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Banana bags:
IVs fluid enriched with vitamins, thiamine, and dextrose which is given to those who have been drinking

BAT:
Blunt abdominal trauma

Blue bloater:
Person with COPD who has difficulty breathing

Bought the farm:
Slang for died

Code Brown:
A bed full of excrement

DFO'd:
Fainted (done fell out)

DNR:
Do not resuscitate

Donor cycles:
Dangerous motorcycle riders result in organ donations

ETU:
Eternal care unit; morgue

GSW:
Gunshot wound

M&Ms:
Morbidity and mortality conferences; doctors gather to discuss patient care or deaths where error may have occurred

Scut work:
Busy work; filling out lab reports

SOB:
Shortness of breath

WNL:
Within normal limits

Classification: Scripted
Genre: Drama | Medical
Status: Canceled/Ended
Network: NBC (

USA)
Airs: Thursdays at 10:00 pm
Runtime: 60 Minutes
Premiere: September 19, 1994
Ended: April 02, 2009