neobart
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Found this little compilation. Found it quite amusing.
Hasselhoff - a patient presenting to accident and emergency with an injury with a bizarre explanation. (After the former Baywatch actor David Hasselhoff, who suffered a freak injury when he hit his head on a chandelier while shaving. The broken glass severed four tendons as well as an artery in his right arm, which required immediate surgery.)
Fonzie - A middle grade doctor seemingly unflappable in any medical emergency. Based on the character Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli from the American sitcom Happy Days.
Father Jack - The confused, usually elderly patient whose constant high pitched verbal ejaculation and attempts to get out of bed are responsible for insomnia on wards. (From a character in the [British] television series Father Ted, who would sit in the corner of a room shouting “Drink,” “Feck,” “Arse,” etc.
Jack Bauer - A doctor still up and working after 24 hours on the job - now something of a rarity but will be recognized by older clinicians.
Blamestorming - A session of mutual recrimination during which a multidisciplinary team attempts to apportion blame for some particularly egregious error.
404 moment - the point in a ward round when - despite all efforts to look through the notes or access electronic systems - a particular result cannot be located. (From the world wide web error message “404 document not found.”)
Hasselhoff - a patient presenting to accident and emergency with an injury with a bizarre explanation. (After the former Baywatch actor David Hasselhoff, who suffered a freak injury when he hit his head on a chandelier while shaving. The broken glass severed four tendons as well as an artery in his right arm, which required immediate surgery.)
Fonzie - A middle grade doctor seemingly unflappable in any medical emergency. Based on the character Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli from the American sitcom Happy Days.
Father Jack - The confused, usually elderly patient whose constant high pitched verbal ejaculation and attempts to get out of bed are responsible for insomnia on wards. (From a character in the [British] television series Father Ted, who would sit in the corner of a room shouting “Drink,” “Feck,” “Arse,” etc.
Jack Bauer - A doctor still up and working after 24 hours on the job - now something of a rarity but will be recognized by older clinicians.
Blamestorming - A session of mutual recrimination during which a multidisciplinary team attempts to apportion blame for some particularly egregious error.
404 moment - the point in a ward round when - despite all efforts to look through the notes or access electronic systems - a particular result cannot be located. (From the world wide web error message “404 document not found.”)
