[harry Krishna]

UFO (unidentified frozen object = dead homeless person w/ no ID in the winter)

FOS( found on street--relates to above term)

TSS (toxic sock syndrome)

SHPOS (sub-human piece of s***)

HTTA ( a section of an ER I worked in meant "hot tots and twats area"--- where they put peds and Gyn patients)

DSP (dumb s**t profile)

intubate junior (placing a foley in a man)

D.Q. (drama queen)

[fab4fan]

Our one ED doc used to refer to hysterical latinas as suffering from "Status Hispanicus."

[MAGIK GIRL]

Originally posted by fab4fan
Our one ED doc used to refer to hysterical latinas as suffering from "Status Hispanicus."

i like that one and the one a few posts back "chartomegaly".


also, don't forget the "DFQ's" we are always always asked!


harry:

i think they should institiute a DSP in your er (a dumb s--t protocol). whaddya think?

[sara610]

FHHS............FEMALE HISPANIC HYSTERICAL SYNDROME. ( YOU HAVE TO BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO UNDERSTAND THIS. I AM NOT POLITICALLY MISALIGNED)

I completely understand this.

[Aneroo]

In nursing school, but work as an emt...
We have DFOIC-We get the call, 1100 Sunday, Done Fell Out In Church.
DRT- Dead Right There
Use the code brown in nursing school, just not around the instructors.
I like the ECU one...except no one here would get it, b/c we have East Carolina University in town (Also ECU)
Celestial discharge...
I'm going to print these out and put it up at the rescue squad! -A

[RN Rotten Nurse]

FTD fixin to die

[Stitchie]

"Incarcaphobia" for the patient who'd rather wait in the ED (by ambulance, of course) instead of the cozy holding cell where she was being held FOR MURDER.

[santhony44]

Positive chart sign: the chart's so big you strain something carrying it; usually means you can count on hypochondria, malingering, or some other similar problem.



I live in Texas. I too understand the Hysterical Hispanic Female/Status Hispanicus one, too. A cop I knew in a small town called it a Hispanic Heart Attack.

[ERNUTBALL]

I like to use the term PDSD...Pre-Detention Stress Disorder!
Oh, Mr. Police Officer, my chest hurts, can you take me to the emergency room, before we go through the whole booking thing...please...it really hurts...

[erjulie]

we use drt- dead right there
or rfd really-f**** dead
or (most popular in our er)- FN f***** nuts (respectfully, of course.)