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Finalizamos una nueva jornada desde la ciudad italiana de Liguria, donde nuestro compañero @fabianobono comienza su guardia y aprovecha para enviar saludos a todos nuestros seguidores!!

Muy buenas noches y buena guardia a los que quedáis de servicio cuidándonos.

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It should be no surprise that medical jargon can be confusing to the general public, but EMS jargon isn’t quite the same.

Instead of using fancy words, we use code. Consider it our version of sugarcoating. Scratch that, it’s more like dumping an entire container of chocolate syrup on the piece of human waste that we’re about to feed you.

EMS jargon is our way of telling you what’s about to happen without you wanting to cause physical harm to us. Here are my top 5 phrases that, unless you’re having a true medical emergency, will most likely hear at some point when you call an ambulance.

1) “We can’t give you medical advice, but…”

There is absolutely, 100%, cross my heart and hope to die a fiery death if I’m wrong, no reason for you to go the emergency room by ambulance. We are trying to get you to make a grown-up decision without being upfront with you. We’re only doing this because we fear the mythical force of a thousand malpractice attorneys that will show up in the night and stab a giant hole right through the center of our paramedic cards if we actually tell the truth.

2) “If anything gets worse, don’t hesitate to call us back”

We already made patient contact, so we aren’t up for call. If you call back, the other crew is going to take you to hospital while we rest peacefully in our comfy beds back at the station.