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@deborahodonnell7212

4 жыл бұрын

PCP - primary care physician

@annemayseyfried8907

4 жыл бұрын

It's "Attending" Physicia....Plaster (or stucco) is what we put on the walls w/a flat trowel to fill up holes smoothly..

@michaela4499

4 жыл бұрын

Joel & Lia I’ve always said I’m sick

@dannysroadshow

4 жыл бұрын

"Attendent"

@dannysroadshow

4 жыл бұрын

Attendant*

More people say “I’m going to the doctor” rather than PCP (primary care physician”.

@AaireBabe

4 жыл бұрын

Lol right.

@Name-km6bx

4 жыл бұрын

I thought pcp was primary care provider?

@mlebogard

4 жыл бұрын

No ones says PCP. No one.

@annemathews6719

4 жыл бұрын

@@Name-km6bx it is

@ladyevelynjasperofoakfores2966

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve said GP only to differentiate between a regular doctor from a specialist. But generally it’s going to the doctor.

Plaster here is used to build walls, kind of like a casting material.

@raybragg272

4 жыл бұрын

We used to make casts out of plaster back in the old days

@elaineturcotte1043

4 жыл бұрын

Really old school remedies were called plasters (like mud, mustard and other things) that were applied wet and as they dried they were thought to help heal and draw out impurities. That idea of covering a wound with a plaster is probably where the modern term care from. Band-Aid is a brand name that has become synonymous for adhesive strip...like Kleenex for a tissue or Google for an internet search.

@seamus1965

4 жыл бұрын

The reason Americans call plasters Band-Aids is because that was the name of the most well known company that make and distributed them.

@monalisa-zf4gc

4 жыл бұрын

Never have said pcp. Weird. Weve just said to the drs office. Gp=family practitioner, i.e handles all general medical, sees all ages. Refers out to specialists. Tylenol is brand name for acetaminophen. Motrin is brans name for ibuprofen. Paracetamol is limited to 325 milligrams in us.. but they are chemically the same as tylenol. In the ER, you have interns, who are just becoming drs, residents who are drs but getting practice in, then head drs, who supervise the lesser drs. You rarely see a head dr, unless you are serious.

@runsnaked9253

4 жыл бұрын

A plaster in the U.S. could also be referring to a cast on a broken bone, since they are made of plaster of paris. Also it could be referring to a type of old time treatment as in a "Mustard Plaster".

I'm American and when you said PCP I could only think of the drug...

@dionnelynn

4 жыл бұрын

Kaitlin Blomberg I work in healthcare and PCP is the drug or primary care provider

@kaitlinblomberg2541

4 жыл бұрын

@@dionnelynn Yeah. Just my first thought was the drug.

@mmc51660

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I thought of. That joint was laced with PCP. But that would be an 80s reference, I think.

@emmyriordan2465

3 жыл бұрын

Kaitlin Blomberg acid

@infledermaus

3 жыл бұрын

Me, too! PCP. Angel dust! Then she said TCP amd being from the computer world I immediately went for TCP/IP - transfer control protocol/internet protocol.

A drug store in the US has a pharmacy, but that's a department in the drug store, not the whole store.

Referring to the Epilepsy question, everyone says seizure here. I actually had corrective surgery and am going on 10 months seizure free!

@jjanaury3

4 жыл бұрын

Congrats babe!! Wishing you many more months seizure free!!

@maureenboyle1926

4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations

@stephenflynn7600

4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations!

@person1232

4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations!

@maryannebrown2385

4 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh-that is AMAZING!!! I am very happy for you! Seizures are so frightening-I had that after surgery. To not be able to control my body was not good.

If I heard someone “had a fit” I would just think they went full-Karen and demanded to speak to the manager. 😂

@sissylynn9566

4 жыл бұрын

I think that you have to be from South of the Mason-Dixon to get it. We also have spells.

@ML.0345

4 жыл бұрын

You can ask to speak to a manager without going 'Karen' on someone. That's just ridiculous

@hoku8089

4 жыл бұрын

Mari Lopez then you wouldn’t be having a fit you would just be speaking to the manager

@barbarae-b507

4 жыл бұрын

What the British call fit is seizure in the US. A family doctor is general practitioner doctor, who has their own practice and looks after a group of families and individuals.

@runsnaked9253

4 жыл бұрын

A "fit" is an out of date word for a seizure. Its now more commonly used to describe a child having a tantrum for example, or someone losing their composure and launching into a fit of rage.

“A shot” could just be so many things here in the us haha

@davidthorne5993

4 жыл бұрын

Right! Taking a shot, getting a shot, getting shot, shooting your shot, taking one more shot at something, shot a photo... etc. 😂

@amityblight143

3 жыл бұрын

A shot of achohol or a shot at the doctors

@Sam-xr8ne

3 жыл бұрын

@@amityblight143 a good basketball shot.

@mayloo2137

2 жыл бұрын

Here in Canada too.

For operating room, we normally pronounce it as an acronym as in “he’s been in the OR for 5 hours now”.

When talking about Tylenol they said Americans are being screwed over and I'm like: "yep. Welcome to American healthcare."

