Definition:

Used as an emergency hospital code it denotes a fire in the hospital/healthcare facility. Used system-wide at Kaiser Permanente.

Usage:

Paging Dr. Pyro on 3. (Fire on third floor)

Synonyms:

Fire

Created Jul 11, 2009

Definition:

Circumflex. It is the left main coronary artery. The circ travels in the left atrio-ventricular groove which separates the left atrium from the left ventricle.

Usage:

The circ was 10 mm in proximal diameter and then sharply widened to 17-19 mm.

Synonyms:

LCX, Cx, circumflex artery, left circumflex artery, circumflex branch of the left coronary artery

Created Aug 29, 2009

Definition:

A patient on mechanical ventilation to assist his or her breathing is said to be vented. The inability to breathe may be caused by intoxication, neurological disease/head trauma, circulatory arrest, paralysis of the breathing muscles caused by a spinal cord injury, or the result of anesthetic or muscle relaxant drugs.

Usage:

All six of my patients tonight are vented.

Created Sep 14, 2009

Definition:

Infectious disease doctor.

Usage:

When the ID doc came around, he said she was fine.

Created May 19, 2010

Definition:

Syphilitic, hypochondriac, alcoholic degenerate.

Usage:

The SHAD ripped out his foley and cruised the hallway asking strangers for some RC Cola and Mike and Ikes. He though he was at an AMC.

Created May 25, 2010