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To hate the phrase 'rushed to hospital'.

199 replies

HMOD · 09/12/2013 20:20

Whenever I see it, I can't help but think 'Yeah but only to sit in the A&E waiting room for three hours with a cut finger/split lip'...hardly the stuff of gripping Casualty episodes.

Seems like people say it to make a situation sound more dramatic than it actually is! And as for checking in on Facebook at 'Local Hospital'...do not get me started.

Am I being unreasonable?

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WooWooOwl · 09/12/2013 20:44

It's one of those phrases that's over used, and tends to be used by over dramatic people which is why it's become irritating. YANBU.

I also hate the phrase 'it's killing me' when someone is referring to a mild to moderate amount of pain that they are experiencing.

My ex mil likes to talk about how people are 'riddled with cancer', which she then has to repeat for dramatic effect as if what she is telling you isn't bad enough without her emphasising the worst bits. Other than that though, she was lovely.

limitedperiodonly · 09/12/2013 20:44

'I was taken to hospital in an ambulance' worked for me when people asked me how I got there.

As does 'taking the kids to school' rather than 'the school run'.

I'd also like to say how much I hate 'cohort' when you mean 'other children in my child's class.'

I hate the word 'platter' too and if in a restaurant that lists it I'll say: 'One of those fish things to share, please.'

monkeynuts123 · 09/12/2013 20:44

What is it called if you get the blue light but no nee naw so as to not scare the child, what is it then?

IhaveNoOpinion · 09/12/2013 20:45

I think I was blue lighted was because my oxygen saturation levels were shockingly low. Pretty much felt fine though.

shouldnthavesaid · 09/12/2013 20:46

I am now wondering WHY I was blue lighted at all as all I had was dehydration! I was five but still... I think I always thought it was done to beat traffic.. (Yes, I do remember it vividly. My father spent the whole night shouting at my mum and got them both thrown out of casualty. Not forgotten easily!!)

jacks365 · 09/12/2013 20:50

I will clarify both times I state I was in the nee naw van it was very noisy with blue flashing lights on the top and medical personal met us as soon as the ambulance arrived. The light matched the colour my daughter was turning on one occasion. I have been taken in by ambulance on other occasions too but without lights and sirens.

MammaTJ · 09/12/2013 20:51

Yeah yeah!! My DS got taken to the local MIU on a Friday night because he had conjunctivitis. It just appeared and that is out local OOH.

DP took him, because it was not in my head that big a deal. Because he has a pre existing eye condition, apparently it is. He then got rushed to hospital!

Really-rushed. Like, pack a bag as quick as you can, I am getting him there as quickly as possible, as he needs antibiotics now!! The next day they were talking about him losing his sight.

It wasn't fun then and it isn't fun reliving it now!

MrsDeVere · 09/12/2013 20:52

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Sirzy · 09/12/2013 20:53

Hope he is ok Mamma.

I don't think rushed to hospital requires blue lights at all. Infact the two times I have taken relatives in when it ended up being touch and go we took them in the car and when we arrived at A and E the severity became really apparent.

LunaticFringe · 09/12/2013 20:56

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Greensleeves · 09/12/2013 20:56

LOL formerbabe, the "pan-fried" one was my first MN kicking

some poor woman had posted one of those "help, I've got X, Y and Z in the fridge and no money, will it be OK if I pour a bit of X on Y, bake it and serve it with Z" threads, and a MN oldie had posted "hmm, doesn't sound great to me, could you not pan-fry the X with a soupcon of GHYTSU and a few pinches of MKJI etc etc"

I posted "pan-fry it fgs, what else would she fry it in, a shoe?"

I was soundly mullered and accused of eating tinned fruit salad for dinner

MistAllChuckingFrighty · 09/12/2013 20:57

I detest "it isn't broken, it's fractured ..."

MrsDeVere · 09/12/2013 20:58

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OddFodd · 09/12/2013 21:00

:o Mrs deVere

I have actually been in an ambulance when they put the blue lights and neenaw on to amuse me. I needed 5 stitches Blush Actually, I think it was to reassure my best friend (v pissed) who was wailing 'she's going to dieeeeee and it's alllllllll my faaaaaaaaaaault' :o

My friend lives round the corner from GOSH and the ambulances which are travelling slowly, silently with blue lights on are the really scary ones

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Marrow · 09/12/2013 21:05

I hate the broken/fractured thing too. "No I've not broken it, it's fractured!"

MistAllChuckingFrighty · 09/12/2013 21:09

I know they can't help it, and I am not usually really judgemental about people who don't have any medical knowledge at all, but fracture/broken just makes someone sound really, really thick and it it puts my teeth on edge.

frumpet · 09/12/2013 21:11

I say blue lighted at work in a professional context , i have only ever been blue lighted myself once . The scariest ambulances are the ones that are blue lighting and then pull over , always say a prayer for those ones .

nokidshere · 09/12/2013 21:12

None of the phrases bother me at all - its just a way of telling a story.

Even though my son (then 5) was rushed and blue lighted when he cut an artery....
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expatinscotland · 09/12/2013 21:12

DD1 was sent to hospital in an ambulance. No blues and twos, thought that was so fortunate. Sad Sat in the waiting room for hours after her blood had been drawn. Registrar came out to say they were 'discussing who best to treat her. I never bothered to question why.

It was because they knew she had a serious blood problem and haematology had been alerted.

She did indeed.

She did not leave hospital for over 2 months and her leukaemia claimed her life less than 8 months later.

No rushing, no blues and twos and she was very very ill.

Kewcumber · 09/12/2013 21:13

I was robbed of being "rushed to hospital", I ambled along, driving myself leisurely. Blithely unaware that I had a life threatening condition.

So Angry that apparently if I'd rung 999 they would have "bluelighted" me. I could have dined out on it for years.

As it is all I got was a bloody pain trying to work out what the hell to do with my car which was parked outside on hospital on a (free-parking) Sunday only to be in for a week and transferred to a completely different hospital miles away

Kewcumber · 09/12/2013 21:15

Sorry Expat - that was an unfortunately flippant (though true) post immediately after yours but it was cross posted in my defence.

shouldnthavesaid · 09/12/2013 21:17

They do that with my mum a lot, pull over. If she's having a fit in the back they usually get the driver to come through to help with the IV and that. I think I am desensitized to it - the whole thing, I mean.

DoYouLikeMyBaubles · 09/12/2013 21:18

In the right situation I don't mind it - like when I had to be 'rushed' in and the ambulance 'blue lighted' all down the motorway.

But for minor things.. nah.