@ramonashearer7241

4 жыл бұрын

But Tylenol is the name brand, you can buy cheaper non brand name.

@lescrone5048

4 жыл бұрын

I never buy Tylenol. The store brand is always cheaper. I take aspirin everyday for my heart. Bayers is $3.99 at my local pharmacy but the store brand was 89¢. It’s not American medicine so much, it’s American advertising. it is our fixation on buying what we see on TV

@ElizabethNicoleSchwartz

4 жыл бұрын

I always buy the off-brand too. But as far as I know the name brand is less expensive over in the UK.

@ralphvelthuis2359

4 жыл бұрын

@@lescrone5048 by law, the store brand stuff has the exact same ingredients as the name brand, in the eacat same quantities. They both cost the same to make, probably on the same production line. All youre doing is paying for the name of the product.

@ldcrone1

4 жыл бұрын

@ Ralph Velthuis All I buy is the store brand or generics when at the pharmacy.

I'm not a doctor but my understanding is this: When you graduate from medical school with your M.D. or D.O., you are not yet allowed to practice independently. You must first work in a clinic or hospital as a "resident" under the supervision of an "attending physican". Once you complete a few years of residency you become fully licensed and can start your own practice or be hired as an attending yourself. So if you're ever in the emergency room, the first doctor who talks to you is almost certainly a resident. You're unlikely to even see the attending who supervises them unless you're there for a while, but the resident does need to report on their work with you to their attending supervisor. In addition to residents and attending physicians, hospitals also do actually have medical students as well, which can be confusing because it's a three level thing. The most confusing part is that someone in their first year of residency is called an "intern", which outside of the medical world usually means someone still in school but here it means someone who has actually graduated.

@robertelee63

4 жыл бұрын

You can be licensed and go into practice with just an MD. These doctors are often called general practitioners (GPs). Residents are training for a specialty, typically in a 4-year program. Attending physicians oversee the residents. Once residency is completed, a physician can become board certified. Family medicine is the US name for the specialty area called general practice in Europe. Most physicians in the US endeavor to become board-certified in their specially area.

@niemannicole

4 жыл бұрын

@@robertelee63 To practice as a doctor in the US (with few very rare exceptions) you need to complete residency training. Just having the MD or DO doesn't mean you can open up a clinic and start seeing patients. You do get a medical license but it is limited and specifies that you are still training. But yes completion of residency does let you take a board exam in that specialty which is very important to become to get most jobs in that field

@thehand756

4 жыл бұрын

The attending physician is the patient's doctor. The doctor who has ultimate responsiblity for the patient. That is, or was, most often a doctor in private practice. The doctor would have privileges to practice at one or more hospitals and would admit patients to the hospital. When the attending was not there, doctors employed by the hospital would care for the patient. In a teaching hospitial, at least, that would include residents. A board certified doctor employed (or contracted) by a hospital may also be an attending.

@Winslow273

4 жыл бұрын

@@thehand756 Hospitalists fit in there now once you hit the ward and are out of the ED...kinda a GP or PCP for those past the acute stage...

@thehand756

4 жыл бұрын

@@Winslow273 When you're in the ED, the attending is an emegency doc. Hospitalists are specialists whose specialty is caring for hospitialized patients. I think most primary doctors today don't go to the hospital, if any; they turn the care of their hospiitalized patients over to a hospitalist. Things with medicine have changed a lot since I was boy and a young man. And I of all people should not limit residents to the hospital. I see a resident at a clinic. In a sense, she's my primary doctor. But she's working under the supervision of a board certified family medicine doctor who is our attending.

In the US, we used to say GP, too (I'm old!), but it got replaced by PCP which means "Primary Care Physician". Family Doctor is akin to Primary Care, although it could mean a rural doctor who attends to all ages of people as opposed to specialists like a pediatrician for children, a gerontologist for the aged, an orthopedic physician for muscle/bone issues, etc. We have Operating Theaters, too, but they are literally theaters or lecture halls with galleries of seats where an audience of medical students can observe a surgeon performing a procedure on a patient. An operating room is just for the purpose of performing a procedure.

“You pay for it so you probably get seen very quickly” An actual joke, I had to laugh. Haha. Every time I’ve been to the ER (multiple broken bones over the years) I’ve waited for at least five hours. Usually much longer than that. Also, regarding PCP, this is more of a clinical designation. PCP = primary care physician/provider. Most people don’t use this terminology in conversation. It is used in clinical settings to determine the provider who is most familiar with a patient, the person they would see on a routine basis for every day medical needs and chronic disease management. The PCP is also the person who might need a copy of records sent after an ER visit, hospital admission, or specialist consult. On the daily, I think most people would just say they’re going to see their doctor. When you say GP, that is our family medicine doc. Family medicine is a speciality that focuses on providing comprehensive medical care to people throughout their life (pediatrics to geriatrics). Family medicine providers are very common candidates to be someone’s PCP.

@debbierhodes4479

4 жыл бұрын

I've always had to wait hours in the ER...except when our house burned and I had smoke inhalation and went into shock and came in by ambulance.

