VentMedic Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 DIB is also a common ED/hospital abbreviation for Disability Insurance Beneficiary when we are not using it as Dead in Bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief1C Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 DOE also can be mistaken for Department of Education and Department of Energy... Yeah, because that totally makes sense. Patient presents with Chest Pain and Dept. of Education. Sarcasm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VentMedic Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Yeah, because that totally makes sense. Patient presents with Chest Pain and Dept. of Education. Sarcasm. That could be related. I would probably have CP daily if I was an elementary or high school teacher under some of the conditions I hear about. It's bad enough in a classroom of EMT or Paramedic students. If I was a high school teacher in a classroom today, Nitroglycerin would not be my drug of choice to ease the pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief1C Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 If I was a high school teacher in a classroom today, Nitroglycerin would not be my drug of choice to ease the pain. Suicide by nitro? I wonder how that would go? Tempting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mateo_1387 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 That could be related. I would probably have CP daily if I was an elementary or high school teacher under some of the conditions I hear about. It's bad enough in a classroom of EMT or Paramedic students. If I was a high school teacher in a classroom today, Nitroglycerin would not be my drug of choice to ease the pain. I love it when your sense of humor shows ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedygodzilla Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 I think I only use two or three in my way of doing things, and they're just simple things that save space.. C/A/O, S/M/C and S/N/T. Everything else, I write out to avoid confusion. However, somewhere in our protocols (PA) there is a list of approved acronyms. I'm not a fan of them myself, but in training people, they do tend to pave the way to doing things in a proper rhythm. I figured out C/A/O as conscious alert and orientated but what is S/M/C and S/N/T? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard B the EMT Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Under the current mayor of NYC, the Board of Education became the Department of Education. I am, all these years later, still having trouble hearing that my girlfriend, Lady J, works for the DOE, and think, momentarily, I am hearing Department Of Energy, which we both laugh about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief1C Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I figured out C/A/O as conscious alert and orientated but what is S/M/C and S/N/T? Sensation/Motor(function)/Circulation and Soft/Non/Tender As in.. S/M/C Present; and Abdomen S/N/T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedygodzilla Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Sensation/Motor(function)/Circulation and Soft/Non/Tender As in.. S/M/C Present; and Abdomen S/N/T. Oh I use CMS and PMS and just write out soft nontender. lol So many shortcuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Star Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 (edited) The ones I use the most are: CAOx_ (Concious, Alert/Oriented times 1-4) NL (Non Labored) PERRL (Pupils Equal, Round/Reactive to Light) Everything else I tend to write out using proper medical terminology. I do however, tend to use alot of the medical sybols when writing the narrative of the PCR.... One 'abbreviation'/acronym I REFUSE to EVER use is 'WNL'. Supposedly, it means "Within Normal Limits", but more often than not, it only stands for "We Never Looked"! *post edited to add content* Edited July 23, 2009 by Lone Star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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