Why are they called, "Chucks?"

[NPbyDay]

Why are they called "Chucks?"

And can't we use a more appropriate and universally understood name for, "Chucks?"

Laypeople usually have NO idea what a "Chuck" is. Having to describe them by functionality in order to explain it by definition to a patient, family or outside support staff is just, well ... crude & is always kinda awkward, Lol.

Any better suited name recommendations for our beloved Chucks, so that we can all understand exactly what it is by its own self-descriptive term? Thanks AN!

[JBudd, MSN]

Why call them chucks? Because Charles is too formal.

[wereallmadhere, ADN]

Me too, my first thought was Chuck Taylor. LOL

[Dusty77]

They were invented by a nurse in the 1970's, Charles Seymour Butts III. His coworkers called him "Chuck", and then named his new invention in his honor.

[NotAllWhoWandeRN, ASN, RN]

And Velcro, onesies, crock pots, chapstick, q-tips, Tupperware, etc.

Velcro has been filing

of Etsy crafters who use the word to desribe hook and loop closures. First world problems.

[NotAllWhoWandeRN, ASN, RN]

Nooo thats a tinkle:yes:

No, that's the sound wind chimes make.

And if your patient chucks, you need a basin, not an absorbent underpad.

[Lunah, MSN, RN]

I want to know where to get the "Body Size" chux that the trauma nurse mentioned in this thread earlier.

What color are they and what would they be called?

They are made by Medline and are called ultrasorbs. We use the OR size that is 40 x 90. They are the blue and white ones on this page, top left in the image: Medline Mobile | Medline Industries, Inc.

[Crystal-Wings, LVN]

I always thought the name of them had to do with the fact that you "chuck" them after you're done using them 🙄

[blondy2061h, MSN, RN]

We call them blueys in Australia and inco pads in Ireland. Neither make anymore sense.....

We have a blue version of them. Those are for real light duty. I would never trust them under a patient. I use the blue ones for keeping an area dry if I'm irrigating a wound or pushing meds in a PEG or some kind of barrier like that.

Now the green ones...those are the ones called to action under a patient that you can boost with and everything. Those are some high quality underpads there.

[Davey Do]

We have a blue version of them. Those are for real light duty. I would never trust them under a patient. I use the blue ones for keeping an area dry if I'm irrigating a wound or pushing meds in a PEG or some kind of barrier like that.

Now the green ones...those are the ones called to action under a patient that you can boost with and everything. Those are some high quality underpads there.

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[Davey Do]

Why are they called "Chucks?"

I think they're called chux because you chuck 'em when you're done.

HA HA HA HA HA!

I assumed it was called that because you "chuck them in the trash".

Yeah! Ha ha!

I always thought it was because you chucked them when you were done with them.

Uh-huh.

I always thought we called them chucks because you chuck them when they are used..

Yeah... you know....

when they are soiled they get chucked, so that is why they are called chucks. Hee Hee.

Hump!

I always thought the name of them had to do with the fact that you "chuck" them after you're done using them ������

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

[Farawyn]

Next question. How many of us have at least one hospital chux in our linen closet at home?

[Davey Do]

Next question. How many of us have at least one hospital chux in our linen closet at home?

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Jeez, Farawyn!