[JACALA_CL]

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.

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

[Marie_LPN, RN]

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.?

[Medic946RN]

LOLFDGB: Little Old Lady, Fall Down, Go Boom.
This I believe is an official nursing daignosis, or it should be.

[neneRN]

STS-sicker than......
CTD-circling the drain
OBECALP-placebo...shhh....

[Cameron67]

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

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!

[FlyingED]

These are great!

OTDPDS- Out the door pretty damn soon

[Medic946RN]

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.

[VivaLasViejas]

PBAB=Pine Box At Bedside
TSTL=Too Stupid To Live
NETMA=Nobody Ever Tells Me Anything

[Marie_LPN, RN]

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.

[Sari_noel]

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!"