Terms we will not admit to using

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You all have heard of them and of course we never actually use any of these terms but somehow they are there and everyone knows them.......

There the "unofficial" abbreviation list

like

FLK Funny Looking Kid

or

Craft syndrome - Can't Remember A Flippin' Thing

PFO - clean version - Potted (Drunk) and Fell Over

AHD - Acute Haloperidol Deficit

Or the pseudomedical jargon for describing patient peculiarities i.e.

Mononeuronis Asynapsis

Acute Pneumoencephalopathy (thanks TeeitupTom)

Acute Hyponicotaemia (busting for a cigarette)

Does anyone know anymore??

Okay can anyone add to this list

Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.

WTFF--Way Too Frequent Flyer

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Specializes in Medical.

I know we've already had FUBAR but a friend of mine gave it a new twist:

FUBAR BUNDY - fouled (if you like) up beyond all recognition but unfortunately not dead yet

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Tontine Treatment - (Pillow over the face)

Rapid Lead Infusion - (bullet in the head)

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Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.

Yellow River--someone forget to clamp the Foley bag after draining.

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Specializes in LTC, CPR instructor, First aid instructor..
Positive Hilton Sign -- pt thinks they're at the Hilton, not a hospital.

10th Floor Transfer -- (ie dead/dying, as our facility only has nine floors).

Pillow Therapy -- Take the pillow of your most obnoxious pt and gently yet firmly hold it over their face until the oxygen deprivation buys you a few minutes of peace and quiet.

And no, I've never done the last. It's darn tempting sometimes though! :chuckle

4_12_1.gifI remember thinking them kind of thoughts myself when I was a school bus driver. I came mighty close a couple times, 4_3_1.gif but was able to block the urge.
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Specializes in LTC, CPR instructor, First aid instructor..
Tontine Treatment - (Pillow over the face)

Rapid Lead Infusion - (bullet in the head)

I raised them little critters too. Cute, aren't they?
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Specializes in NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology.

Concrete Poisoning: teenager whose skateboard left him in the lurch (had a really high Portland level!)

Variation on FLK... FLKBCOTP: Funny Looking Kid But Check Out The Parents

Disco Leg: that amazing super-clonus elicited from a CPer with a good brisk heel cord stretch

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NASSATALL (no *** at all) DISEASE

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summer teeth... some are teeth and some are not

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usually used on a full moon.........MFS................Mad Female Syndrome!! :uhoh3:

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Specializes in LTC.

DILF = Doctor I'd Like To F**k :chuckle

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"Taint spot" --Refers to perineum It ain't this and it ain't that

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