Using correct terminology...

[arajca]

I received this little gem from my sister:

Fire-Rescue Memorandum - Office of the Fire Chief

To: All Riding Members
From: Chief of Operations
Subject: Proper Narrative Descriptions

It has come to our attention from several emergency
rooms that many EMS narratives have taken a
decidedly creative direction lately.

Effective immediately, all members are to refrain
from using slang and abbreviations to describe
patients, such as the following.

1. Cardiac patients should not be referred to with
MUH (messed up heart), PBS (pretty bad shape),
PCL (pre-code looking) or HIBGIA (had it before,
got it again).
2. Stroke patients are NOT "Charlie Carrots." Nor
are rescuers to use CCFCCP (Coo Coo for
Cocoa Puffs) to describe their mental state.
3. Trauma patients are not CATS (cut all to [mess]),
FDGB (fall down, go boom), TBC (total body crunch)
or "hamburger helper." Similarly, descriptions of a
car crash do not have to include phrases like
"negative vehicle to vehicle interface" or "terminal
deceleration syndrome."
4. HAZMAT teams are highly trained professionals,
not "glow worms."
5. Persons with altered mental states as a result of
drug use are not considered "pharmaceutically gifted."
6. Gunshot wounds to the head are not "trans-occipital
implants."
7. The homeless are not "urban outdoorsmen", nor is
endotracheal intubation referred to as a "PVC
Challenge".
8. And finally, do not refer to recently deceased persons
as being "paws up," "ART" (assuming room temperature),
"CC" (Cancel Christmas), "CTD" (circling the drain),
or "NLPR" (no long playing records).

[SarDragon]

Andy, you owe me a keyboard. I'll pick it up when I fly through Denver in August.   

[arajca]

is an AT ok?

[SarDragon]

is an AT ok?

Sure, I'll stick it on my Linux box.

[NIN]

I got thru the first couple bits of that w/o significant trauma to my sinuses due to hot coffee ingestion and wisely elected to put down my cup of joe for the rest...