| Abbreviations | Meaning |
 | GOMER | Get Out Of My Emergency Room; Extended To Mean Elderly Patient Who Is Unable To Communicate Their Symptoms And Passed From One Department To Another |
| CRI | Cranial-Rectal Insertion Or Cranial-Rectal Inversion (head-up-ass Syndrome) |
| ALP240 | Acute Lead Poisoning, 240 Grain Injection 44 Calibre Magnum Wound |
| JDFR | Just Doesn't Feel Right - Most Common Complaint Of LOL's (Little Old Ladies) And SOG's (Sick Old Guys) |
| SWI | Something Wrong Inside |
| OTD&DDR | Out The Door And Down The Road. |
| THC | Three Hots And A Cot; Sought In A&E By The Local Homeless |
| PBABLTO | Pine Box At Bedside, Leave Top Off |
| LWS | (US) Low Wallet Syndrome (No Medical Insurance Or Money) |
| GROLIES | (UK) Guardian Reader Of Low Intellect In Ethnic Skirt |
| LOFD | Looks Okay From Door |
| AQP | Assuming The Q Position: Deteriorating Or Dying With Tongue Hanging Out |
| IFOI | "I Fell On It" - (also Eiffel Syndrome) Universal Explanation Given By A Patient With A Foreign Object In The Rectum |
| FOOBA | Found On Ortho Barely Alive (a Play On FUBAR - F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition) |
| CTS | Cold-tea Sign / Cold Tea Syndrome - Refers To The Several Cups Of Cold Tea On The Bedside Cabinet Beside A Dead Geriatric (i.e. No-one Noticed The Patient Had Died) |
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