GSW is an Abbreviation for Writing, not Speaking

It drives me crazy when TV show medical folks call an injury a GSW. That is the written shorthand for gun shot wound that is used on ER charts or paramedic reports. It’s stupid to say it out loud because gun shot wound is three syllables long and GSW is five. Language like that, along with every single second of the TV series House is proof that the medical consultants on most TV shows are not who you want to see if you get sick.

Posted March 23rd, 2009 in Uncategorized.

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