12 Days of Christmas in emergency
On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to 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!
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!
On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me:
Four Beariatric’s
Three Ramped patients, Two Full arrests
…And a tubed patient looking at me!
On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me:
Five Eee/Nnn/Tee’s
Four Beariatric’s, Three Ramped patients, Two Full arrests
…And a tubed patient looking at me!
On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me:
Six Drunks a swaying
Five Eee/Nnn/Tee’s
Four Beariatric’s, Three Ramped patients, Two Full arrests .
..And a tubed patient looking at me!
On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me:
Seven Psychs a waiting
Six Drunks a swaying,
Five Eee/Nnn/Tee’s,
Four Beariatric’s, Three Ramped patients, Two Full arrests
…And a tubed patient looking at me!
On the eighth 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 Beariatric’s, Three Ramped patients, Two Full arrests
…And a tubed patient looking at me!
On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me:
Nine ‘foreign bodies‘
Eight Lacs a spurting, Seven Psychs a waiting, Six Drunks a swaying,
Five Eee/Nnn/Tee’s,
Four Beariatric’s, Three Ramped patients, Two Full arrests
…And a tubed patient looking at me!
On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me:
Ten strokes a coning
Nine ‘foreign bodies‘, Eight Lacs a spurting, Seven Psychs a waiting, Six Drunks a swaying,
Five Eee/Nnn/Tee’s,
Four Beariatric’s, Three Ramped patients, Two Full arrests .
..And a tubed patient looking at me!
On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me:
Eleven Constipations
Ten strokes a coning, Nine ‘foreign bodies‘, Eight Lacs a spurting, Seven Psychs a waiting, Six Drunks a swaying,
Five Eee/Nnn/Tee’s,
Four Beariatric’s, Three Ramped patients, Two Full arrests
…And a tubed patient looking at me!
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me:
Twelve over-census patients
Eleven Constipations, Ten strokes a coning, Nine ‘foreign bodies‘, Eight Lacs a spurting, Seven Psychs a waiting, Six Drunks a swaying,
Five Eee/Nnn/Tee’s,
Four Beariatric’s, Three Ramped patients, Two Full arrests
…And a tubed patient looking at me!
Written by Emily Adams and Susan Meegan
BA MA (Oxon) MBChB (Edin) FACEM FFSEM. Emergency physician, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Passion for rugby, medical history, medical education, and asynchronous learning #FOAMed evangelist. Editor-in-Chief and Webmaster of Life in the Fast lane, LITFL | On Call 4e| Eponyms | Books | Horology |