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Medical Slang Abbreviations

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NGMI — Not Going To Make It
3H — Enema That Is "high, Hot, And A Hell Of A Lot." Reputedly Given To Patients Who Give Staff A Hard Time.
4F — Fair, Fat, Female And Forty OR Fat, Forty-ish, Flatulent Female (both Mean Abdominal Pain Patient Who Is Candidate For Gall Bladder Disease)
FHHS — (US) Female Hispanic Hysterical Syndrome (screaming And Crying)
CABG — Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
CRI — Cranial Rectal Inversion :-)
TARFU — Things Are Really Fucked Up. A Situation Worse Than SNAFU, But Not Quite FUBAR.
ES — Eiffel Syndrome - From "I Fell On It" Excuse By Patient With A Foreign Object In The Rectum
TBC — Total Body Crunch: Multiple Injuries
MAFAT — Mandatory Anasthaesia Fuck Around Time, Precedes Any Incision
PPP — Piss Poor Protoplasm
FINE — Fucked Up , Insecure, Neurotic & Emotional
LOL — Little Old Lady
TBD — Total Body Dolor I.e. Complains Of Pain Everywhere
FUPA — Fat Upper Pussy Area
WADHAO — Weak And Dizzy And Hurt All Over
FFFF — See 4F (Fat, Fair, Female, Forty = Gall Bladder Disease)
GOA — Gone On Arrival (police Turn Up, Ambulance Turns Up, Fire Brigade Turns Up, Patient Doesn't)
YOYO — You're On Your Own
WOMBAT — Waste Of Money, Brains And Time. Another great acronym from down-under. Ideal for project management commentaries, certain corporate re-branding schemes, the latest government training initiative, etc. (Ack D Martin) The WOMBAT acronym is alternatively in
HAIRY PSALMS — Haven't Any Idea Regarding Your Patient, Send A Lot More Serum
ISQ — In Status Quo
FOOBA — Found On Ortho Barely Alive (a Play On FUBAR - Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition)
NKDA — No Known Durg Allergies
GLF — Ground Level Fall (tripped Over)
HIVI — Husband Is Village Idiot
PIA — Pain In The Ass
SAS — Sick As Shit
TDS — Terminal Deceleration Syndrome (e.g. RTA Death, High-rise Syndrome, Jump-suicides And Parachute-failed-to-open)
VOMIT — Victim Of Modern Imaging Technology (i.e. Try Treating The Patient, Not The Report From Radiology; Particularly Referring To Invasive Procedures For False Positives.
BTH — Bury the Hatchet
DFO — (US) Done Fell Out (anything From Fainting To Cardiac Arrest)
PORG — Person of Restricted Growth
MTF — Metabolize To Freedom (i.e. Let The Person Sober Up, And Then They Can Leave)
ECU — Eternal Care Unit
DOTS — Dead On The Spot
DILLIGAF — Do I Look Like I Give A Fuck? (Internet Shorthand)
FMPS — Fluff My Pillow Syndrome (attention/sympathy Seeker)
SWAG — Scientific Wild Ass Guess
LMC — Low Marble Count (low IQ)
DQ — Drama Queen
HBD — Has Been Drinking
POPTA — Passed Out Prior to Arrival
UBI — Unexplained Beer Injury
FORD — Found On Road Dead
PID — Pus In Dere
TF BUNDY — Totally Fucked, But Unfortunately Not Dead Yet
FUBIL — Fuck You Buddy, I'm Leaving. The Act Of A Doctor At A Small Hospital Dumping A Critically Ill Patient On Larger Hospital On Friday Afternoon Before He Leaves For The Weekend.
45C — Patient Is One Chromosome Short Of A Full Set (questionable IQ)
B-52 — Combined 5mg Of Haldol IV 2mg Of Ativan IV