Do anyone know what they mean in programmes like csi and casualty and holby city, we hear them say to give them so and so, or do a thing and thing,
You know things from them programmes
Serious answers please
Thanks
2007-04-13 17:07:04 · 10 answers · asked by weblinx 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
I am putting a website together and trying to learn the jargon that they use on these programmes
2007-04-13 18:03:19 · update #1
It's okay, I know what you mean. It's all those medical abbreviations, anatomical terms and procedures, right?
Here's a few to start you off:
DOA - dead on arrival
Jane/John Doe - a dead person whose identity is not known
DNA - deoxyribose nucleic acid/Did not attend/Do not rescuscitate
Tachycardic - heart rate is very high (us. > 100)
Cardiac arrest - the heart has stopped
Adrenaline - can be used in emergencies to getting the heart beating efficiently
A clinician once said that medical students learn about 10,000 new terms by the time they finish medical school!
2007-04-15 23:22:00 · answer #1 · answered by Hippocratic Oath 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't always understand all the scientific jargon as I ain't a doctor, forensic scientist etc, if they were making some of it up I wouldn't realise, apparently most of the stuff that goes on in programmes like CSI(the technical aspect) is aload of rubbish anyway, its jazzed up to make the programme more exciting, I watch ER and i've picked up some of the scientific terms and have certain words going round my head, but I don't know what they mean, I kind of manage to follow the show though despite this, I somehow just figure out whats going on!
2007-04-13 21:22:29 · answer #2 · answered by Rainbowz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mostly, but we might not always know what a particular drug is for in a medical programme but with the likes of CSI and NCIS you get to learn the jargon if you are a fan and watch it on a regular basis. If you were to put some terminology you don't understand in your question we may be able to help you. No offence but if you do not understand what they are saying should you be putting a web site together, how would you know if any answers you received were correct.
2007-04-13 19:57:12 · answer #3 · answered by Patsyanne 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its amazing but when you see Holby City and Casualty week in week out (I'm a devoted fan, but i don't watch CSI) and a new patient comes in you actually start to diagnose it, i.e. fluid on the lungs; treatment - chest drain, blow to the head usually results in or at least at risk from hemorrhage; severe abdominal pain after trauma to the abdomen - ruptured spleen. I even know what joules to charge Heart Panels to - "charging 360".
2016-04-01 00:59:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no difficulty understanding what's going on in CSI; I'm not quite sure what YOUR question is all about, to be honest. CSI uses perfectly good English, and ordinary scientific, police, and forensics terms. I'm not sure what else there is to understand, except the plot, and those are usually pretty straight-forward by the time the hour is over.
2007-04-13 17:15:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i no most of CSI but that is because of the course at uni i do, my boyfriend doesn't haven't a clue some of the stuff, as for casualty u tend to pick it up after a bit
2007-04-13 20:26:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps you mean when a doctor says, "Let's get a line in him/her" ?? Or perhaps, "Take him to ITU" ?? Without any examples of what you are referring to, it is difficult to give you any help or advice...
2007-04-14 11:07:29 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well yeah i hear them saying to give them so and so and do a thing and thing. meaning you give them this or that and do this or that.
2007-04-13 17:14:10 · answer #8 · answered by mom_princess77 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-04-14 21:49:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what!!
2007-04-13 17:38:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