Seamlessium
The crystalline perfection of a procedure that goes exactly to plan.
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A collection of 170 issues
Sealhiss
The sound of a mask seal breaking.
Scrubswim
The restless slipping and sagging of scrubs that do not fit.
Shittyplan
A late-shift therapeutic manoeuvre of dubious wisdom, performed largely to avoid appearing inert, whose downstream effect is to oblige the incoming team to spend several hours reversing it, explaining it, and pretending it was not entirely avoidable. Submitted by Roxy.
Scalpdamp
The warm slick of sweat under a surgical cap.
Roundswell
The subtle lift in mood when the team delivers a rare run of good news on ward round.
Roomstill
The unnatural quiet in a room after a patient dies.
Shiftosis
The end-of-shift condition in which enthusiasm for any challenging task declines in direct proportion to how close one is to handing over, often reaching its peak in the last hour, when even modest jobs begin to look unreasonable. May present as acute, chronic, or acute-on-chronic. Submitted by Roxy.
Nurse Osler
That nurse whose clinical judgment, calm authority, and quiet competence you trust more than 90% of your medical colleagues combined. Submitted by Peter Brindley.
Remorshock
The gut-drop when someone says "Remember that patient you saw" and you know it's bad.