MT is abbreviation for Montana

• You know you're an MT when.... - finish this sentence
  • . - LGT
  • MT when - kh
  • text/IM messages have to be deciphered and analyzed - nee
  • you ask all your friends to email you rather than call. nm - txmt
  • After years of typing, you can no longer read your own handwriting. nm - wmx
  • you get irritated because you can't spell check your handwritten letters - me
  • You teach your 3 y/o daughter abdominal anatomy on the chart in the doc's ofc while waiting...nm - Oh yeah
  • you proofread all business letters you receive in the mail and have fits over the errors! LOL (nm) - Sandi
  • you don't really listen to people because you figure you'll - rewind them and listen later.
    • I actually asked my MD the other day do dictate his corrections instead of handwriting them in. - Yes!
  • You go to other internet boards and think everyone - from Montana is a medical transcriptionist.
    • I don't get it. Are you from Montana or something? - MT
      • LOL. - No.
        • MT is abbreviation for Montana - LOL
  • You talk about medical bloopers at a party - and you're the only one laughing - nm
  • dropping everything you pick up... - when things go flying out of your hands...
  • You know you are a transcriptionist - your keyboard has no letters on it!
  • You charge your kids to proof read their homework. - nm
    • Per line (nm) - Who me?
  • You start a letter to Norman - Dear Normal:
  • you cnanot spell unless you are typing or faking it in the air - dls
    • OMG...yep! Air typing!!! it's like - air guitar
  • When a friend asks how you are today you reply "Oh, I'm feeling within normal limits." - RadGuy
    • Or after a boring weekend when working at a hospital someone asks "How was your weekend?" and - answer "Uhhh, atraumatic." actually did thi
    • In no acute distress (NM) - Who me?
      • Mood and affect are normal - rofl at these
  • You know you're an MT when - sienna
  • this has to be my favorite post ever...keep 'em coming! ROFL...(no message) - MTbuster
  • You know when your 7-year-old can spell (and locate) the pancreas. nm - I knew
  • When you play Balderdash and can fool everyone with your definitions. - LOL
  • When someone says the pie you served is "exquisite" and in my mind - tigger
  • PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS - Ask your friends if they can spell this!
    • I can't even spell that! LOL - Sheeeeesh
    • Yikes!!! - LOL
  • When somebody states they got 'novocaine' at the dentist and you know its an archaic term. - Miss Know-It-All
  • Your own physician tells you that you know too much. nm - mlstoo
  • You're typing a recipe to email someone and put... - mix together in a large bowel. nm
  • OMG...these are hilarious...I think it's safe to say we all have - medical transcriptionosis?
  • you never type don't or can't but only do not and cannot etc...lol - silly ol me
  • And how about, "My turbinates are boggy" - omt
  • My favorite, but I'm stealing this one from awhile ago - omt
    • On the same theme, you've done so many ESLs that you can understand (& interpret for family or - Nyuk nyuk
  • When your family calls you wanting medical advice. - If you can spell it, you are as smart as the MD.
  • When you fall down a flight of steps and announce, "I have eccymosis over the lateral malleolus.& - Self diagnosed
    • Me too. - mtathome
  • You proof read signs and get irritated when there are mistakes. - NM
  • You correct others' spelling and get jumped on - nm
  • You spell it "hurricaine"...nm - MT2
    • So that's why I do that!!!! LOL... nm - perfectionist transcriptionist
  • ...your E-mails have to have proper English and punctuation. - I don't feel comfortable using LOL!
    • and you proof read IMs too - Not alone
  • Your son develops a rash and a fever and you swear he has Scarlet Fever! nm - Dancin Shoes
    • Glad I'm not the only one.. My kids have had cystic fibrosis, leukemia, mono, and bone cancer. - All in my imagination of course. nm
      • How about yourself? I type a report on some horrible disease and think "Hey, I think I have that. - Hypochondriacs R Us
        • I typed so many stomach cancer reports that I swore I had it. - tell me about it!
  • When your 5-y/o knows the location of his popliteal and antecubital fossae (nm) - MadamX
  • You ask your know-it-all friend if he can spell esophagogastroduodenoscopy. nm - T
    • Say "I'm having a MedQuist Moment" instead of "Maalox." - RadGuy
    • which your 6yo child can spell (& who loves to hit egdy for you - to see it expand) nm
  • Your emails don't make sense - cause of all the shortcuts!
    • LOL!!!!!!!! - I've nearly done this!
      • I do it contantly on Chat room, IMs - LOL
  • you actually use the word "grossly "in - a sentence
    • You know "prophylactic" doesn't necessarily mean condom. NM - Endiqua
      • You swear to never have another surgery sm - mlstoo
        • and you know the mistakes that happen - I am sworn off
  • You step on someone's foot to get them to repeat what they said if you didn't hear them the - JoH
    • people speak and you see the words spelled out in your mind... - poopie
    • Oh.. I Love that!!! ROTFLM.... lol.. nm - You all are hysterical!!
    • Very funny! (nm) - Who me?
  • typing pleural when you mean plural - How many times has this happened?
    • haven't done that one right in years - me too
  • You sit on the cough. :) - MT
    • The patient was prepped and raped...nm - MTsquared
      • that you do not use an expander when you work. - dead give away

