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On a lighter side ,we all have little names for almost everything in EMS. Lets have a laugh and see what we come up with...

ALS = Always Lie Supine
BLS = Bring Less Stuff
The Bus = Ambulance
The rack = the stretcher
Waffled = an auto v. ped
ABC = Always Bring Coffee , Ambulance Before Cruiser , Ambulate Before Carry
Trauma Juice = Blood
The Line = An IV
Vitamin A = Ativan
Vitamin H = Haldol
Wrinkle Ranch = Nursing Home , Retirement Community
Tag = MVA that looks bad.
Red and white patient pointer = Fire truck
Blue/Black and white patient pointer = Cruiser
DRT = Dead right there

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One day after doing a ton of nursing facility calls I decided EMS should be changed from emergency medical services to "elderly management service." :-p

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DND--damn near dead
yelpkins--little kids that stand by the road and wave at the ambulance
ears--stethoscope
circle jerk--MVA, multiple victims, multiple companies involved, generally with traffic flow and crowd control problems--(many other names for same which are not fit for printing here)
the bird--helicopter
wacker--EMS provider or firefighter with blue light so large it makes the vehicle appear topheavy, who responds to the scene on every call whether it's his duty crew or not

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I thought of some more:

The Tube = Endotracheal tube
Bon Voyage patrol = The circle of friends , neighbors who turn out in the lobby asking and telling your patient that everything will be fine and that they are praying for them
Do Gooder = The usually un involved party that tells your patient that they really,really need to go to the hospital. Even though theres nothing wrong with them.
Nurse Ratchett = The crabby nurse that you just gave report too.
Boxed = Patient that died on you. Example : " yeah, I got the line then she boxed on me!"
T2T ratio = The teeth to tattoo ratio. More tattoos than teeth
Flag Patrol = The waving person on the side of the road right next too the scene that no one could miss.
Doing the fish = Patient active seizing
ALOROTOM = seen on foreheads of un ruly psych patients

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Buggy = Ambulance
PHART = PreHospital Acronym Recognition Training
Done fell out = Passed out/Fainted

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CTD---Circling The Drain
full-time professional volunteer firefighter---no job, but hangin' at the hall 24/7

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DKT - Dead Kid Transport (Our polite acronym for morgue transports from our hospital)
ABC - Assess, Blame, Criticise.
RN - Registered Nusense
LPN - Licensed to Practice Nothing
CNA - Clean's Nurses ***es.
DFO - Done fell out.
JUnkie Method - Using a butterfly needle to administer an IV Med, such as Solu-Medrol or Benedryl.
Taxi - 911 Ambulance
Holy Spirit - Defibrilator in a Church.
Donorcycle - ATVs or Motorcycles without a helmeted rider.
Blue Canary - State Trooper
CHAOS - Chief has arrived on scene

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Ambuslap = The slap of the back of the ambulance seen in Hollywood.
LPN = Lets play nurse
Belt of Knowledge = Having more stuff on your belt and gadgets than having practical knowledge
Moses syndrome = When a patient magically wakes up and walks to the bus after administering D50 or Narcan
Sampsonite Syndrome = Patient called 911 and their bags are packed when you get there.
Ghetto/Trailer park Suitcase = The plastic Grocery bag that has all of the patients belongings.

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EMS: Ending Marriages Swiftly.

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ABC: Are you alive, do you have Blue Cross, Can you walk to the truck?

That's very local....

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Ben Merten said:
EMS: Ending Marriages Swiftly.
EMS (Ending Marriages Swiftly) via EMS (Extra-Marital Sex). I suppose that among paid services, you could simultaneously EMS (Earn Money Screwing).

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So you're saying Trauma is an accurate portrayl of ems then?

dr-exmedic said:
Ben Merten said:
EMS: Ending Marriages Swiftly.
EMS (Ending Marriages Swiftly) via EMS (Extra-Marital Sex). I suppose that among paid services, you could simultaneously EMS (Earn Money Screwing).

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Chance Gearheart said:
So you're saying Trauma is an accurate portrayl of ems then?
Of course not, we don't have nearly the % of good-looking people in our area. We do have lots of helicopters, though--just this morning (5:50am Sunday), we got a pt in from a hospital a 20 minute drive away.

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