Car Metaphors

[LittleTwinStars, ADN, BSN]

I recently had a gentleman with dementia who kept insisting that he wanted to go home. His daughters told him that the telemetry leads were the battery and his heart was the engine, so he needed to stay, a la Iron Man. It worked. Although I wouldn't deceive a patient like that, I was able to build rapport with him by using car metaphors. When I brought him lunch, I told him to please fill up his gas tank with this premium. I also made him laugh by telling him that Ford stands for "Found on Roadside Dead." He told me that the one that he learned was, "Fix or Repair Daily."

Does anyone else have any good metaphors about cars or anything else?

[Clementia]

Chevrolet -- Can Hear Every Rod, Valve, Or Lifter Every Time.

[emtb2rn, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

You can have any kind of sandwich you want, as long as it's turkey. Old folks get that henry ford reference.

[lub dub]

Fiat -- Fix it again, Tony.

[icuRNmaggie, BSN, RN]

boat - bring out another ten grand

[icuRNmaggie, BSN, RN]

Pacer interrogation

a tune up

[icuRNmaggie, BSN, RN]

lube and an oil change - just about any condition - CHF COPD missed HD tx

only funny if he's someone you have rescued many times...

[T-Bird78]

Chevrolet--Can't Haul, Every Valve Rusts, Oil Leaks Every Time

Pontiac--Poor Old Nobobdy Thinks It's A Cadillac

I'd do my best Dracula impression and "vant to take your blood" when drawing labs. As a pt suffering from dehydration, I told the ER doc that I was a quart low.

[Mn nurse 22]

FORD First on race day

[Mn nurse 22]

NAPA no auto parts available