ETOHer...(and other slang)

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I was talking to my farmer friend, and told him about the term ETOHer. There is other inside slang in our profession, such as Code Brown, Frequent Flyer, Drug Seeker, etc...

What's your favorite? Some of these are regional of course.

Specializes in Emergency.

On the topic of words for "dead".

I learned early in EMS to say "Dead". Because in the confusing flurry of activity and people's belief that CPR always results in a person sitting up and looking around the room, if we said anything unclear at all, it would be taken wrong. 

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Specializes in Tele, ICU, Staff Development.

When I was a nursing student a pediatrician documented 

"FLK"

anyone know what that is?

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Specializes in Hospice.
5 minutes ago, Nurse Beth said:

When I was a nursing student a pediatrician documented 

"FLK"

anyone know what that is?

Funy-looking kid

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Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).
On 8/12/2022 at 6:56 PM, Emergent said:

Discharged to the Eternal Care Unit...

There's a classic book called "The Giver" (Don't watch the bad movie!) Where people are "Released to Elseware" after they have outlived their usefulness.

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
On 8/13/2022 at 5:26 AM, Davey Do said:

FLK: Funny Looking Kid

 

2 hours ago, Nurse Beth said:

When I was a nursing student a pediatrician documented 

"FLK"

anyone know what that is?

 

2 hours ago, heron said:

Funy-looking kid

Heh.

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Specializes in CRNA, Finally retired.
6 hours ago, Nurse Beth said:

When I was a nursing student a pediatrician documented 

"FLK"

anyone know what that is?

We would quietly whisper FLK in the OR when a baby was born and an unknown syndrome was suspected.  It was just a term of "something's not right here."  My favorite was when a really obnoxious patient signed themselves out out AMA.  Our term was patient signed out AAYOYO...adios, a*#%@%le, you're on your own.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Currently favor MuFKR

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Specializes in Hospice.
31 minutes ago, BeatsPerMinute said:

Currently favor MuFKR

Me, too … he’s adorable - like a Filipino elf!

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Specializes in Pediactrics.

We used "FLK" = Funny looking kid, working in peds.  

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Specializes in Emergency.

My husband came up with this one years ago:

Frequent User of Critical Resources.

We never use the acronym, we just say the whole phrase.

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Specializes in Emergency.

Re: celestial discharge

We used discharge to Jesus

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Specializes in Cardiac ICU.

Funny thing, lately I have noticed the scribes using acronyms...such as CTOH - CT of the head, and BRBPR - bright red blood per rectum. Any new ones you've come across?

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