Tenecteplase

After many days, I got into this scenario, very typical for MTs, a stat job, multiple blanks and a common word at all places, (this will be the climax of upcoming movie/novella I am not empty*).  I was hearing "TNK place" at all the blanks and grandpa Stedman's had no entry for TNK, but thanks again to Sherlock "Google" Holmes, who acting on bits of information provided by me, was able to zero in on tenecteplase.  Just another day at office for MT man.


* the movie/novella is in foetal stage right now.

fightobezoar and sneaky eye

Fight-o-bezoar was what I heard and phytobezoar was what was dictated.


Sneaky eye was what I heard and snechiae was what was dictated.  Wikipedia describes snechia as an eye ailment, but according to Stedman's, it can be any adhesion (I was doing a GU file).  Jai Ho Stedman's

Picture slide on heart

I found this picture slide interesting and thought to share it with fellow MTs.  Please click on this to view.

Coumadinization

Heard something similar to Coumadin + nization, but did not pay any heed, on second hearing was hearing Coumadinization more clearly, and then on googling, I found this, and also the patient had a history of Coumadin use.  Thus, I was able to save some TAT and also keep my pend percentage within checks......:)

Ortho words

MT Diary, I come again,
Not much active in this lane,
Not that I m playing another game,
Can't cook up any excuse lame...




I do make a note of words that I come across during work, but most of these words do not find place in my blog...why?? ahh...the first and foremost excuse would be laziness....anyway..thought to break the pattern today....


While doing ortho files (podiatry)...came across these 3 words critical angle of Gissane and Bohler's angle, and Broden's view.  Critical angle of Gissane was recognized as "angle of same" by the speech recognition software.


From now on....will blog about the words as and when I get it instead of pooling the words.....;-)

English words

Last week I came across 2 words in English, which I was listening for the first time:  Off-kilter and touch base.


Dictator said that the anatomy was "off-kilter."  This word was not in American Heritage Dictionary.


The second word touch base was said in the context of patient getting in touch with the PCP.  Although this word was there in the American Heritage Dictionary, but still I never had the opportunity to hear/use it.


It has been after a long time that I am blogging about English words, hopefully more will follow......

Tourni-Cot

Recently, while doing a file, I heard what sounded like "Tournikot", I felt the dictator was dictating tourniquet in a slightly different way, but to my surprise, heard the dictator mentioning tourniquet clearly at the end of the procedure.  On carefully listening again, tourniquet was mentioned both at starting and ending, but in the middle portion of surgery (a hand surgery), it was "Tournikot", finally my friend google came to my rescue and threw up this.


The Tourni-Cot is an elastic ring that when rolled on a digit, squeezes the blood out and occludes the vessels.


So, dear fellow MTs, if you are doing a file and hear "Tourni-Cot," do not mistake it for tourniquet, although the technical function of both is same, i.e. constricting circulation...