| Rank | Abbreviation | Meaning |
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| ***** | OBS AND GOBS | obstetrics and gynaecology
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| ***** | O AND M | Operations And Maintenance
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| ***** | I AND C | Instrumentation And Control
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| ***** | O AND E | Operations And Equipment
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| ***** | O AND A | Orbit And Altitude
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| **** | FEED AND SEED | care for vegetative patients in 'the garden'
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| **** | V AND T | Volume and Tension
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| **** | R AND D | Research and Development
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| *** | C*NTS AND RUNTS | Maternity and Paediatrics
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| *** | BAGGED AND TAGGED (B&T) | Body ready for dispatch to morgue
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| ** | CABBAGE AND TOMATO WARD | Ward for comatose patients
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| * | KNIFE AND GUN CLUB | (US) local street gangs or criminal organizations that keep ER in business OR the emergency departments that care for patients with the results of street gang violence
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| * | GUTS AND BUTTS | general surgery
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| * | CLIP AND STRIP | remove staples and adhesive sutures
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| * | PEEK AND SHRIEK | open a patient surgically, discover an incurable condition, and close the incision immediately
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| * | SPOTS AND DOTS | measles, mumps, and chicken pox
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| * | BUMPS AND LUMPS | junior doctor (intern) cases
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| * | SHIT AND GET | to access a trauma patient, say to yourself 'Oh Shit!', stabilize and transfer
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| * | CUT AND PASTE | To open a patient, discover that there is no hope, and immediately sew him up (or almost immediately - sometimes young surgeons practice surgical techniques for a while).
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| * | GN AND C | Guidance
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| * | HEARTS AND FARTS | unit specialising in geriatrics and cardiology
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| * | TURN AND BASTE | incontinence care (roll and clean up patient after a code brown)
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| * | SCRATCH AND SNIFF | gynaecological examination
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| * | ODN AND AA | Ontario Dental Nurses and Assistants' Association
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| * | HIT AND RUN | the act of operating quickly so as not to be late for another engagement (often a non-medical appointment).
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