| Abbreviations | Meaning |
 | FOS | Found On Street: Unidentified Dead Homeless Person |
| GOA | Gone On Arrival (police Turn Up, Ambulance Turns Up, Fire Brigade Turns Up, Patient Doesn't) |
| FUBAR | F*cked Up Beyond All Repair / Recognition |
| 3H | Enema That Is "high, Hot, And A Hell Of A Lot." Reputedly Given To Patients Who Give Staff A Hard Time. |
| GORK | God Only Really Knows |
| NFR | Not For Resuscitation; Used On Elderly Patients' Charts Where The DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) Instruction Is Without The Knowledge Of The Patient Themselves Or Their Family |
| ERNOBW | Engine Running, No One Behind The Wheel (questionable IQ) |
| ADR | Ain't Doing Right |
| GSP | Gown Sign Positive - A Patient Who Leaves (self-discharge) Without Official Discharge Orders |
| ESBAM | Eat Shit And Bark At The Moon (or "not Bloody Likely" In UK English) |
| BBLS | Belly-button Lint Sign - Male, Middle-aged, Overweight And Hairy (an Umbilicus That Looks Like The Lint (fluff) Trap In A Tumble Dryer Is Most Common In Overweight, Hairy, Older Men). Known As Belly-Button Fluff Sign In The UK. |
| DIDR | Dose Of I Don't Remember - Pain-killing Meds That Leave Patient Without Memory Of Painful Procedure |
| EMT | Extraordinary Masochistic Tendencies (joke At Expense Of Emergency Medical Technicians) |
| ART | Approaching Room Temperature (dead) |
| LMC | Low Marble Count (low IQ) |
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