Lingo

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HAVING WORKED AT A LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CENTER FOR YEARS, I RECENTLY CHANGED HOSPITALS TO A COMMUNITY ER. THE LINGO THAT WE USED AT THE TRAUMA CENTER DIFFERED GREATLY FROM MY NEW HOSPITAL. I AM INTERESTED IN HEARING LINGO FROM AROUND THE GLOBE.:rolleyes:

SOME EXAMPLES:

LOL=LITTLE OLD LADY

MIMI=LITTLE OLD LADY

DFO=DONE FELL OUT (SYNCOPE)

AND MY MANAGER'S FAVOURITE ONE:

CCFCCP= COO COO FOR CO CO PUFFS

:eek:

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Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.

Code Brown---get the mop and the clean room linen, someone didn't make it to the bathroom.

GOMER---Get out of my emergency room

Frequent Flyer--person who comes in once or twice a month, yet we STILL cannot find the cause of the problem they are describing. Or who come in for more prescriptions.

Call Button Jockey--someone who keeps their thumb on the call button and rings all night long. Sure they probably are lonely, but who's going to see to the other 30 pts.?

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Specializes in Emergency/Critical Care Transport.

LOLFDGB: Little Old Lady, Fall Down, Go Boom.

This I believe is an official nursing daignosis, or it should be. :D

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Specializes in Emergency, Trauma.

STS-sicker than......

CTD-circling the drain

OBECALP-placebo...shhh....

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Specializes in Geriatrics, LTC.

I just love these...they crack me up!:chuckle

BTW...there have been post like this before and I have taken the "lingos" and copied them and have a huge list of all of them. So once again if anyone would like a copy of it feel free to email me or PM me and I'll send ya a copy. I have 7 pages in total...please keep the "lingo" or nonapproved medical abbreviations coming...I'll add new ones to my list! Thanks! :D

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These are great!

OTDPDS- Out the door pretty damn soon

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Specializes in Emergency/Critical Care Transport.
Originally posted by FlyingED

These are great!

OTDPDS- Out the door pretty damn soon

I saw a doc put OTD&DDR on a chart meaing roughly the same: Out The Door and Down The Road.

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Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.

PBAB=Pine Box At Bedside

TSTL=Too Stupid To Live

NETMA=Nobody Ever Tells Me Anything

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Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.
Originally posted by FlyingED

These are great!

OTDPDS- Out the door pretty damn soon

Our modification : PTGTAOTDPDS

pray to god they are out the door pretty damn soon.

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Here's one I learned from my instuctor:

PIA: pain in a**

and one I made up after a call light crazy:

Trigger happy

as in "Watch out she's trigger happy!"

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We've always used OTL - out to lunch for our confused pts.:D

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FLK...funny looking kid

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