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Frequent flier
A repeat customer to the ER, often a patient with chronic medical problems who can’t afford to go anywhere else.
Image Credits: Illustration: Lauren McGill
Code brown
A bed full of excrement. “Got a Code Brown in 214.”
Image Credits: Illustration: Lauren McGill
Crump
To go downhill quickly or die. “The patient in 3 crumped last night.”
Image Credits: Illustration: Lauren McGill
GOMER
Short for “Get Out of My Emergency Room” (a patient you dread).
Image Credits: Illustration: Lauren McGill
D&D
“Divorced & Desperate”—a middle-age female who visits doctor weekly for male attention.
Image Credits: Illustration: Lauren McGill
HONDA
“Hypertensive Obese Noncompliant Diabetic Adult.”
Image Credits: Illustration: Lauren McGill
LOLINAD
“Little Old Lady In No Apparent Distress.”
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