Go to pretty much any Emergency Department, and you will see some version of “The Board.”
Usually a big whiteboard, often a swanky electronic display, The Board usually lists the patients and their respective rooms (usually initials only, to protect confidentiality), the doctor and nurse assigned to that patient, and status updates on their current condition, such as “awaiting CT results” or “admit to ICU Bed 16″ or some such.
Last night, one of our Emergency Departments had the following status update posted for no less than four patients:
Heh. “Metabolize to freedom.”
That’s a nice medical euphemism for it!
I wonder what would happen in my ED if I wrote that while working
Hahaha. Something I wish they did more of somewhere else.
Hahaha. Something I wish they did more of somewhere else.
I can see that getting a lot more usage…
Just checking, does that mean let the alcohol wear off to an acceptable level and let the patient go?
Just checking, does that mean let the alcohol wear off to an acceptable level and let the patient go?
Slightly, that's exactly what it means.
Slightly, glad you asked. I was about to show my ignorance of a medical in-joke. But now I get it.
Slightly, glad you asked. I was about to show my ignorance of a medical in-joke. But now I get it.
Slightly, glad you asked. I was about to show my ignorance of a medical in-joke. But now I get it.