@GoldieDoggy

3 жыл бұрын

well that's not good! it shouldn't take hours to see someone

@1229mariah

3 жыл бұрын

@@LL-uz6bl well yeah. The more acute the ED the longer your wait typical will be as a nonacute patient. I live in an area with relatively large hospitals that do handle high acuity patients, and I’ve never been an even remotely medium acuity case. So even though I needed to be in the ER, I wasn’t a priority case.

@robertcuminale1212

3 жыл бұрын

@@GoldieDoggy I hadn't been feeling well or a few weeks. I have Diverticulosis. When it becomes a problem it's called Diverticulitis. They plied me with every antibiotic known to man and it wouldn't clear. One Friday night I told my wife that I just wasn't feeling well and she took me to the Emergency Room. We waited for 11 hours until someone took me in. I told them was going on and they gave me a CT and saw the infection in my large intestine. I got more antibiotics.The doctor made a big to do about a spot on my pancreas which has been there for at least 12 years. On Monday my PCP called and said I had a surgeon's appointment on Tuesday. On Wednesday about 12 inches was removed from my large intestine. This was serious and I could have ended up on a colostomy bag for the rest of my life. Why 11 hours in the Emergency Room? Because it was filled with dozens of Hispanic people who use the ER because they don't have health insurance because they are probably here in the US illegally. People coming in with a cold tie up the ERs while those with serious conditions are getting worse.

It’s actually called a bandage here. Everyone calls it a “Band-Aid” because of the popular brand of bandage.

@personalcheeses8073

4 жыл бұрын

Morgan McIntyre Bandages and plasters are not the same thing

@xMowgliBearx

4 жыл бұрын

Well a Band-aid is a bandage, and that’s what they were comparing it to.

@spencerwilton5831

4 жыл бұрын

Morgan McIntyre No, a bandage is a long fabric strip wound round and round the injured area.

@fabiolamorales4143

4 жыл бұрын

Spencer Wilton, we call it bandage because it basically has the same purpose, which is to protect where you got injuries. So a bandage in US is the long fabric strip and the “plaster” for us.

@trenaconway7111

4 жыл бұрын

If you read the band-aid box it literally says bandage on it.

Family Doctor = can treat any member of the family, not specialist or pediatrician. PCP = primary care physician... very much an insurance influenced term...

@stephenflynn7600

4 жыл бұрын

A PCP is also referred to as a GP or General Practitioner here in the US!

@organrick

4 жыл бұрын

The primary care physician is the doctor who is assigned to you for your primary care (you can pick the person), through the insurance company, and getting specialists is arranged through them.

@teresachapin4121

4 жыл бұрын

Every time I hear PCP I think Angel dust

@jazzyjames2746

4 жыл бұрын

American here. I don't think I ever said that I was going to see my PCP or heard anyone else say it. Just my doctor...

@ginnyjollykidd

4 жыл бұрын

An Internist (a specialist in Internal Medicine) can also be a PCP. The first time this term PCP ever came up was when insurance companies replaced major medical insurance with HMO's with very limited coverage and even more limited with doctors and other providers out of network. This was back in the mid - 1980's when I was old enough to need my own PCP. Because I'd heard so many horror stories about people having to give up the doctor that they'd seen since their early days, I decided to start with a doctor that would take my limited HMO insurance. 1984, about then was also the first time you heard -and had to pay - a copay on your treatment. About 20-30% of your treatment cost, and some of that was very high.

As an American as a kid i was confused by Drug store😂 i was like "what on earth do they sell there🤔👀 that is no place for a child"

@calme-dx2dp

2 жыл бұрын

You'd be more confused if you saw the drug dealer at the Drs office, peddling his goods, and giving away free samples (to the Dr). They also put literature in the office, visible to patients, and leave stationery (and other things) for the staff's use.

They used to be called operating theaters in the US, but that's seen as an outdated term. In the 18th and 19th century, there were literally seats filled with medical students watching a surgery, so it really was a theater. Medicine isn't taught like this in the US anymore so the term fell out of use. Now they're just operating rooms, or ORs.

Plaster in the USA is the spackle(ing) that's on the walls of buildings or household.

@jwb52z9

4 жыл бұрын

Just for clarity's sake, you mean "spackle".

@a-khanation5279

4 жыл бұрын

Plaster is also that , I was plastering the wall

@potownrob

4 жыл бұрын

It can also have a naughty connotation...

@williamsmith1617

4 жыл бұрын

Plaster goes on the walls. Of course, if you get really drunk on alcohol you might say you got plastered. Or if you hit someone really hard in the face you might say you plastered their face.

@bcgreen7479

4 жыл бұрын

@@jwb52z9 lol yes

As an American, I've never heard of a PCP office. We just say "the Dr's office".

@jamesdarnell8568

4 жыл бұрын

PCP = Primary Care Provider (your main doctor, not a specialist like a cardiologist, dermatologist or oncologist).

@cplmpcocptcl6306

4 жыл бұрын

If someone said they were going to the PCP office, I’d assume it’s some sort of drug deal. Now GP, I understand.

