| Acronym | Meaning |
| SOCMOB | Standing On Corner Minding Own Business (when Inexplicably Injured) |
| VAC | Vultures Are Circling (dying) |
| APRS | (US) Acute Puerto Rican Syndrome (bouts Of Screaming And Yelling) |
| ECU | Eternal Care Unit: Heaven ("gone To The ECU" = Dead) |
| TLGP | Two Legged Guinea Pig - Patient Undergoing Experimental Or Extreme Treatments |
| ALPAC | Acute Lead Poisoning Air-conditioned - Multiple Gun Shot Wounds |
| MFD | Measure For Dispatch (coffin), (severely Ill Or Dying) |
| SHS | Sullen, Hostile, Stupid (often An Inner City Drug/alcohol Addict) |
| EC | Eternal Care - Intensive Care (for A Patient Who Won't Come Out Again) |
| TCS | Toxic Confusional State - Confused, Usually Elderly, Person Whose Problem Is Due To Constipation (toxic Build Up In Body) |