCCP - Coo coo for coca coca puffs (for those of us that remember them)

Patient is dead - gardening from the other side

When someone does something stupid - a momentary lapse in judgement.

 

[LiveForTheTones]

Only if its coupled with the common disease known as stupidity. Clearly she didnt think it through if she was trying to get out of a $100-$200 ticket and opted for an $800 car ride

You'd be surprised at how many people around where I live think that being transported is on the taxpayer's dime and not theirs.
Or think their insurance is gonna cover it. But then they get that bill and it's like, "SURPRISE!!"
I'm thinking it should start being delivered in the form of someone popping out of an ambulance-shaped cake...

 

[RedAirplane]

A friend once referred to pulling something out of your a** as "direct anal extraction."

So now he can say "direct extraction" to me and I know he's calling BS on something, but nobody else does.

However, he's not in EMS, but I think it's still really fitting.

 

[FLAEMT]

Incarceritus - Prior to being taken to county lock up by LEO, PT would have the all to sudden chest pains complaint.

 

[Chef]

FDGB...that's hilarious!!! We always use Dead Right There (as you point at the recently deceased person) on the VFD.

 

[EMT9396]

chicken brief
hispanics saying "she cant breathe"

 

[VentMonkey]

chicken brief
hispanics saying "she cant breathe"

¡Ay, que gringo! If you're gonna do it, do it right...it's "cheeken-breef"

Where did you learn this anyhow, noob? "El Fey-boo?"

 

[Albert Reyes]

I got the HOLY GHOST!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Doomedtheory]

Our medical director during a simulation excersize: does the patient have hyponarcanemia?

 

[charliefox42]

I used to use FDGB all the time on my reports....never got questioned about it

 

[mantree]

Incarceritus - Prior to being taken to county lock up by LEO, PT would have the all to sudden chest pains complaint.

We call it a handcuff allergy.