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Face plant
Victim fell forward injuring face against floor or other object
Fame
Mnemonic for assessment of endocarditis
FLB
"Funny-looking beat"-indeterminate or chaotic aberrance on the cardiac monitor that is not well described or not well seen as the tracing went by
Floater
Patient who has drowned and been in water for some time
Fluctuance
Used to indication the presence of a fluctuant mass. (not "fluctuants") This particular non-word has been hotly discussed on MT chat pages on the internet. It has become acceptable through usage.
FOF
Found on floor
FOS
Full of stool-clinical or radiographic determination that the patient's intestinal tract is full of stool found on sidewalk
Four H's
Hypoxemia, hypoglycemia, hypovolemia, and high bladder
Frequent flyer
Patient who overuses ER
FTD
Fixing to die-patient's future prospects of life are dim; rapid deterioration
FUBAR'ed
Fouled up beyond all recognition-used to describe either the severely traumatized individual or an intoxicated state so profound as to alter the patient's ability to be recognized as himself
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