please help the new girl

[bethea]

[/font:c7dc5f76ea] I seen an abbreviation on this site I have never seen before . Can someone tell me if I am right in thinking that DIB= Difficulty in Breathing ? I know SOB = Shortness in Breath but not sure about DIB...Thanks

[mrmeaner]

Yeah, I'd go with that. There are a lot of acronyms that get used in different areas. I would take it as a lesson to not use acronyms unless they are widely accepted and common. :wink:

[strippel]

I have never used DIB ever, nor heard it used. It is definitely not on our approved abbreviations list.

My guess is the same as yours.

Since you are the "new girl", do you know what these abbreviations are?

FNG

DFO

[island emt]

Found pt DIB Dead in bed!!!???

[bethea]

[/font:6be192bdbc] lmbo island i think that could work

[bethea]

[/font:a2b5b40bdb] Strippel, as the " new girl ", I can say I don't know what those abbreviations are and get away with it right ? lol

[AnthonyM83]

Difficulty in Bed? A lot of guys have that problem...and nothing much EMS can do for them...

But yeah, I've always assumed it was Difficulty Breathing...

[bethea]

Strippel can you tell me what DFO and FNG mean please. Thanks

[brentoli]

Haha

FNG

[strippel]

I will gladly tell you, since you are the "new girl'.

It is an EMS term of endearment. It's kinda like noobie or probie, except not politically correct.

FNG = F-ing New Girl (or guy).

As far as DFO, if you work in a system that has any urban area, you will hear that term. If you find a person on the ground, either semi-responsive, unresponsive, or dead, the bystander will state, "I don't know what happened, he just done fell out". The bystander is usually the patient's best friend for many years, but only knows the nick name, and the patient's favorite brand of smokes and booze.