Lingo

[JACALA_CL]

HAVING WORKED AT A LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CENTER FOR YEARS, I RECENTLY CHANGED HOSPITALS TO A COMMUNITY ER. THE LINGO THAT WE USED AT THE TRAUMA CENTER DIFFERED GREATLY FROM MY NEW HOSPITAL. I AM INTERESTED IN HEARING LINGO FROM AROUND THE GLOBE.

SOME EXAMPLES:

LOL=LITTLE OLD LADY

MIMI=LITTLE OLD LADY

DFO=DONE FELL OUT (SYNCOPE)

AND MY MANAGER'S FAVOURITE ONE:

CCFCCP= COO COO FOR CO CO PUFFS

[healingtouchRN]

DRT: dead right there

CBT: Chronic Biscuit Toxicity (obesity)

ATD: Acute Tylenol Deficiency (fever)

APD: Acute Prozac Deficiency (just guess!)

positive blue legs sign: code blue behind the curtains. (we wear blue scrubs)

I'll have to think of the others....:chuckle

[KeniRN]

There's always the FOS- full of #&$%

Since I've only ever heard it that way, I was sooo shocked the first time I'd seen it actually written on a official med record and then it dawned on me that it really meant "Full of STOOL"

Can we say "Duh!!!"

[Uptoherern, RN]

TF BUNDY............TOTALLY FU***ED, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, NOT DEAD YET.

FHHS............FEMALE HISPANIC HYSTERICAL SYNDROME. ( YOU HAVE TO BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO UNDERSTAND THIS. I AM NOT POLITICALLY MISALIGNED)

[glascow]

DIB = dead in bed (usually severe head injuries on life support)

TFW= turn, feed and water (immobile, unconscious pt on tube feedings requiring bed baths)

[kevro1013]

FTD= fixing to die

Microdeckia=not playing with a full deck

Chartomegaly=chart so big it can't fit in the tube

PID=pus in 'dere

OB/GYN=oh boy-got ya naked!

(by the way I love the cbt=chronic biscuit toxicity)

[JBudd, MSN]

Vitamin H deficiency (love that Haldol)

[MAGIK GIRL]

SAS: sick as sh-t

RT: room temperature

ECU: eternal care unit

SFS: stinky foot syndrome

"celestrial transfer"

i like chartomegaly

[harry Krishna]

Originally posted by LPN2Be2004

Code Brown---get the mop and the clean room linen, someone didn't make it to the bathroom.

GOMER---Get out of my emergency room

Frequent Flyer--person who comes in once or twice a month, yet we STILL cannot find the cause of the problem they are describing. Or who come in for more prescriptions.

once or twice a month????????????????? try once or twice a day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[harry Krishna]

UFO (unidentified frozen object = dead homeless person w/ no ID in the winter)

FOS( found on street--relates to above term)

TSS (toxic sock syndrome)

SHPOS (sub-human piece of s***)

HTTA ( a section of an ER I worked in meant "hot tots and twats area"--- where they put peds and Gyn patients)

DSP (dumb s**t profile)

intubate junior (placing a foley in a man)

D.Q. (drama queen)

[fab4fan]

Our one ED doc used to refer to hysterical latinas as suffering from "Status Hispanicus."

[MAGIK GIRL]

Originally posted by fab4fan

Our one ED doc used to refer to hysterical latinas as suffering from "Status Hispanicus."

i like that one and the one a few posts back "chartomegaly".

also, don't forget the "DFQ's" we are always always asked!

harry:

i think they should institiute a DSP in your er (a dumb s--t protocol). whaddya think?

[BunnyBunnyBSNRN, ASN, BSN]

FHHS............FEMALE HISPANIC HYSTERICAL SYNDROME. ( YOU HAVE TO BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO UNDERSTAND THIS. I AM NOT POLITICALLY MISALIGNED)

I completely understand this. :chuckle