Guess the mispronounced medical term

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After a recent EMS run where I was momentarily stumped by a patient's condition, I thought it might be fun to see if it stumps anyone else.

The term: Sack-a-docious

Hint: Patient's chief complaint is, "My lungs be painin' me because of my sack-a-docious."

Anyone?

Specializes in Did the job hop, now in MS. Not Bad!!!!!.
Oh, yeah. Being in pharmacy will get you some good'uns.

Lisapril

(lisinopril)

atenol, atenenol, atalol

(atenolol)

warfriend

(warfarin)

alprozam

(alprazolam)

hiker-done

(hydrocodone)

Planets

(Plavix)

Tricycle

(Ortho-Tri-Cyclen)

torpal

(metoprolol)

Nazernox

(nasonex)

and my personal favorite...

we had a nurse from an md office call in an order for

"zester-fah-mah-gah"

We had to call back. it was...

zestril, 5 milligrams.

HA!!! I hear this all the time. Was this nurse in GA?? :rotfl:

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There's a nurse that I work with that tells us in report that a pt is alert and orientated times three. Makes my skin crawl!!!

my other pet peeve, is heighth. Oh look we are about the same heighth! AHHHH!

Not too many come to mind from patients though. It's usually my coworkers that drive me nuts. :uhoh3:

OMG! I was just looking for this here.

I just KNEW it had to be here.:D

I was going to say that the patient's terms are funny. When staff wants to get orientated, I want to slap them.

Patient's, lol:

How 'bout...."I had the new-morning but got it treated at the horse-pital" So howze yer cough now, pardner? :rotfl:

Or how bout from a male "I got a pain in my growing area":no:

(well, some grows and some don'ts, lol):lol2:

Oh, and had to edit, just saw the one about Glucophage, had a home health patient that called it her "glucose-page"

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Specializes in ICU, SDU, OR, RR, Ortho, Hospice RN.

hiker-done

(hydrocodone) :lol2: I AM STILL giggling at that one!!

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Specializes in ER, PEDS, PICU, PUB HLTH AIR GRND TRNSP,.

I am SURE everyone has heard of peanut butter balls phenobarbital!!! And morons for motrin

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I hope nobody wrote this one yet, I couldn't read through them all.

I had a guy say his wrist was hurting from his "carp and tuna" instead of carpal tunnel!!!

We have a pt who always calls his Nexium "Maximum"

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How about "poison ivory" and "ammonia"

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Specializes in ICU, SDU, OR, RR, Ortho, Hospice RN.

I only heard this one yesterday and I am still chucking.. I met some one that was Lact-i-louse intolerant!! :lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2:

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Specializes in ICU, Agency, Travel, Pediatric Home Care, LTAC, Su.
"Finnagran" makes me insane, especially coming from another nurse!! "...

I :yeahthat:

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I got a card once that was written "To our favorite Register Nurse"...

And would you like paper or plastic?

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"Nurse, my contraptions are getting really strong, can I have an epidurmal?"

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had one just the other day...a guy c/o a "lump" and worried he had "hysterical cancer"....when he started talking about his scrotum i figured out he meant "testicular". odd part was, he could pronounce "testicles" just fine--but it was *still* "hysterical cancer" he worried about!

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ma baby hav kneemona and hes trang to git dehadraded

They sure talk funny in Texas :lol2:

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