Every trade and profession has is own slang – expressions known to insiders, not outsiders.
And this is true of the medical profession.
An article in the British Medical Journal by Dr Paul Keeley revealed some of the slang used in British hospitals (behind the patient’s back).
For instance, when a patient loses control of the bowels, the medicos will say “We have a CODE BROWN in ward three.”
In the emergency department, of course, they see all sorts.
There are those, for instance, classified as a UBI– an (Unexplained Beer Injury).
When the specialist walks passed your bed and sees tubes going in and out of you all of the place he might use the expression RULE OF FIVE – if there are tubes in five or more of your orifices then your chances of survival are zero.
And pity the poor accident victim who is (unofficially) labelled as GPO – Good For Parts Only.
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