@SamoanBrasileiro

4 жыл бұрын

Only on your insurance card will you see PCP because alongside it will say your CoPay

@kathy2trips

4 жыл бұрын

@@cplmpcocptcl6306 - ha ha!

@Latte-girly90

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, PCP is a more technical term that only other health professionals use.

“Rectum, it damn near killedum “. Sorry, couldn’t help it.

When I taught in a school in London I always loved how if a child wasn’t feeling well the teacher would say “are you feeling poorly?”...it was so cute! But had to get used to if a child said “I’m feeling sick” it meant “I’m gonna throw up” 😂

"ED" here in the USA stands for "Erectile Disfunction", so we don't use the term "Emergency Department"! Also, PCP stands for Primary Care Physician (as opposed to specialists like cardiologists, gynecologist, and ENT (ears, nose, throat). Also, GP in the USA stands for General Practitioner (also known as a family doctor!).

@slford80

4 жыл бұрын

Most hospitals in the US use ED for Emergency Department, especially magnet hospitals

@paigelange7851

4 жыл бұрын

Historically, hospitals were small enough to only have one room that they would see many patients in. Emergency has evolved from just a room to an entire department, due to privacy concerns and just the amount of people being seen in the ED. So yes, the proper term is Emergency Department (ED).

@oliviasorenson1336

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, but ED also stands for emergency department. It’s more common to hear at my hospital than ER.

@moarroz

4 жыл бұрын

ER ...period because ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION is common here 😂

@jedijenru

4 жыл бұрын

The hospital I work for uses ED for emergency department. ER is mostly used in my town for the new stand one ERs that have been popping up the last 5 years. They are not connected to hospitals and practice a more concierge style of service.

Band-Aid is a brand of first-aid bandages that's come to represent the entire product. Like Vaseline (petroleum jelly), Hoover (vacuum cleaners), and Xerox (photocopiers). Ironically, we don't call them Hoovers here even though that's a big American brand; we just call them vacuums or vacuum cleaners. Xerox is now only a minor player in the American office copier market.

@vwbugtg

4 жыл бұрын

And Kleenex

@andreadehoyos9910

4 жыл бұрын

Pampers

@potownrob

4 жыл бұрын

WHERE’S THE XEROX MACHINE?!

@bigaspidistra

4 жыл бұрын

Band-Aid is a brand name in the UK but never made it to a generic name.

@JustJillin61

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! They also have a vacuum called a Hoover, but it’s a completely different company.

PCP is a typically older phrase, when HMOs were more common. With an HMO, you select a "Primary Care Physician" (PCP), who you always see first, and they then send you to a specialist if needed. With the more common PPO service types now, you select a doctor yourself from a list of specialists. "Family care doctors" are doctors that are cross-trained in many different fields, so they treat an entire family - they have pediatric knowledge for the children, gynecology for adult females, general training for all adults, some training for geriatrics as well. Some people prefer to see a family care doctor as their first point of visit, others like to go directly to specialist depending on what their symptoms are and PPOs allow this self-selection. Also, 911 versus 999 - when emergency services were being introduced in the US, the rotary phone was very common and dialing 999 would take longer (because you have to wait for the dial to make a nearly complete rotation with each digit), so 911 was used. When those same services were rolling out to much of the rest of the world, dial pads were becoming increasingly popular and with a pad, it's faster to dial 999 (finger stays on the same key).

@sheilahalper7428

2 жыл бұрын

PCP currently stands for Primary Care Provider- remember Nurse Practitioners and Nurse Midwives can be PCPs and we are not physicians

I’m from the southern part of the US and we also use the word “ill” as a way of saying we’re angry or annoyed. Like, sitting in traffic makes me ill. Little fun fact to confuse ya a little more lol

@darealgoat4237

4 жыл бұрын

We dont in the Carolina's

@diorocksmetalon5993

3 жыл бұрын

From Alabama here and couldn't agree more! Ill means mad or upset

@fromyakutia7423

3 жыл бұрын

@@diorocksmetalon5993 what do you use to say that you don’t feel ok? When you have to see a doctor?

@darlenashaw785

3 жыл бұрын

Another Alabamaian; we def say “ill” to mean grumpy or annoyed.

@tamikas9425

2 жыл бұрын

I'm from SC and if we say ill we mean sick we don't use it that way at all

"Band-Aid " is a brand name of adhesive bandages and related products. "Kleenex" is a brand name for facial tissue. "Hoover" is a brand name for the Hoover Company's vacuum cleaners and related products.

@momorobertson88

4 жыл бұрын

And “Chapstick” for lip balm

@JJ367

4 жыл бұрын

Vasoline for petroleum jelly

@kagomeshuko

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, we have a lot of genenornyms. neologisms.rice.edu/index.php?a=term&d=1&t=3395

@kagomeshuko

4 жыл бұрын

Here are 50 generonyms. www.impactbnd.com/blog/50-everyday-words-that-started-as-brands-and-trademarks

We have ER = “Emergency Room” and we have “Urgent Care”

@raymondmuench3266

4 жыл бұрын

Lito Lito Laughed when Lia said ER or ED. The latter is decidedly different!

