12 Days of Christmas in ER

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On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me:

A tubed patient looking at me!

A tubed patient looking at me

On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me:

Two Full arrests

And a tubed patient looking at me!

002 Bear arrest
 On the third day of Christmas, my true love sent to me:

Three Ramped patients,

Two Full arrests,

And a tubed patient looking at me!

Three Ramped patients

On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me:

Four Bariatric’s,

Three Ramped patients,

Two Full arrests,

And a tubed patient looking at me!

4 Bariatric
 On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me:

Five Eee/Nnn/Tee’s,

Four Bariatric’s,

Three Ramped patients,

Two Full arrests,

And a tubed patient looking at me!

Five ENT
 On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me:

Six Drunks a swaying,

Five Eee/Nnn/Tee’s,

Four Bariatric’s,

Three Ramped patients,

Two Full arrests,

And a tubed patient looking at me!

6 Drunks a swaying

On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me:

Seven Psychs a waiting,

Six Drunks a swaying,

Five Eee/Nnn/Tss,

Four Bariatric’s,

Three Ramped patients,

Two Full arrests,

And a tubed patient looking at me!

Seven Psychs are waiting

On the eigth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me:

Eight Lacs a spurting,

Seven Psychs a waiting,

Six Drunks a swaying,

Five Eee/Nnn/Tee’s,

Four bariatric’s,

Three Ramped patients,

Two Full arrests,

And a tubed patient looking at me!

8 lacs a spurting

On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me:

Nine OD’s fitting,

Eight Lacs a spurting,

Seven Psychs a waiting,

Six Drunks a swaying,

Five Eee/Nnn/Tee’s,

Four Bariatric’s,

Three Ramped patients,

Two Full arrests,

And a tubed patient looking at me!

Nine OD’s fitting

On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me:

Ten strokes a coning,

Nine OD’s fitting,

Eight Lacs a spurting,

Seven Psychs a waiting,

Six Drunks a swaying,

Five Eee/Nnn/Tee’s,

Four Bairatric’s,

Three Ramped patients,

Two Full arrests,

And a tubed patient looking at me!

Ten strokes a coning

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me:

Eleven Constipations,

Ten strokes a coning,

Nine OD’s fitting,

Eight Lacs a spurting,

Seven Psychs a waiting,

Six Drunks a swaying,

Five Eee/Nnn/Tee’s,

Four Bariatric’s,

Three Ramped patients,

Two Full arrests,

And a tubed patient looking at me!

Eleven Constipations

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me:

Twelve over census patients,

Eleven Constipations,

Ten strokes a coning,

Nine OD’s fitting,

Eight Lacs a spurting,

Seven Psychs a waiting,

Six Drunks a swaying,

Five Eee/Nnn/Tee’s,

Four Bariatric’s,

Three Ramped patients,

Two Full arrests,

And a tubed patient looking at me!

Twelve over census patients

Written by Emily Adams and Susan Meegan

About Mike Cadogan

Emergency physician with a passion for medical informatics and medical education. Founder of GMEP and HealthEngine. Asynchronous learning and #FOAMed evangelist | @sandnsurf | + Mike Cadogan | Contact

Comments

  1. Kathryn Grundy says:

    Love it. Well done girls!

  2. Haha! Brilliant, love it!

  3. Absolute gold!

  4. Izarbe Spain says:

    Great!!! awesome the constipation and the stroke a coning!!

  5. This made me laugh so hard… Thanks!!! :-) Merry Christmas!

  6. Geraldine Cowell says:

    Very Well Done Ex ED Dandenong

  7. Brilliant!

  8. We had one floating around our ED a couple of years ago (maybe created by our American colleagues):
    Twelve beaten children
    Eleven drive-by shootings
    Ten frozen homeless
    Nine amputations
    Eight burn victims
    Seven strangled shoppers
    Six random knifings
    Five suicides
    Four beaten wives
    Three O.D’s
    Two shattered skulls
    and a drunk who drove into a tree….

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