In the call room, we have a list of all of the patients by room number and their diagnoses. I get in this morning and here's what I see:
1104 Fainted after macerating
"What?"
"What do you mean?"
"This guy fainted after doing what exactly?"
"Read the board."
"Yeah, I know. Macerating is when you put sugar on strawberries and they get soft. I assume that's not what he was doing."
"No, read the board. He was, I don't know, touching himself."
"Yeah, that's not the right word."
"Whatever, you know what I mean."
Sunday, May 30, 2010
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You'd think people who work in a medical setting would know the proper terms for these things....
ReplyDeleteI don't like that word for it, it sounds too painful.
ReplyDeleteAlso, great blog! This is my first post, but I've been reading for a while.
That's hysterical! Thanks
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