Call me crazy, but I thought decimals were only for
Posted By: Hayseed on 2007-06-19
In Reply to: BOS numbers - Trish
Subject: Call me crazy, but I thought decimals were only for
the metric system, which pounds are not. So, it would be 175-1/2 pounds. I can't find it in BOS either and I've looked up everything I can think of to support my theory.
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I thought you used decimals for metric and fractions for standard...
Subject: I thought you used decimals for metric and fractions for standard...
and I think you need another decimal place
0.0038-inch-diameter
or
1/38,000-inch-diameter (but this = 0.0000263)
and now I really have a headache!
Thanks. I thought I was going crazy.
Subject: Thanks. I thought I was going crazy.
nm
Thank you! It's been driving me crazy! Thought it started with "ch"
Subject: Thank you! It's been driving me crazy! Thought it started with "ch"
Maybe 'hold, on call' to hold the patient in the office for the on call xray? nm
Subject: Maybe 'hold, on call' to hold the patient in the office for the on call xray? nm
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LOL. Thanks! And may your decimals all be
Subject: LOL. Thanks! And may your decimals all be
:)
DECIMALS
Subject: DECIMALS
Hi, I have been doing this forever and have always used decimals when doing weights. I used to be an RN and that is the way I was taught. In an ancient text I have it says that is accepted practice to use this. I have seen it both ways and have found it easier to type 175.5 pounds than 175 1/2 pounds. In another less ancient, but still ancient text I found that if you type 175-1/2 pounds you insert an hyphen before the fraction. So, since I am lazy unless they beat it out of me, I will continue to type it 175.5 pounds. It is for decimal system, but 0.5 is still the same as one-half. Right? It is easier to read too. What I want to know is why do they have to try to fix things that are not broken all the time? Some of the things they have changed for the better don't look so good to me. Maybe it is time to retire? What would I do if I couldn't type? Sigh. Sleep, go on trips, go to the movies, sew something, surf the internet, play with grandchildren, bake cookies?
decimals for metric so the 1.25 way
Subject: decimals for metric so the 1.25 way
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i use decimals for metric numbers: 0.25 kg but 1/4 pound NM
Subject: i use decimals for metric numbers: 0.25 kg but 1/4 pound NM
nm
Still confused - so is it hold and call, or hold, on call?
Subject: Still confused - so is it hold and call, or hold, on call?
Thanks, but my physician mumbles it so fast that I cannot make out if it is "hold and call" or "hold, on call."
in call
Subject: in call
It's en caul.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=en+caul+delivery
s/l poh-tee-call-us
Subject: s/l poh-tee-call-us
"... with a gaze to the left."
Any ideas?
hold and call
Subject: hold and call
Is there something like "hold and call" for any test like an x-ray or CAT scan, that needs to be done urgently on a patient before the patient leaves the office?
I'd call that slang and
Subject: I'd call that slang and
I'd probably change it to "... and he received approximately 40 stitches" unless I was on verbatim.
thanks for your help. will call. he needs antibiotics.
Subject: thanks for your help. will call. he needs antibiotics.
i have always had to take meds for 10 days or so before getting an abscessed tooth pulled...geeze. the pus prob spread to his gums....thanks again,
PS -Did you think to call a pharmacy? sm
Subject: PS -Did you think to call a pharmacy? sm
This is what I did when something like this comes up. I know they want you to use the slightest amount possible, and usually never prescribe more than a small tube at a time. This is a very huge amount. I find pharmacists usually are very helpful if you don't ask them more than a few times a year. I would rather do this than say "a pound," just picture it in your head - that's a lot.
s/l soft call? sm
Subject: s/l soft call? sm
We are going to have this patient go into a thumb spica cast. At this time, this patient does have the 1st metacarpal fracture s/l soft call so we will see him back again in two weeks.
yes. they call it a pacer....
Subject: yes. they call it a pacer....
nm
Good call!
Subject: Good call!
Physician's assistant is dictating, and I bet he just mis-read it as 5-HIP instead of 5-HTP. He says it loud and clear, "Five hip".
soft call?
Subject: soft call?
This patient presents to us with a left distal radius fracture. This was a "soft call" as he had no changes on the x-ray however did have some soreness right over the growth plate so he was treated with a splint.
Code call?
Subject: Code call?
He was admitted to the ICU with acute hypoxia after an s/l MSENT was called . . .
wow - looks like it might be too close to call!
Subject: wow - looks like it might be too close to call!
good call - that's probably it.
Subject: good call - that's probably it.
