That awkward moment when....

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It's a stormy night and you are quietly looking over orders in the ED, minding your own business, and suddenly from bay 4 you hear a little girl sing-song:

It's raining,

It's pouring,

The old man is snoring--

He bumped his head,

Went to bed,

And couldn't get up in the morning.

Which your sleep deprived/call-riddled brain helpfully hears as:

Cat 1, 83yo. M, GCS 7, traumatic head injury, depressed respiratory status, found unresponsive at home in AM, IW ETA 45 ground, Trauma Doc to see.

And just like that, you just medically analyzed a piece of your childhood to death.

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Specializes in geri,acute,subacute,correctional,pysch,.
My friend works L&D at the same hospital where I work, and they call "code 100" overhead for a baby in distress during or after birth. Anyway she was in Stop&Shop the other day and heard "code 100" and became frantic not sure where to run! Turns out they call it at the deli counter for some reason, still not sure why!

LOL...I was at Walmart last week and after working two double shifts I pretty much reacted the same way! I also never found out what a code 100 was. Gonna have to ask them next time I am shopping...

Thank God I'm not the only one :)

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