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10th floor transfer

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Dying. The floor number used is always one number more than the highest floor in the hospital.
Usage:
Another 10th floor transfer.

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1st year

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Definition:
Residents right out of med school who don't know anything about clinically treating a patient.
Usage:
He's a first year, so please excuse the remark he just made to sound like someone important.

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250 case

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Refers to California's Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act, which was passed by the Legislature in 1975 and signed by then-Gov. Jerry Brown, caps the amount of damages for non-economic or "pain and suffering" at $250,000, but leaves unlimited the amount plaintiffs can seek for other damages such as medical costs and lost wages. It also doesn't restrict punitive damages, but such awards require proof of a conscious disregard for the safety of a patient and are difficult to obtain in medical claims.

For physicians and malpractice insurance companies, the law, often referred to as MICRA, has helped hold down insurance costs, prevent unreasonably high jury verdicts from sympathetic juries and kept doctors from fleeing the state.

Critics object to the fact the $250,000 cap hasn't been adjusted for inflation in 34 years. They also argue that because the law allows unlimited awards for economic losses, such as lost wages and ongoing medical costs, it discriminat
Usage:
The lawyers turned down our "250 case" against the negligent doctor because they said it did not make sense economically for them to pursue it.

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404 moment

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Definition:
Spoken when medical records cannot be located. Derives from HTTP 404 error "Not Found."
Usage:
We had a 404 moment--the resident was pissed! Thank god we found them.

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5150

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Definition:
a patient that needs to be restrained, referenced from california's 5150 law which allows a psych hospital to hold a psych patient for 3 days
Usage:
EMT: is this dude 5150?
Nurse: hell yes
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