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I am from Billings, MT.  If you are looking around here I would check Shepherd, Lockwood, or Laurel.  If not looking around the Billings area I am afraid I cannot be much help.  Good luck!

if you were as brilliant as you profess to be, you would not feel the need to broadcast it on a public forum.  Wouldn't your abundant intellect be satisfaction enough?  Wouldn’t you just prefer to sit and marvel at yourself in the mirror or something?  Why would you bother to come here and post among those who probably don’t even have the slightest inkling as to your enormous intelligence? 

And, yes, modesty is a good thing to be, whether man or woman.  With your massive brain power I would think you would have figured that out a long time ago. 

(I posted something similar below, but I wanted to be sure MM didn't miss it). 

What might WPW stand for?  All he says is 35-year-old female with a history of WPW.

TIA!

square centimeters, or does it just get typed out?

TIA

I normally use autocorrect, but it is very slow lately, and I think I have about reached my capacity.  I am looking for a good Expander that I will be able to convert my autocorrect to.  Thanks in advance for your opinions!!

Hi - What type of abbreviation program is good?  I used to have Abbreviate, but no longer have it.  Is Foxfire a good program?  Does anyone just use their Word autocorrect strictly?  If you use Word autocorrect - do you know how to copy it and put it on another computer? 

Thanks for any help!!

Go to this website: 

http://www.ismp.org/tools/errorproneabbreviations.pdf 

Your question raises the portability of abbreviation lists when you use different trascription platforms.

Each platform offers a utility where you can create your list of abbreviations, but you don't want to start over and over each time you change platforms.
The solution to this problem is that EITHER these platforms provide you with another utility that lets you convert your list to their format OR you invest in an Expander software like ShortHand or Instant Text that let you use your list practically on all platforms.
With Instant Text you can import your AutoCorrect with a few clicks and then you can use it with EMDAT or any other platform.
Your time is worth money. You may want to evaluate how much it is worth by calculating how much time it takes to redo your list.

You can look up expansions for abbreviations.  It also lists normal lab values, symbols and numbers definitions for the deciphering the ShortHand that nurses and other clinical personnel use on the chart.  It even has the JCAHO dangerous abbreviations list.  It just has a lot of little neat functions that I've found helpful.  Here it is:

http://www.medabbrev.com/main.cfm

This is the site the BOS recommends visiting, so I did.  It is a long list of stuff fer sure!  Here's the link...just copy and paste it into browser.

http://www.ismp.org/Tools/errorproneabbreviations.pdf

Hope it helps!

nm

applies to written entries on a patient's chart, i.e. nurses' notes, doctor's orders, etc.  For some insane reason, someone somewhere decided to apply it to transcription as well which is just silly.  I work for a facility that has decided not to force transcription to strictly adhere to the dangerous abbreviation list and Joint Commission has not counted it against them in the last three audits.

I will say most MTs where I work do not use qhs, qac or qd.  We expand those out because WE (the transcription department) decided that we should for clarification purposes.