| Acronym | Meaning |
![](file.png) | PIA | Pain In The Ass |
![](file.png) | PIAF | PIssed As A Fart (drunk) (also PAAF -Pissed As A Fart) |
![](file.png) | PID | Pus In 'Dere (PID Actually Means Pelvic Inflammatory Disease) |
![](file.png) | PITA | Pain In The Ass |
![](file.png) | PLH | Pray Long And Hard |
![](file.png) | PLTDP | Practice Limited To Dead People |
![](file.png) | PNR | Person Needed A Ride I.e. Minor Ailment But Called Ambulance Instead Of Taxi |
![](file.png) | POMT | Please Optimize Medical Treatment - Don't Call Us Until You've Done Your Job First |
![](file.png) | POPTA | Passed Out Prior To Arrival |
![](file.png) | PORG | Person Of Restricted / Retarded Growth (dwarf / Midget) |
![](file.png) | PP | Plank Positive - Stupid, As In "thick As 2 Short Planks" |
![](file.png) | PP | Pumpkin Positive - A Penlight Shone Into The Patient's Mouth/ear Would Encounter A Brain So Small That The Whole Head Would Light Up |
![](file.png) | PPA | Practicing Professional Alcoholic |
![](file.png) | PPP | Piss Poor Protoplasm |
![](file.png) | PPPPP | Piss Poor Protoplasm Poorly Put-together (really Old And / Or Decrepit) |
![](file.png) | PRATFO | Patient Reassured And Told To F*** Off |
![](file.png) | PSS | Positive Suitcase Sign - Patients Who Are Repeated Admissions For Prolonged Periods With No Physiological Cause Of Their Problems. They Turn Up At Hospital With Packed Suitcases Ready For Admission |
![](file.png) | PWFS | Post-Weekend Fatigue Syndrome - An Ailment Which Presents At GP Surgeries On Monday Mornings |
![](file.png) | PWT | Poor White Trash (with A Condition Related To Their Lifestyle) |
![](file.png) | QID | Queen In Distress (hissy Fit) |
![](file.png) | RBG | Received By God (a Person In Receipt Of A Celestial Transfer) |
![](file.png) | RBS | Really Bad Shape |
![](file.png) | RHS | Rocking Horse Stool - Even Rarer Than Hen's Teeth |
![](file.png) | RLI | Rapid Lead Infusion - Obnoxious Patient Ought To Be Shot |
![](file.png) | RPVU | Relative Porsche Value Unit: Surgical Index Of Potential Income From The Repair Of Patient Injuries, Usually Orthopaedic In Nature. Fractured Finger = A Windscreen Wiper; A Fractured Hip = New Tyres Etc. |
![](file.png) | RR | Rocket Room - A Ward/unit Where There Are Many Deaths (many Transfers To Heaven) |
![](file.png) | RT | Room Temperature (dead) |
![](file.png) | RTTBBB | Rat-a-Tat-Tat With A Baseball Bat (hit With Blunt Instrument). |
![](file.png) | RTTL | Running Towards The Light - Dying |
![](file.png) | RUTUS | Rounding Up The Usual Suspects - Ordering A Set Of Tests For A Given Set Of Symptoms |
![](file.png) | S2 | Sit The F**k Down And Shut The F**k Up |
![](file.png) | SAS | Sick As Sh*t |
![](file.png) | SBA | Silver Bracelet Award - Patient Is A Prisoner Brought In Wearing Cuffs |
![](file.png) | SBI | Something Bad Inside E.g. Undiagnosed Cancer/unexpected Serious Condition Found When Performing Surgery |
![](file.png) | SBLEO | (pronounced S-B-Leo) Suicide By Law Enforcement Officer |
![](file.png) | SBOD | Stupid Bitch / Bastard On Drugs |
![](file.png) | SEP | Somebody Else's Problem (not To Be Confused With Sepsis) |
![](file.png) | SFS | Stinky Foot Syndrome (often Related To Homeless) |
![](file.png) | SFSF | Sphincter Factor Scale: 1 To 10 Scale Indicating Degree Of Bowel-loosening In Response To An Emergency |
![](file.png) | SHA | Ship His Ass (when Patients Refuse To Be Discharged). |
![](file.png) | SHAD | Syphilitic, Hypochondriac, Alcoholic Degenerate |
![](file.png) | SHPOS | Sub-Human Piece Of Sh*t |
![](file.png) | SHS | Sullen, Hostile, Stupid (often An Inner City Drug/alcohol Addict) |
![](file.png) | SIG | Stroppy Ignorant Girl |
![](file.png) | SIO | Sleeping It Off |
![](file.png) | SNUD | Sick Nigh Unto Death |
![](file.png) | SOB | Short Of Breath |
![](file.png) | SOB | Silly Old Bugger / B*stard / Bitch |
![](file.png) | SOB | Sitting Out Of Bed / Sitting On Bed |
![](file.png) | SOCMOB | Standing On Corner Minding Own Business (when Inexplicably Injured) |