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Banana bags:
IVs fluid enriched with vitamins, thiamine, and dextrose which is given to those who have been drinking
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BAT:
Blunt abdominal trauma
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Blue bloater:
Person with COPD who has difficulty breathing
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Bought the farm:
Slang for died
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Code Brown:
A bed full of excrement
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DFO'd:
Fainted (done fell out)
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DNR:
Do not resuscitate
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Donor cycles:
Dangerous motorcycle riders result in organ donations
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ETU:
Eternal care unit; morgue
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GSW:
Gunshot wound
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M&Ms:
Morbidity and mortality conferences; doctors gather to discuss patient care or deaths where error may have occurred
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Scut work:
Busy work; filling out lab reports
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SOB:
Shortness of breath
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WNL:
Within normal limits
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