Frequent flier
A repeat customer to the ER, often a patient with chronic medical problems who canโt afford to go anywhere else.ย Don’t miss theseย 50 things hospitals aren’t telling you.
Code brown
A bed full of excrement. โGot a Code Brown in 214.โ Here’s what nurses secretly think about you (but won’t say to your face).
GOMER
Short for โget out of my emergency roomโ (aka a patient you dread).ย Don’t miss these otherย secrets ER doctors won’t tell you.
DINK
Patient who โdid not keep appointment.” Think that’s frustrating for health care professionals? Check out the most annoying things patients do, according to doctors.
LOLINAD
Little old lady in no apparent distress. For more insider secrets from the medical profession, check out these emergency room stories that are almost too crazy to be true.