Short for???

"Shake and Bake" an addict in withdrawl ("We got three Shake and Bakes in the ER")

DSP or NSP-- Dayshift problem or Nightshift prolem ("That order is a DSP now!")

Code Brown: large amount of stool that didn't make it to the commode.

And one for the tele nurses--

Sustained pause: asystole.

* Cardiac patients with MUH (messed up heart), PBS (pretty bad shape), PCL (pre-code looking), or HIBGIA (had it before, got it again). * Stroke patients - "Charlie Carrots". CCFCCP (Coo Coo for Cocoa Puffs) to describe their mental state. * Trauma patients - CATS (cut all to ****), FDWB (fell down, went boom), TBC (total body crunch), or "Hamburger helper". * Car crash - NV2VI ("negative vehicle to vehicle interface") or TDS ("terminal deceleration syndrome"). * HAZMAT teams - "glow worms". * Persons with altered mental states as a result of drug use - "pharmaceutically enhanced". * Gunshot wounds to the head are "Trans-occipital implants". * The homeless are - "urban outdoorsman". * Endotracheal intubation - "PVC challenge". * Recently deceased or dying persons - TBTT ("to be toe-tagged"), ART (assuming room temperature), CC (cancel Christmas), or RFDN (ready for dirt nap). * Handbag positive for the little old lady who insists on keeping it in the bed with her. * P cubed = piss poor protoplasm, P5T = piss poor protoplasm poorly put together * FF (Frequent Flyer) Homeless person in no acute distress - 3 hots and a cot seeker

We heard a few good ones while rotating through med/surg:

Studying for the final exam - terminal pt who's suddenly taken an interest in religion

Transferred to Eternal Care Unit - pt expired

Peek and shriek - pt goes to OR, is opened and closed without the actual procedure being performed (i.e. they found something horribly terminal in there)

...And a few from emergency:

Transcranial high-velocity ballistic therapy - GSW to head

Ballistic divorce, ballistic breakup - domestic violence involving firearms

LOCL - Little Old Cat Lady (pt with absurd numbers of animals and failing health r/t supporting animal population at own expense, usually brought in by Social Services or local PD)

WADAO - Weak And Dizzy All Over (vertigo and weakness with no other symptoms and negative evaluation - either factitious complaint for work note, or r/t skipped meals or skipped glycemic agents)

PDFO - P*ss Drunk, Fell Over (self explanatory)

400 Club - pt presenting A&Ox3 with BAL of >400 mg/dL

Green Snot Syndrome - nonspecific upper respiratory complaints of children under 7, always presenting with copious purulent nasal discharge, for which parent will demand antibiotics despite all evidence to the contrary

One that I have not heard in the medical community, but we used when I worked in a vet clinic was ADR - Ain't Doin Right - for an animal with non-specific s/s, off feed, etc.