@hayleehartzell9254

4 жыл бұрын

Yupp. Urgent care is less urgent than the emergency room. But most “urgent cares” have certain hours and close every night while the ER is always open. The ED is the section of the hospital and the staff who work there

@XB75015

3 жыл бұрын

Urgent Care is also cheaper than ER!

I used to work with an elderly lady who was born in the 30s and whenever she needed to get her prescriptions filled, she would say that she needed to go to the “Drugist”

“A person correcting people” 🤣🤣

2:07 Acetaminophen (ah-SEET-OH-men-ah-fen) is Tylenol. Every drug in America, unless it's frightfully old, has a chemical name and a brand name issued by its owner.

@1984msmocha

4 жыл бұрын

Actually 3... They have a chemical name, a brand name, and a generic name

@bethwatson1884

4 жыл бұрын

neka walker yes this

Historically, the term operating "theatre" referred to a non-sterile, tiered theater or amphitheater in which students and other spectators could watch surgeons perform surgery. Operating "room" is a more recent term (Early 1900s-1960s) that literally describes a space within which medical personnel utilize the aseptic techniques/technologies that developed during that period, such as gowns, gloves, and handwashing/disinfecting detergents.

@jkirton1964

4 жыл бұрын

In the USA, we say "operating room" instead of "theatre".

@TheDoctorMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

@@jkirton1964 there has been a shift where what were small areas ("rooms") have now expanded into departments - hence Emergency Room / Emergency Department (the preferred term in the UK over A&E or Casualty according to their Royal College); similarly the place-where-operations-happen has now expanded into a complex set up so neither is really right but we will often pleuralise the Operating Theatre to "Theatres" but again the formal names are typically Operating Departments (for example in the job title Operating Department Practitioners, the amazing people who keep the doctors from killing you alongside the nurses... DoI I'm a doctor...)

I'm in the US and I've always waited hours in the ER to be seen unless I'm pretty much dying. Also, PCP stands for "primary care provider" in this context, but PCP is also a drug that was originally a surgical anesthetic and animal tranquilizer, but it hasn't been used in the medical field in the US in years. People now get PCP on the streets and buy it for the hallucinatory effects.

Fit is what spoiled children have when they dont get their way.

I am an epileptic and reason it is called seizures here I learned is because they don't want it to be mixed up with tantrums or getting into shape. My doctor told me they want people to know the severity of what it is.

@marissa3053

4 жыл бұрын

I also have epilepsy and related to your comment if someone told me I had a fit I would be annoyed because of the other meanings. Not sure if you would feel the same. All the best.

@themaven2017

4 жыл бұрын

exactly! "She's throwing a fit" = she's having a tantrum. "She started a diet to get fit" = to get healthy, not necessarily to lose weight.

I had to laugh when you said about getting seen quickly in the ER just because we pay for it. Just because we pay a lot does not mean that our medical care is better lol 😂

@misslovemuffin3

4 жыл бұрын

Actually it doesn’t mean you are seen any faster. There is a triage system in both cases.

@JenniferMKoch

4 жыл бұрын

@@misslovemuffin3 people legit die in waiting rooms for the ER in the US. That's my point about not receiving better care just because we pay a lot of money. More money does not equal better care. The US healthcare system is beyond broken.

@tanyaqueen8480

4 жыл бұрын

Last time I went to the ER I thought was my appendix (turned out it was an ovarian cyst) I have very expensive insurance, but that doesn't matter at the ER. They can't turn anyone away even if they don't have insurance, and you're seen based on triage, so the worst cases first. I waited in the waiting room for 4 hours. They finally called me back, and I then sat in the room for 2 more hours before being seen by a doctor. See, people with no insurance will go to the ER for the sniffles, which causes most of the delays

@08andylee

4 жыл бұрын

Hear, Hear!

@pattycarljackson

4 жыл бұрын

Jenny Love people also die in other countries where medical care is “free”. So either way it doesn’t matter. People who go to the ER for minor stupid things like a cold need to stay away from going to the hospital because it does cause a huge hold up.

Theatre came about because, in the olden days, the operation was literally done on a stage so that all the all the med students could watch.

@firstenforemost

3 жыл бұрын

Not a stage as in a raised platform, but with a raised viewing area that the students could look down from.

Love the crazy story from your nurse friend. I worked for many years in the hospital on a post-surgical unit. Had many such cases over time. One good thing about caring for these individuals was they very rarely rang for any help, they didn't want attention from anyone and were very eager to be dismissed for home. Some even walked out without permission from the physician. Also the term "consultant" not used so much as "specialist", like "we'll ask for a consultation from a specialist".

Tylenol is a brand name that most people know it is acetaminophine.

@SaiyukiAi28

4 жыл бұрын

^ this. And we tend to pronounce it "asset-ah-min-ah-fin", which imo is kind of a lazy way to say it, but that's America for you. XD

@roxienahwooksy9478

4 жыл бұрын

I call it aspirin.

@charlesstuart7290

4 жыл бұрын

@@roxienahwooksy9478 Not aspirin.

