Medical Acronyms
ART - Assuming Room Temperature (recently deceased).
Acute Lead Poisoning - Gunshot wound
Acute Pneumoencephalopathy - airhead
Adminisphere - where hospital managers work, reckoned to be "another planet"
AGA - Acute Gravity Attack (fell over)
Aggressive Euthanasia - A procedure that obnoxious patients would benefit from.
AHF - Acute Hissy Fit
Banana - patient with jaundice
BWCO - Baby Won't Come Out (needs Caesarian)
CBT - Chronic Burger/Biscuit Toxicity (obesity)
CCFCCP - Coo-coo for Co-Co Puffs (dementia or similar)
DIFFC - Dropped In For Friendly Chat (i.e. no medical problem)
GOK - God Only Knows
Gorillacillin - very powerful antibiotic
GOK - God Only Knows.
GFPO - Good For Parts Only.
GLM - Good Looking Mum.
Happy Little Campers - children in oxygen tents
HMF - Hysterical Mother Figure
Parentectomy - removing parents as an effective cure for a child's problems
Rheumaholiday - rheumatology (considered by hard-pressed juniors to be a less busy dept)
T&T Sign - Tattoo-to-Teeth Sign: survival indicator; those who are tattooed and toothless will survive major injuries
TOBP - Tired of Being Pregnant (especially patient demanding caesarian)
VAC - Vultures are Circling (dying)
YAVIS - Young, attractive, verbal, intelligent, successful.
YOYO - You're on your own (message passed from one doctor to another regarding problem/mystifying cases)
Vet Acronyms
BDLDLDL-big dog, little dog, little dog lost (usually Chihuahuas that try to fight a German Shepherd)
CSTO - Cat Smarter Than Owner
DIC - dead in cage or death is coming (technically, it means Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation, which is just as lethal)
DSTO - Dog Smarter Than Owner
PU - paws up (dead)
ROBO – run over by owner
