Nurses Humor
Published Nov 12, 2002
emily_mom
1,024 Posts
Office of the Fire Chief
To: All Riding Members
From: Chief of Operations
Subject: Proper Narrative Descriptions
It has come to our attention from several emergency rooms that many EMS narratives have taken a decidedly creative direction lately. Effective immediately, all members are to refrain from using slang and abbreviations to describe patients, such as the following.
1) Cardiac patients should not be referred to with MUH (messed up heart), PBS (pretty bad shape), PCL (pre-code looking) or HIBGIA (had it before, got it again).
2) Stroke patients are NOT "Charlie Carrots." Nor are rescuers to use CCFCCP (Coo Coo for Cocoa Puffs) to describe their mental state.
3) Trauma patients are not CATS (cut all to sh*t), FDGB (fall down, go boom), TBC (total body crunch) or "hamburger helper." Similarly, descriptions of a car crash do not have to include phrases like "negative vehicle to vehicle interface" or "terminal deceleration syndrome."
4) HAZMAT teams are highly trained professionals, not "glow worms."
5) Persons with altered mental states as a result of drug use are not considered "pharmaceutically gifted."
6) Gunshot wounds to the head are not "trans-occipital implants."
7) The homeless are not "urban outdoorsmen", nor is endotracheal intubation referred to as a "PVC Challenge".
8) And finally, do not refer to recently deceased persons as being "paws up," ART (assuming room temperature), CC (Cancel Christmas), CTD (circling the drain), or NLPR (no long playing records).
I know you will all join me in respecting the cultural diversity of our patients to include their medical orientations in creating proper narratives and log entries.
baseline
581 Posts
And finally, do not refer to recently deceased persons as being "paws up," LMAO
Andy S., BSN, RN
157 Posts
I am so taking this to work!!!! Loved it
:roll
rebel_red
230 Posts
I am laughing so hard I have just snorted diet coke all over my keyboard, the hard way. (Through the nose!)
:)
Tres
Ooh, I feel your pain Rebel!!! Hope you're feeling better!
JedsMom, ASN, RN
107 Posts
:rotfl:
Sleepyeyes
1,244 Posts
Hilarious!! Thanks! I needed that!! :rotfl:
EFMBholder
20 Posts
I almost inhaled my sunflower seeds. I love it Also try DRT- dead right there.
maggie7
69 Posts
:rotfl:Almost snorted my milk onto monitor! Laughing out loud!
Mkue
1,827 Posts
Hilarious !!:chuckle :chuckle :chuckle
Gizmed
6 Posts
Its posted already!:roll