Rhoeri@piefed.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoWhy in hospitals, is 'gun shot wound' abbreviated as "GSW"-message-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up152arrow-down1message-squareWhy in hospitals, is 'gun shot wound' abbreviated as "GSW"-Rhoeri@piefed.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarederekabutton@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·3 days agoJust pulling this out of my ass, but perhaps it’s an artifact from handwritten medical charts. GSW is shorter to write.
minus-squareOmgpwnies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoit’s faster typed out as well. When I worked call centres, we’d shorthand all of our notes because we had 15-30 seconds to wrap up the final notes after the call ended, not to mention no agent wants to read a novel to get up to speed.
minus-squareRhoeri@piefed.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoOoh! That’s probably it! I hadn’t thought of it that way.
Just pulling this out of my ass, but perhaps it’s an artifact from handwritten medical charts. GSW is shorter to write.
it’s faster typed out as well. When I worked call centres, we’d shorthand all of our notes because we had 15-30 seconds to wrap up the final notes after the call ended, not to mention no agent wants to read a novel to get up to speed.
Ooh! That’s probably it! I hadn’t thought of it that way.