That is for those patients who show up in the ER with their suitcases all packed and ready for admission to the hospital, no matter what there diagnosis may be. ;) :D
I tach, when the patient lays there screaming i yai yai i yai yai
Our doctors have one that tells them when the ICU patient is ready to leave the unit.
The half and full Acapulco the half is when the patient has their hands crossed behind their head while in bed, and the full is when the hands are behind their head, and their feet are crossed, as if laying on the beach in Acapulco.
oh yeah and then there is when you arrive at the code, and the patient is DRT (dead right there).
When I was in school doing my OR rotation, the anesthesiologist pointed out to me the "positive O sign". The patient was on the table, out, with his mouth open.
LOL!! I forgot about the O sign. One of our surgeons also talks about the Q sign! That is with your tongue hanging out of one side of your mouth. The Q sign goes along with DND, damn near dead.
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Charles S. Smith, RN, MS
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One from the late 60's and early 70's when nurses began watching monitors...
FLBs....funny looking beats.
chas