funny medical terms

[d_squared431 0]

So I was reading my bi-weekly updates(which I rarely read but once every month or so) and here are a few terms I was laughing at.....



[B]Disco biscuits( An emergency doctor might say: "The man in cubicle 3 looks like he?s taken one too many disco biscuits."), hasslehoff(A patient presenting to accident and emergency with an injury with a bizarre explanation.), mini me(A trainee or medical student), ringo(Expendable member of a team), and a few other funny ones...[B]blamstorming,404 moment,Fonzie, and Jack Bauer

What are some work terms you use or are used in your line of work?

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[jumpingjunkie09 0]

FAIL! You cant list terms like that without an explaination! I wanna know what a Jack Bauer is! Step it up Deedy! Sheesh!

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What do the other terms mean?

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FAIL! You cant list terms like that without an explaination! I wanna know what a Jack Bauer is! Step it up Deedy! Sheesh!

I am sure if you think about it you'll figure it out....

TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1
I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH
You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly

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What do the other terms mean?

Here you go and I added another one....



404 momen,(ward round when-despite all efforts to look through the notes or access electronic systems-a particular result cannot be located.)

blamstorming(A session of mutual recrimination during which a multidisciplinary team attempts to apportion blame for some particularly egregious error.)

Father Jack (The confused, usually elderly patient whose constant high pitched verbal ejaculation and attempts to get out of bed are responsible for insomnia on wards.)

Fonzie(A middle grade doctor seemingly unflappable in any medical emergency)

Jack Bauer(A doctor still up and working after 24 hours on the job?now something of a rarity but will be recognised by older clinicians. Usually a bit tetchy.

TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1
I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH
You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly

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some poor fukstik thats all banged up and has his tongue hanging out the corner of his mouth.

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What are some work terms you use or are used in your line of work?

Gay-dubs - Discriminatory term used against aircrewman (AW/A-dubs) at my squadron. Yes I am one of them, but we get to fly, so we don't care.

BUD/S-duds - Term for any person at the squadron who came from BUD/S (SEAL training) after failing. Yes I am one of those too, lol.

I can't think of many more, but I'm sure I'll remember some later.

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[Nataly 38]

I work for L'Oreal and here are a few of ours:

Wow.. (s)he has been "L'Orealized" (refers to someone who has learned to adopt the company line without ever questioning it)

Not to be confused with a "L'Orealite", which is someone who has worked at L'Oreal since leaving school and because they have no other reference points think the L'Oreal-way is normal..

Also commonly used is the (slightly modified) infamous catch phrase "Because your worth shit" (in reference to how employees are generally treated as disposable).

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FLK syndrom (Funny Lookin' Kid)

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[ocb217 0]

My two favorites:

ADR - Ain't Doin' Right. Used when an animal lacks any real signs of illness but the owner insists there is just "something" wrong. (I admit I've used this term to describe problems with my own pets)

SBI - Somethin' Bad Inside. Used when we don't have any effing idea what is wrong, other than the fact something is really wrong internally (usually used to describe things seen on xrays or ultrasound. "What do you see, doc?" ... "He's got SBI").

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My two favorites:

ADR - Ain't Doin' Right. Used when an animal lacks any real signs of illness but the owner insists there is just "something" wrong. (I admit I've used this term to describe problems with my own pets)

SBI - Somethin' Bad Inside. Used when we don't have any effing idea what is wrong, other than the fact something is really wrong internally (usually used to describe things seen on xrays or ultrasound. "What do you see, doc?" ... "He's got SBI").

We might have to adopt these two. Could be used to described about 70% of our EMS patients.

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I was newly arrived in Texas after working in emargency/trauma care in California for many years. The hospital helicopter launched to a motor vehicle crash but returned empty. I asked the dispatcher why. His reply was "The patient was DRT."

L_O_N_G pause as I desperately try to figure out the meaning of the new acronym...... I asked the dispatcher to explain (and hoping that I didn't sound like too much of an idiot). His reply was priceless..... "Dead Right There". Meaning that the patient was so clearly dead that there was no reason to bring the patient to the hospital.

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My favorite abbreviation I ever ran across was PCL. I'd never seen it in that context and had to ask the MD what it meant. He laughed and said, "Pre Code Looking. My assessment was correct."

I burst out laughing. I mean inappropriately so. I don't know why I found it soo funny. It had the effect of relaxing the MD, though. "No. You identified it - although in a bit of a macabre fashion. Still, it would be played off in front of a jury as nothing sick. It says what it says."

Another favorite was the Emersom-Goodwin's Line that can be seen on many AP chest x-rays.

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