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 |