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EMS MEMO:
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It has come to our attention from several Police
and Fire Dept reports, that narratives have taken a decidedly
creative
direction lately. Effective immediately, all members are to
refrain
from using slang and abbreviations to describe victims,
patients and or
suspects as the following:
1. 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).
2. Stroke patients are NOT "Charlie Carrots." Nor are rescuers
to use
CCFCCP
(Coo Coo for Cocoa Puffs) to describe their
mental state.
3. Trauma patients are not CATS (cut all to shreds), FDGB (
fall down,
go boom), TBC (total body crunch) or "hamburger helper."
Similarly,
descriptions of a car crash do not have to include phrases like
"negative vehicle to vehicle interface" or "terminal
deceleration
syndrome."
4. HAZMAT teams are highly trained professionals, not "glow
worms."
5. Persons with altered mental states as a result of drug use
is not
considered "pharmaceutically gifted."
6. Gunshot wounds to the head are not "trans-occipital
implants."
7. The homeless are not "urban outdoors people" or
"residentially
challenged" nor is endotracheal intubation referred to as a
"PVC
challenge."
8. And finally, do not refer to a recently deceased persons as
being
"paws up," ART (assuming room temperatures), DRT (dead right
there), CC
(cancel Christmas), CTD (circling the drain), or NLPR (no
longer
playing
records).
I know you will join me in respecting the cultural diversity of
our
community, to include their medical orientations in creating
proper
narratives and log entries.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
Again please see the humor in all of those.I realy hope you enjoyed!!