ER Doc in training

I watch ER twice a day, three times a day on Thursdays. TNT airs reruns of ER twice a day at 10 AM and 11 AM. This is what watching every episode of ER for the past 12 years has taught me:

• GSW - gun shot wound
• MVA - motor vehicle accident
• DNR - do not resuscitate
• AMA - against medical advice
• You give compazine when a patient is nauseous
• CT scan and CAT scan are the same things
• PE - pulmonary embolism (blood clot in the lungs, this is what Lucy died of)
• MI - myocardial infarction (heart attack)
• Central Line - an IV that goes to one of the major veins close to the heart, usually given (in "ER") when they can't get an IV into the arm; I think only Doctors can put in a central line
• Basic tests to order are a CBC, Chem7, lytes and pulse ox
• If a patient is not breathing well on their own, they'll need to be intubated (but they'll need to be unconscious first)
• Exlap - exploratory laparotomy surgery, usually performed when they don't know exactly what is wrong and they "explore" via surgery to find out
• And ER's never had a hotter doctor than Doug Ross (But Grey's Anatomy Dr. McDreamy is a nice substitution