Just a smidge, or a bridge too far? Slang use in the ICU

Abstract

Just a smidge, or a bridge too far? Slang use in the ICU A shared lingo can create cohesion in "the unit," but James M Hodgetts and colleagues ask whether this is exclusionary and puts patient safety at risk

Slang use in the ICU: we are women, not girls

“…“ Gas girl n An anaesthetist who identifies as female.”1 Is this slang just the banter that it is often proclaimed to be, or, in the context of wider misogyny and sexism in medicine, is it harmful?…”