GS, a definition please!

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Hi everyone,
I'm new here and I appreciate all of your insight and patience in helping those of us new to the job. I've heard the term "GS" used a couple of times in referring to moving or lifting a patient, but when I ask what it means, I haven't had any luck with a clear definition. Does anyone know what GS stands for? Thanks!
 
ddritz said:
Hi everyone,
I'm new here and I appreciate all of your insight and patience in helping those of us new to the job. I've heard the term "GS" used a couple of times in referring to moving or lifting a patient, but when I ask what it means, I haven't had any luck with a clear definition. Does anyone know what GS stands for? Thanks!
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"Gargantuan Slab" ?
"Groin Snap!" ?
"Get Sistence" ?
"Grab a Sheriff" ?
"Golly :censored::censored::censored::censored:!" ?

Neva hoid of it.
 
I have never heard of it either. Could it have been "GCS"?
 
What did the person using the term say it meant?

I have heard it once or twice for a Groin Strain although that is not in any medical dictionaries as that. It also has a couple of other derogatory meanings but those are probably region specific.

In the hospital it is a lab abbreviation for Gram Stain.
 
Go Slow? I've never heard of it either.
 
I've heard it used as the name of the 2 person patient transfer where one person grabs the legs and the other person comes up from under the arms and grabing the opposite wrist. I don't know what the letters "GS" stand for, though.
 
alright, ill admit i waited till some of the other folks chimed in hoping they would come up with teh answer and we'd be done with it but since everbody else is drawing a blank i tried as well.

i looked in my bls text, my als texts, tabers, bls flip guide, als flip guides and emailed a few guys i know on the job, two of whom have been around longer than i have been alive. all roads point to it being an abbreviation made up by that guy. nobodies ever heard of it. ask him, he'll prob tell you but keep in mind, he prob made it up.
 
nope, never heard it.
 
GS= gomer scooper

R/r 911
 
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GS means "Georgia Street" lift. Found that out watching The Closer, season 6 episode 10.
 
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I was surprised that someone read my reply being the original post is so old. I was watching "The Closer" and EMS mentioned a GS lift. Of course, I had to Google it. No luck there. A few minutes later one of the detectives said it again and gave the meaning. You are not offensive at all. I'm a New Yorker with thick skin who is just filled with sarcasm.
 
onegez52 said:
I was surprised that someone read my reply being the original post is so old.
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onegez52 said:
I was surprised that someone read my reply being the original post is so old. I was watching "The Closer" and EMS mentioned a GS lift. Of course, I had to Google it. No luck there. A few minutes later one of the detectives said it again and gave the meaning. You are not offensive at all. I'm a New Yorker with thick skin who is just filled with sarcasm.
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Honestly, I rarely look at dates for the original posts, but now I have a reason not to view your posts :)
 
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