@juliethompson2903

4 жыл бұрын

We spell it "acetaminophen." So that is why we do not pronounce the last syllable as "feen."

@joannajohnson8210

4 жыл бұрын

@@roxienahwooksy9478 aspirin is a completely different drug. It is an anti-inflammatory with a side effect of inhibiting blood clotting. In fact, many people take a small daily dose for that reason. It can also be rather hard on the tummy. Tylenol/acetaminophen helps to reduce pain. It does not affect blood clotting, is usually very gentle on the tummy but can have serious side effects on the liver if overused, or used with alcohol. It's important to not mix these two up.

Operating theatres here are when other medical staff can watch the operation.

@jwb52z9

4 жыл бұрын

That's actually where the term came from when student doctors had to watch surgeries to learn anatomy and how to perform procedures.

A-seat-ah-men-ah-fin is how most Americans pronounce it

@annaharper9962

4 жыл бұрын

Just say tylenol!

@sugoiharris1348

4 жыл бұрын

@@annaharper9962 I came here to say we pronounce it ty-len-ol. Lol

@JoyInAbility

3 жыл бұрын

Acetaminophen is more fun to say lol

@totallyboats3818

3 жыл бұрын

Hi there Joel and Lia, love the videos. Acetaminophen and Paracetamol are two ways of describing the same chemical structure and active ingredient. Yes, we have Ibuprofen, brand name is Advil. Most people say pharmacy. The Attending Physician is the Resident Physician's supervisor, and as you know residents are post grads completing their training.

@vbvermont

3 жыл бұрын

A&E is also known as Arts and Entertainment in North America, so it’s a bit funny to hear it associated with medical emergencies.

The term Family Doctor usually means your local doctor (small town) but I think the clinics being more corporate have changed that. You don't always get the same doctor when you have an appointment.

I hear Pharmacy just as often as I hear "Drug Store". People say pharmacy instead of Chemist, because they are dealing with pharmaceuticals, where-as chemists deal with all sorts of chemistry, not just medical science ;)

@webwarren

4 жыл бұрын

Also, chemist re: pharmacy is particular to a compounding pharmacy, where the pharmacist can mix medications at the store, instead of just transferring pills and liquids from big bottles into little bottles (there's obviously more to it than that, but...)

@catherinebenton3637

4 жыл бұрын

actually we normally say what ever pharmacy we are going to . Going to CVS , or going to walgreens ect

@webwarren

4 жыл бұрын

Catherine Benton only if you're going to a chain store. Local pharmacies, we might just say "going to the drugstore"

@rebekahhakeber5093

4 жыл бұрын

NicholasKreuz i say pharmacist- even when referring to the compounding pharmacy that has to make my medicine lol- they all get called pharmacists and they work at pharmacies- But my mom always said “the drug store” so possibly this one is age and location. 🤷🏻‍♀️ one of my friends said the proper term for a pharmacist at a compounding pharmacy is Chemist lol but to me it sounds wrong. I still call the man a pharmacist

@webwarren

4 жыл бұрын

@@rebekahhakeber5093 I think Dad sometimes called him (it was a"him" back then) "the druggist" and the store "the druggist's"

When you said we get seen faster because we pay for healthcare 😂😂😂😂😂 No.

@texascu3262

4 жыл бұрын

Try going to the ER in Canada, England, or Australia. I have and you will wish you were back in the States.

@jayeff15

4 жыл бұрын

Texas CU until you get that 50,000 bill lol

@EricT3769

4 жыл бұрын

@anon - Nope. $250 copay for me.

@Katy32344

4 жыл бұрын

Compared to the NHS, we are seen in a flash. Lol.

@mistyh8689

4 жыл бұрын

@@jayeff15 the most I've been charge was 1,100 in that was after a broken bone

Enjoyed the vid quiet a bit...since I'm a doctor I'm familiar with all terms discussed, including how they're called in the UK. There's only one term I'd like to expand upon: I am a PCP (primary care provider) and I'm a Family Doctor (Board Certified in Family Medicine) which means we can treat patients from neonates, pediatrics, pregnancy, deliveries, adults, geriatrics, and end of life.

In Australia the word fit is used quite a lot. Healthy = fit, sexy "He looks QUITE fit", size "that pants fits my waist", fashion sense "the color on these clothes doesn't fit my style", moaning or complaining "Oh she/he's chucking a fit over something or other".

Tylenol is the brand name of acetaminophen so that why it's more expensive, also prices are higher in tourist locations like las vegas

@Winslow273

4 жыл бұрын

Ibuprofen, acetaminophen, Naproxin Sodium, Aspirin (drug/chemical name) = Advil, Tylenol, Alleve, Ecotrin (brand names)... all these are over the counter (otc).....the prescription ones are usually a narcotic and an otc together, e.g., Tylenol #3 is acetaminophen with codeine and Vicodin is Acetaminophen with hydrocodone....

@heidimarchant5438

4 жыл бұрын

Especially on the strip!

PCP stands for a primary care provider and we just say I’m going to the doctor

@pattibaker14

4 жыл бұрын

Primary Care Physician

Chemist vs pharmacy I would think would refer back to a time when medicines were made on site.

