Darn it... Coffee on the keyboard and out the nostrils... Bill!!!
I cannot stop chuckling...
I took a First Responder course a couple of semesters ago. Endotracheal
intubation, MUH, FDGB, CATS, and transoccipital implants otherwise known as
lead overdose syndrome was covered in depth. Good thing that I did not know
about the "PVC Challenge" otherwise I can almost guarantee that I would have
bombed my practicals.
Thu Jun 05 2008 10:45:24 AM CDT from William Rentfrow to
arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
Subject: OT: Medical Terminology
**
This is a real memo to Emergency Medical Services staff that was read by
Michael Feldman on NPR:
According to the records from several emergency rooms, many EMS
narratives
have taken a decidedly creative direction.
"Effective immediately, all EMS workers are to refrain from using slang
or
abbreviations to describe patients.
For example, cardiac patients should not be referred to with MUH
(messed-up
heart), PBS (pretty bad shape), PCL (pre-code looking), or HIBGIA (had it
before; got it again).
Stroke patients are not "Charlie carrots," nor are workers to use CCFCCP
(cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs) to describe patients mental state.
Trauma patients are not CATS (cut all to shit), FDGB (fall down--go
boom),
TBC (total body crunch), or "hamburger helper."
Similarly, descriptions of a car crash should not include phrases such as
"negative vehicle to vehicle interface" or "terminal deceleration
syndrome."
HAZMAT teams are highly trained professionals, not "glow worms.
Persons with altered mental states as a result of drug use are not
considered
"pharmaceutically gifted."
Gunshot wounds to the head are not "transoccipital implants."
The homeless are not "urban outdoorsmen," and endotracheal intubation
should
not be called a "PVC challenge."
Do not refer to terminal or recently deceased patients as "paws up," ART
(assuming room temperature), CC (cancel Christmas), CTD (circling the
drain),
or NLPR (no long-playing records).
I hope you all join me in respecting the diversity of our clients by
using
proper medical terminology in your narratives and log entries.
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William Rentfrow, Principal Consultant
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