Tuesday, February 20, 2024

We had our own nomenclature and descriptions of patients...

 


4 comments:

Rick T said...

They forgot DRT (Dead Right There) and all of the House of God terms.

Peteforester said...

It was "tits-up" or "shit the bed" in the military.

Vomiting was called a Technicolor Yawn.

Then there were the lonely old folks who would call 911 for a ride to the ER just for social interaction. My mom was an ER nurse. The ER nurses called those people GOMER's... Get Outa My Emergency Room..."

"Hamburger Helper...." I'm STILL LAUGHING!!!

Drake's Place said...

Road pizza. LMAO!

Mark@Bismarck said...

Now that's some funny stuff!

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