-Band-aid is a brand name, generically they are bandages. -acetaminophen is the name of the main ingredient in Tylenol. -The attending is a doctor who has finished medical school and can train interns -We also call a small drink a shot. It's a term used for many things. -Primary Care Provider. We usually just say we're going to the doctor. A family doctor is someone who sees patients of all ages. -We say sick for not feeling well and vomiting. I'm sick means that you are ill. I got sick usually means vomit. -having a fit used to mean seizure but now it's usually used to describe a tantrum -pharmacy is a department in the clinic/hospital or a store like Walmart. Drug store is an independent store that has a pharmacist available to fill prescriptions.

In America u also sit for hours in the ER unless it's a life threatening thing

@stephenflynn7600

4 жыл бұрын

Way to go Danny, wave that 🇬🇧. You haven’t lived there so why are making a comment you know nothing about!

@squarepants6000

4 жыл бұрын

@@stephenflynn7600 But he's not wrong.

@Ten13Grl

4 жыл бұрын

@@stephenflynn7600, why are you so angry?

@stephenflynn7600

4 жыл бұрын

Danny Voyes that’s the same the world over!

@stephenflynn7600

4 жыл бұрын

Ten13Grl - I don’t like when people talk out their asses!

“Band-Aid” is the brand name for an adhesive bandage. The term band-aid for charity came FROM this brand name term.

@RossM3838

4 жыл бұрын

Johnson and Johnson invented the name and it just caught on Note that other companies cannot call then band aids They have to use different terms

@08wildhoney

4 жыл бұрын

It has become the generalized name for all adhesive bandages in the same manner as most people call all facial tissue "Kleenex" regardless of brand.

@Trifler500

4 жыл бұрын

Yup. The actual generic term is "bandage"

@alexisbaumann1631

4 жыл бұрын

here's a bit of trivia about the jingle, I am stuck on band-aid and band-aids stuck on me was written by Barry Manilo ...he wrote jingles before he became famous

@criskity

4 жыл бұрын

The charity event was to help starving people in Africa, primarily the famine in Ethiopia in the mid 80s.

I work in healthcare in California. Your PCP is your Primary Care Physician. He/she is the primary doctor working with you regarding health issues. Your PCP keeps all of your medical records on file and up-to-date. More times than not, you will need a referral from your PCP to see a specialist.

we have that but operating rooms are just for regular operations but operating theater is where that have a room with a window above where you are being operated on which is used for either education or for families when there family member is in danger of dying on the table

When they tried to say acetaminophen... 😂😂

Acetaminophen is Tylenol, if we don’t want to say acetaminophen, we just say Tylenol.

@taylorcoble3738

4 жыл бұрын

Also we do have ibueprofin

@destini3264

4 жыл бұрын

@@taylorcoble3738 ibuprofen is NOT the same thing as Tylenol lol don't get it mixed up

@crayolasun

4 жыл бұрын

Basically, Tylenol is a brand name, the generic is Acetaminophen. Advil is a brand name, the generic is Ibuprofen. Bayer is a brand name, the generic is Aspirin. And Aleve is a brand name, the generic is Naproxen Sodium. Edited because apparently I can’t spell.

@bflandragon90

4 жыл бұрын

Ibuprofen is advil. Acetominophen is tylenol. Advil and tylenol are brand names which is why they're more expensive

@cakesbyjj2310

4 жыл бұрын

@@bflandragon90 ibuprofen in my local supermarket is 29p, paracetamol same

Longest I’ve ever had to wait in an emergency room before being seen was 8 hours. Rhode Island Hospitals are crazy busy sometimes.

An attending is a doctor in the hospital that has completed their medical school and residency. It’s above resident physicians and medical students and they usually are the ones who usually supervises them and helps out.

When my son was 2 he got sick and was having a couple of things happening that he had never done before, I think you get it. We had to go to the military hospital, the ER gave him 1/4 of a teaspoon of pedialyte, he threw it up. They did it again and he did too. They told me to take him home and keep doing that he'd be fine. He wasn't by the next morning he had lost so much weight you could see it. I took him to the pediatric clinic of the hospital without an appointment which you weren't allowed to do. The receptionist, an officer's wife, hatefully told me to leave because I didn't have an appointment. She stood up started waving her finger around the waiting area saying All these people have appointments, there were 2 women and their children. I screamed at her they are there for something that could be fixed with a bandaid my son was dying, he was. The head doctor came out looked him and said Oh my God. She rushed him in stuck an I V in and took him upstairs to a room. If I had waited he would have died.

We do NOT get seen quickly in the emergency room here in the US. I’ve been so many times bc of family emergencies and you wait all night. There is a lot of people waiting and they see you quicker by how serious your condition is and if not serious enough you just wait for a bed to open up which can take several hours. Waiting in the emergency room to be seen is the closest thing to purgatory I’ve ever felt.

@jjanaury3

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah it is pretty terrible but if its not super serious going to an urgent care center would be a lot quicker!!

