...here are the acronyms you shouldn't use on your PCR's: (Patient Care Report) AAA Armed agiated asshole ADB c/ NAD - Acute Dirt Bag with No Acute Distress AMFYOYO Adios Mother F***er your on your own ATLA Abbrievated TLA for two letters. BESSG Blonde emergency services sexual groupie BOHICA Bend Over Here It Comes Again ;) BSAD Blue-shirt ambulance driver. BTFOM Beats The F* Outta Me BTHFOM Beats The Hairy F* Outta Me BTW Balls To the Wall BWS Beached Whale Syndrome CBPUT Certified bed pan/urinal tech CF Cluster F*ck CCFCCP Coo Coo For CoaCoa Puffs CHAOS Chief has Arrived on the scene CPR Come Put-em-ta Rest CRAFT Can't Remember A F___ing Thing CRI Cephalic-rectal inversion; CRS Can't remember shit CSCC c-spine clearing canines CTD Circling The Drain (see: Close To Death) CYA Cover your ass DFDCGU Done fell down, can't get up DFO Done Fell Out (or Over) DFO-SFJ Done Fell Out Screaming For Jeezus DFU Done F**ked Up DICCOMNAVAB Dictionary of Common Naval Abreviations (US Navy) DILLIGAS - Do I Look Like I Give A Sh*t DIN Dispatcher Is (going) Nuts - too many alarms DIRTBAG Dirty Indigent Requesting Transport Because Alchohol Gives him seizures DND Damn near dead DOASTW Dead On Arrival, and Stayed That Way DRT Dead right there DRTTTT Dead Right There, There, There, and There (used after pedestrian/train altercations) DSA Dying Spoata Act (Usually accomp. with tachyLORDYa) DVR Darth Vader Respirations DWO Driving While Oriental DWPA died w/ paramedic assistance DYRTIGAF - Do You Really Think I Give A (hmmm...) EKGFLB EKGs funny little bumps EMS earn money sleeping EMS (urban/ challenged management definition) - Every Minute Sucks EMT early morning transporter EMT Extra-ordinary Masochistic Tendancies EMT-NP EMT Nasal Plumber ETLA Extended Three Letter Acronym - any acronym with more than three letters FD fu**ing drunk FDGB Fall Down... Go Boom FF Frequent flyer FUI F**ked up individual FIBD Found In Bed Dead FLA Four or Five Letter Acronym FLB funny little beats FNG frigging new guy FORD Found On Road Dead FUBAR Fouled/Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition/Redemption GDA gonna die anyway GOMA Get out of My Ambulance GOMER Get Out of My Emergency Room GPH Goddamns Per Hour GSH Giant Sweat Hog GTO granny tipped over H&H Haney haul [an episode of "Green Acres" had Mr. Douglas > and his wife meeting Mr. Haney in the parking lot of the Hooterville > hospital. He said he was there for his "free" operation, having had > his tonsils removed last week and was getting his appendix removed > that day. He said he was a big fan of that new Medicaid!] HBD (or SBD) (S)he Be Dead HIF Hysterical Italian Family (Can be interchangable) HMFIC Head Mother Fucker in Charge HUA - Head Up Ass IBM Incredible Barfing Man IDM it don't matter IJADAD I'm Just A Dumb Ambulance Driver (Used in court after a bad call, "I was driving, I didn't even touch the pt) IUD (no, wait... wrong subject. oops!) JAFO Just Another Freaking Observer JFA Jive Funk Attack or Just F**king Around JMOS - J*rk Me Off Slowly (used mostly with politicians and during ceremonies, promotions and contract negotiations) LASGLH Lights and sirens, go like hell LOL Little old Lady LOL FOF NAD Little old lady, found on floor, in no acute distress. LOLINAD little old lady in no apparent distress LT Lifetime trainee MAGGOT Medically Able, Go get Other Transportation MDFO Multiple Done Fell Out MFFLB multifocal funny little beats (see FLB) MICN May I interupt (your) Call Now MMMMW My Mother Made Me a Wimp MTF Metabolize To Freedom NARS Not a rocket scientist [this one is actually from New Mexico]; NKDA Not Known, Didn't Ask Noddy affectionate term for security guards (big ears, silly hats!) (UK) OWO On the way out. NTID Non Traumatic Injury, Dumbass! PD Pretty Drunk PGBFH ParaGoddess B*tch From Hell (do not assume a PGBFH is female) PIA Pain In the ass PID Paramedic Induced Death PIM patient is mangled PITA Pain In The ass PST Positive Samsonite Tendencies, as in the pt. greets you at the door with suitcase in hand PUHA Pick up Haul ASS! PVL Patient Very Large ROLE Recognition of Life Extinct SC S**t call S2D2 See SSDD SCENE Severe Coronary Event, Not Ending SHPOS Sub-Human Piece of S--- SID Spoata In Distress (Spoata's are those that think abusing EMS is their God given right! - "You Spoata take take me to da hospitil") SLUT Specialized Lighting and Utility Truck - This was actually lettered on a NYC*EMS vehicle that carried a generator and lights. SNAFU Situation Normal, All Fouled/Fucked Up SOCMOB Standing On the Corner, Minding my Own Business SOI Shit On It SOL Shit Outta Luck SOS,DD Same Old Shit, Different Day Squirrel a zealous firefighter SSDD same shit different day SWAG Scientific Wild Ass Guess TA Two letter Acronym TF BUNDY Totally F**ked, But Unfortunately Not Dead Yet TLA Two or Three Letter Acronym TMB too many birthdays TRO Time Ran Out. UY Up yours [most people stand there thinking, "University of where?"] WNL We Never Looked! WWW Wimpy Wimpy Wimpy