Medical Jargon

[Doc]

For those of not in the medical field I have a this reference guide so you will have somewhat of an understanding of some the Jargon I will likely be using in my post as well as an idea of Human resting vital signs so you add some more detailed realism to post were you are injured and so on.


Medical aberrations
AKA: Above the knee amputation.
BKA: Below the knee amputation.
BP: Blood pressure
SOB: Shortness of breath.
RLQ: Right lower quadrant. Abdomen
RUQ: Right upper quadrant Abdomen
LLQ: left lower quadrant Abdomen
LUQ: Left upper quadrant Abdomen

DCAP BTLS = Deformities Contusions Abrasions Punctures and penetrations Burns Tenderness Lacerations Swelling

Normal human vitals
Adult- Blood pressure: 90/60 mm/Hg to 120/80 mm/Hg Breathing: 12 to 18 breaths per minute Pulse: 60 to 100 beats per minute
Child- Blood pressure: 110/64 mm/Hg to 131/83 mm/Hg Breathing: 12-20 breaths per minute Pulse: 60-100 beats per minute
Infant- Blood pressure: 72/ 37 mm/Hg to 104/ 56 mm/Hg Breathing: 22-37 breaths per minute Pulse: 98-140 beats per minute

 

[Ludolf Vaas]

Cool!

 

[Zenitha Chuma]

Just some perspective from someone who writes Star Trek frequently, which can get heavy with engineering and military jargon. As convenient as they are, try to avoid using acronyms outside your dialogue, they confuse your readers (who won't likely have a dictionary handy to look them up unless you link them) and distract from the point of your post; which is to tell a story.

Remember, for a lot of us, this is escapism. Adding realism is great, but at the end of the day, it doesn't matter whether you did an AKA or BKA, you amputated some guy's leg. That's what is going to stick with the reader after they finish your post. If you throw in jargon and acronyms just to make it sound like you know what you're talking about, well, honestly, knowing the difference between a scalpel and a clamp is going to be enough to wow most readers. Think about what you see on your average medical drama on TV, or the morgue scenes in a crime show. You can make up a lot and sound like you know what you're talking about, without going overboard.

At the end of the day, of course, it's your posts. Just some friendly advice.

tl;dr: Keep the jargon in dialogue if it adds flavor to your character, ditch it for the rest of the story because it puts off readers more often than not.

 

[Doc]

That is true which is why only plan use select few listed here and while like link the above when doing, mostly these will be seen when calling a 9 line medevac.

 

[Elensa Jari]

[member="Allie"] I absolutely agree. It's perfectly normal for a character to use those sorts of things in speech, but with the remainder of the descriptive writing, details are definitely the way to go!

 

[Davin Jusik]

[member="Doc"]
Do a Care Under Fire thread bro.

 

[Doc]

[member="Collin Calhoun"]

It is in the works in the near future.