slang starting with 'b'

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B-52

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5 mg Haldol and 2 mg Ativan. Usually given to severely agitated patients and given I.M.
Usage:
We'll give the patient a B-52, which should change him from Robin Williams to the Ask Jeeves guy.

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baby catcher

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An obstetrician. A doctor who delivers babies.
Usage:
Have you met Dr. Roberts? He's the baby catcher on the floor with the Tom Selleck moustache. Hey, I wonder if he's ever seen Three Men and a Baby?!

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babygram

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An X-ray of a newborn.
Usage:
We'll need a babygram to rule out pneumonia.

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baci

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Bacitracin. An antibiotic used in wound irrigation operatively. Pronounced bass-e (bass like the fish).
Usage:
Tech to relief tech: "This has baci in it."

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bag and tag

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What happens to the patient after they die. You stick a tag on their big toe and the zipper of the bag, and then stick them in a big thick plastic bag to be taken to the morgue.
Usage:
The patient's bagged and tagged and ready for the morgue.

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bagging

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The process of using a bag valve mask to provide positive pressure ventilation to a patient who breathing inadequately or not breathing at all.
Usage:
He was laying in bed watching "Dancing with the Stars" one moment and the next moment we were bagging him. Is Tucker Carlson really that bad?!

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banana bag

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The IV fluid given to patients who abuse alcohol that contains multivitamins. The name comes from its yellow color.
Usage:
It appears Johnny had too much fun at his Oscar pre-party. Give him a banana bag first and then break the news about the snubbing of Mickey Rourke.

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Band-Aid hospital

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A popular term for a health care facility which provides for minimal care of significance.
Usage:
I was hoping to get a job a Level-I trauma center, not at a Band-Aid hospital. I guess that you don't always get what you want. I learned that from the Rolling Stones.

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basement admission

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An admission that'll almost certainly end up in the morgue, which is in the basement of most hospitals.
Usage:
It's been a pretty tame night other then the basement admission we got an hour ago.

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BBCS

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Definition:
Bumps, Bruises, Cuts and Scrapes. Used in charting, it's a way to describe the condition of an patient with no serious injuries.
Usage:
12 y/o male, BBCS …

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beans

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Slang for kidneys.
Usage:
Those meds are going to fry his beans.

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bed-blocker

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A patient who cannot or will not be moved to another medical facility, either due to a shortage of beds or because of the patient’s refusal.
Usage:
We have four or five bed-blockers on the unit tonight.

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BIBA

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Definition:
Brought in by ambulace. (Used when charting.)
Usage:
55yo WM ... BIBA ...

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bili

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Definition:
Bilirubin. Bilirubin is the yellow breakdown product of normal heme catabolism. Bilirubin is excreted in bile, and its levels are elevated in certain diseases. It is responsible for the yellow color of bruises and the yellow discoloration in jaundice.
Usage:
The patients severe hepatitis is the likely cause of the increased bili. Boy, there are no shortage of sexual cautionary tales on the floor tonight.

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black vomit

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Definition:
Vomit from old black blood due to ulcers or yellow fever.
Usage:
I saw the black vomit and I knew she was in trouble.

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blamestorming

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The process of casting blame after an egregious medical oversight.
Usage:
They removed the wrong kidney. Let the blamestorming begin.

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bleed

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Definition:
Common verbiage for a hemorrhage.
Usage:
Let's control the bleed.

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blood suckers

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People who take labratory samples from the patients. Involved getting their blood drawn.
Usage:
A patient asks his nurse, "Are the blood suckers going to come for me tonight?"

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BLS

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Basic life support. (BLS) is a level of medical care which is used for patients with life-threatening illness or injury until the patient can be given full medical care. It's a certification every nurses needs to perform CPR.
Usage:
An applicant says in his job interview: "I may not be BLS certified, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night ... any points for comedy?

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boa constrictor

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A tourniquet. A constricting or compressing device used to control venous and arterial circulation to an extremity for a period of time.
Usage:
Drop the boa constrictor, we're closing.
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