Ah! He probably means what most doctors call sm
Subject: Ah! He probably means what most doctors call sm
....an "acute abdomen series." It is three plain x-rays - one of the abdomen with the patient flat (lying down), one of the abdomen with the patient standing upright, and a third x-ray of the chest to include the diaphragms (also with patient upright) so they can see if there is free air under the diaphragm (which can happen with bowel perforation in cases of diverticulitis, Crohn's, or other bowel diseases).
good call dhd, I did not think about context. Duh
Subject: good call dhd, I did not think about context. Duh
Listening to it a different way, that is it. Good call! Many Thanks.
Subject: Listening to it a different way, that is it. Good call! Many Thanks.
nm
Please keep in mind, some cos call for et cetera. Thanks.
Subject: Please keep in mind, some cos call for et cetera. Thanks.
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Good call. Will listen again. Thanks! nm
Subject: Good call. Will listen again. Thanks! nm
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Good call, Tanya!
Subject: Good call, Tanya!
clivus /cli·vus/ (kli´vus) [L.] a bony surface in the posterior cranial fossa sloping upward from the foramen magnum to the dorsum sellae.
Good call and the other word is probably..
Subject: Good call and the other word is probably..
Santyl
but i WILL call you Pro-Exclamation Mark! nm
Subject: but i WILL call you Pro-Exclamation Mark! nm
nm
Should I Make a call To the Bullpen?
Subject: Should I Make a call To the Bullpen?
From a physical exam of a formerly premature infant, now 3 months old.
Abdomen: Soft, nontender, nondistended. Normal bowel sounds, (no pitcher present?).
You call that "rude?" Get a backbone! This board is to help those who sm
Subject: You call that "rude?" Get a backbone! This board is to help those who sm
need it, and "spelt" is simply not correct. If you can't stand to be corrected, you're in the wrong business!
I would call it subtherapeutic Dilantin level.
Subject: I would call it subtherapeutic Dilantin level.
x
Missed 'with', good call! Thx. nm
Subject: Missed 'with', good call! Thx. nm
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Might be specific to that hospital. Maybe find on their website? Or call QA? nm
Subject: Might be specific to that hospital. Maybe find on their website? Or call QA? nm
s
when a baby will not feed they call it oral aversion sm
Subject: when a baby will not feed they call it oral aversion sm
Therapists who treat children with oral aversion often become frustrated, ... With severe oral aversion and defensiveness, it is important for therapists ...
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Oral aversion: Reluctance or refusal to feed or eat. A familiar example of oral aversion is a baby's refusal to breastfeed. ...
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this is crazy!
Subject: this is crazy!
There were three other places in the dictation that I could not understand what he was saying.
After I deciphered the 'alert and oriented' (with your gracious help), I went back to the other three. Bingo. It was like a mumble-jumble-decipher puzzle piece placed itself in my head, and I figured out the other three.
I love puzzles.
Thanks again!
Crazy, ain't it?
Subject: Crazy, ain't it?
The actual pronunciation of that word IS "day-breed-MON". I about died when I first heard that. I guess it's French. It sounds so hoity-toity to me. LOL
This is crazy but I need help.
Subject: This is crazy but I need help.
.... sounds like rale or rail packs... for migraines? Thanks.
I know this is crazy but...
Subject: I know this is crazy but...
Wet prep showed budding yeast and ....s/l hife....
Thanks.
Okay, don't think I am crazy here
Subject: Okay, don't think I am crazy here
but there is a Marathon on 07/13/2008 at SeaFair in Seattle and it is for fibromyalgia. It might have something to do with that????? Just my thoughts on the matter. 
Thanks - I am not crazy!
Subject: Thanks - I am not crazy!
Thanks!!!
Good call! It's interesting to research these archaic terms.
Subject: Good call! It's interesting to research these archaic terms.
Nope, Portadisk. I can't find anything, either. I guess I'll call. Thx.
Subject: Nope, Portadisk. I can't find anything, either. I guess I'll call. Thx.
She would be an excellent candidate for an epidural and would recommend a s/l call approach SM
Subject: She would be an excellent candidate for an epidural and would recommend a s/l call approach SM
since she does have bilateral discogenic-type low back pain, multilevel.
Thank you so much, was driving me crazy! :)
Subject: Thank you so much, was driving me crazy! :)
nm
That's it!!! Thanks a lot - I've been going crazy looking for this....
Subject: That's it!!! Thanks a lot - I've been going crazy looking for this....
THank YOu!!! Just started a new job and am going crazy!!!!
Subject: THank YOu!!! Just started a new job and am going crazy!!!!
x
crazy question
Subject: crazy question
I know this is probably stupid BUT.... as a "newbie", I haven't encountered this before.
How do you write disc space height.
ex: doc says: complete loss of disc space height at 5 1
Thanks.
That's not it and this is driving me crazy!!
Subject: That's not it and this is driving me crazy!!
Thanks so much.....was driving me crazy!! nm
Subject: Thanks so much.....was driving me crazy!! nm
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