On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:02:20 +0000, Rumble
wrote:

The Medway Handyman wrote:
robgraham wrote:
Could professional and knowledgeable contributors please be aware that
they are confusing us in the real world with the usage of their
collections of TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms). These are fine in the
work place, but are useless and irritating elsewhere.


Think yourself lucky you don;t work for LAS (London Ambulance Service). It
runs entirely on TLA's.

My daughter often says things like;

"I had to back up an EMT in an FRU who was attending a 53YOM with DIB and a
GCS of 11".

On new years eve she was clinical lead in a FIT with a RVP in Leicester
Square.


(Free fridge magnet to the first person to translate either of the above!).

TMH

EMT - Emergency Medical Technician
FRU - Fast Response Unit
53YOM - 53 Year Old Male
DIB - Difficulty in Breathing
GCS - Glasgow Coma Scale/Score

FIT - Forward Intelligence Team
RVP - Rendezvous Point

Had to look up GCS - a score of 11 is worrying though...

Damn, Owain beat me by 9 minutes!

Of course, few of those ARE acronyms, which are supposed to be
pronounceable words...

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Frank Erskine