stuck kid n.— «Ms. Sudders explained that when she was commissioner of the Department of Mental Health, the term “stuck kids” was used to describe the phenomenon of children being backlogged and kept in emergency rooms because there...
I’d like to give a shout-out and big ups to our friends and colleagues at KPBS in San Diego, who are still dealing with the raging fires there. So far it seems everyone is safe, but I haven’t heard yet about homes and pets. Bravo to...
SWATting n.— «SWAT officers expected to find a victim shot to death, drugs and a belligerent armed suspect when they surrounded the home of an unsuspecting couple, but found they were only a part of a false emergency call caused by a...
psycho single n.— «When my freshman year came to an end in May 1981, I packed up my remnants from the “psycho single” I had been assigned—a single dorm room reserved for emergency security risks—and returned to L.A...
ramping n.— «Queensland Health has backed down from plans to fine public hospitals that force ambulances to wait long periods to unload patients at their emergency departments. A proposal for penalising hospitals for the practice known as...
PJ n.— «The USAF has barely 300 of these operators whose job is to deploy by any means necessary—sea, air, or land—to rescue downed aircrew members and injured special operators. Pararescuemen, also known as “PJs,” are trained...