Specializes in OR, OB, EM, Flight, ICU, PACU.......
Well I can see that most disagree with me and really thats great because it just shows how diverse we are. If it works for you then use it. I was just thinking about it from a pt or pt's family. Iam on an oncology ward at the moment and yes situations are tough and humour is used to cope but never to the means of mocking someones death. There are days when Ive come home emotionally drained after a pts death or collaspe but I see these people day in and day out and I respect them for who they are and who they once were. Obviously different from an ER's situtation where these pts are in and out and have acute illness's. But for me I just cant comprehend it and I guess we will just have to leave it at that. Ive copped quite a bit of flack for my comments but overall its been very interesting to hear back from all of you guys. Maybe when Ive been out there longer I will understand it more --till then I will keep learning.
:typing Amber,
Kind of new to this, but take it from someone with 30+ years in Medicine and Nursing, none of us are cruel, and none of this takes place outside our profession. If you don't find some way to cope, blood will shoot out of your eyes and you'll have many sleepless nights before you quit the profession. Hope you learn and are around a long time, some of us want to retire some day!
does anyone else put the body bag under the bedsheet when you get word of a code coming in?
Absolutely! And on the rare occasion when someone actually makes it up to the ICU, the ICU nurses used to give us holy-what-for for being so morbid and uncaring, blah, blah, blah. We used to give it back to them about how if 99% of incoming codes don't make it, you would do it too, etc., but now we just tell them that it is our new high-tech transfer device. We also refer to said body bags as "the good sheets" or "fine linens", so that people don't know what we are calling for when the code is coming in.
How could we possibly forgot Vitamin D and Vitamin P (Dilaudid and Phenergan)? Does anyone else worry about getting a phone call from the DEA wanting to discuss how many gallons of Dilaudid you've administered over the years?
PT = Pillow Therapy
Sometimes I'm forced to advise one of the docs that he's suffering from proctitis (inflammation of the a$$hole, which means he's being a bigger one than usual).
BDOI = Because Dr. ordered it (when asked by the secretary why we are doing this CT or that ultrasound)
And for the uninitiated, the proper formula for estimating the actual # of drinks consumed (after the person says "2 beers" because it's always, only, ever 2 beers) The stated # of drinks x 2 + 6 to 10 depending on the degree of a$$holeness the person is exhibiting.
We are also not supposed to refer to people as "drunks" so they are now "persons possessing an intoxicated nature".
Status Hispanicus/Haitiorifice - same as Hispanic panic, but also applies to our Haitian pts who say "Oooh" over and over, instead of Oh.
Finally, a pelvic is "putting the Mitsubishi up on the lift". Taken from our Panamanian doc who was once confronted by a pt c/o "itchy *****" to which he replied "I don't know anything about Japanese cars. I drive a Honda". Say it with a Latin accent and you'll get it.
"Family Plan": when you get multiple patients from one family, all complaints that could/should be addressed with their PMD.
"2fer": two patients from one family, one patient doesn't really need to be in the ED but since their there, another might as well get checked out too. Classic example of this, a mom brought her toddler in for "ingrown toenails" which looked to be completely normal and the kid was content, but as the mom was walking in she happened to stub her own toe and decided to check in (not a scratch in sight!)
"O.L.D. Syndrome": a dx given to elderly patients that c/o generalized body aches x multiple number of years/months.
"4 T's": (Teens, Tots, Tweekers, and Tw&ts) a nursing assignment that has four private rooms. This section is generally where we put the psych's, vag bleeds, and behavior issues.
"Breakfast Club": patients that come in either homeless or too intoxicated to discharge who stay over night with us simply to sleep or sleep it off. They receive breakfast in the morning before being sccoted out the door. (This of course depends on many variables including who the charge is and how busy we are that night)
"4 T's": (Teens, Tots, Tweekers, and Tw&ts) a nursing assignment that has four private rooms. This section is generally where we put the psych's, vag bleeds, and behavior issues.
Specializes in Spinal Cord injuries, Emergency+EMS.
How could we possibly forgot Vitamin D and Vitamin P (Dilaudid and Phenergan)? Does anyone else worry about getting a phone call from the DEA wanting to discuss how many gallons of Dilaudid you've administered over the years?
and vitamin L - librium for the withdrawing drinkers
PT = Pillow Therapy
PTT pillow tolerance test
Status Hispanicus/Haitiorifice - same as Hispanic panic, but also applies to our Haitian pts who say "Oooh" over and over, instead of Oh.
bit like
tachylordiosis with a junctional jesus for those of a papist persuasion especially here in rightpondia where irish and /or traveller comes into it
" oh lord, lord lord lord lord jersus lord lord lord lord jesus lord lord "
In our ED, if you had the PID shuffle, you might get a HHI .... hoo-ha inspection
Haha, these are cracking me up!!! I don't think this one has been added yet, but one of our docs refers to our "ladies of the night" as needing their "monthly VTU" (lady partsl tune-up).
BEEN THRU A FEW
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Corpsicle n. : One who drinks to excess, lays down in the cold, and assumes the outside temperature.