@EricT3769

4 жыл бұрын

@Jodi January - And often a lot cheaper, but I guess it depends on your insurance situation.

@almostcartoonishlyawkward

4 жыл бұрын

As someone who was uninsured for years, I can tell you that people who use the ER when urgent care or a regular doctor visit would have sufficed, are probably uninsured. Private practice doctors and independent urgent care clinics usually ask for payment up front, and if your uninsured and can't afford the appointment fee, you're screwed. But hospital emergency rooms are legally required to provide emergency care regardless of your ability to pay, so it might be the only chance you have of seeing a doctor. (The obvious downside is that they do send you a bill, and an ER visit is way more expensive than a doctor visit, but when you're uninsured and need an antibiotic, it's sometimes your only option 🤷)

@Katy32344

4 жыл бұрын

Haha I said much the same thing, only I called it a circle of Hell

@Katy32344

4 жыл бұрын

@@almostcartoonishlyawkward yep. That's a big problem. Drives up healthcare costs all around. Those bills generally go unpaid, according to the stats I used to see when I worked in that field. Not that those folks shouldn't be seen, but there should be a better way.

Family doctor is also called primary physician. They basically see you for all your medical needs from allergies to sinus infection, or your annual medical exams, they also will be sure to get you any and all vaccines and such to keep you healty. If you need to get specialized care, they will refer you out, they also can commit you to the hospital for conditions like appendicitis which would require surgery. Family doctors are the basic of everyday healthcare needs here in America.

We just say “going to the doctor”…also “family doctor” just means a general practitioner you always see and they give you a referral to a specialist if you need it.

We don't say "going to the PCP office." We just say "going to the doctor" or "going to the doctor's office." An "attending" is an Attending Physician. They are in charge of a group of residents and ultimately responsible for ensuring that the patient gets the correct treatment.

@jjanaury3

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah but if you go to the hospital or something they'll generally ask who your PCP is, but your right, wouldn't say going to my PCP lol

@pjschmid2251

4 жыл бұрын

PCP is a primary care physician. But you wouldn’t say I’m going to my ‘PCP office’ I’m going to the doctor.

Waited 6 hours one time in the ER. They don’t give a crap if you are paying in America!

I love you two. You both are so funny and exploitative in each countries diversities. Thanks so much, you really make me laugh about our differences in a common language!

We do have pharmacies that only fill prescriptions but then we have larger businesses like CVS that has a department to fill medications but also sell lots of other things too.

I'm epileptic and more often people will say something like, "she's having a seizure" or "she's seizing". I've heard "fit" when people were describing what had happened to me or "episode".

You say, "He was taken to hospital." In the US we say, "He went to the hospital."

@personalcheeses8073

4 жыл бұрын

Dawn Riffell What do you mean? Both are possible

@TheBullyMomma

4 жыл бұрын

Kristina Winter, Saying he went to hospital you’re using hospital as a proper name in the U.S. we say the hospital because it’s a general term, we drop the, if we are naming a specific hospital. The local hospital in my area is Tripoint so I would say he was taken to Tripoint.

@neversaygoodbye4

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve always noticed they don’t say “the” before hospital.

@superdrew8564

3 жыл бұрын

Omg yes

PCP is a hard drug, so I can't say I've ever heard PCP office lol

@dognerd7280

3 жыл бұрын

PCP is more of a term that insurance companies originated I believe, who knows why🙄

An “attending” or attending physician is a physician (or surgeon usually) that has completed their residency and or fellowship. So when your a resident your in your medical residency, once you have completed residency you can either choose to go into a fellowship (education for a sub-specialty) where they are called “fellows” or you can be finished with medical training where you are then called an “attending”

For about an 8-year period, I had to take my paraplegic father to the ER about twice a year for different paralysis-related emergencies. We were ALWAYS there a minimum of six hours. It was never a quick trip to the ER!!

The best way to phonetically say Acetaminophen: Uh-Seat- uh-min-ah-fin. Say it as fast as you can 5x.

@personalcheeses8073

4 жыл бұрын

Aly Get Real It’s okay we don’t need to know, we won’t be using the word

Family doctor usually just refers to doctors that work in an office and see patients from birth to death

So right about Sunday and A&E.

I was chatting with a brit and medical talk came up and there were so many differences! The doctor's office versus surgery thing came up, which was interesting (and a bit confusing)! Oh, and attending is short for attending physician. That's why it ends in -ing. You'd think we'd be seen fast because we pay for medical services but it absolutely does not happen that way. We wait hours as well.

@KatieScoot11

4 жыл бұрын

In Scotland they also don’t call a doctor by the term Dr. as in Dr. Smith. It’s Mr. Smith. Odd, isn’t it?

@mplwy

4 жыл бұрын

@@KatieScoot11 Wow!

@alisonsmith4801

4 жыл бұрын

@@KatieScoot11 Thought that was only consultants that get called Mr, in the NHS, to differentiate between the person who was the very top of their chosen field as opposed to a more general Doctor.

The equivalent to plaster would be bandage. “Band-Aid” is actually a brand name. Just like Kleenex for facial tissues.

@personalcheeses8073

4 жыл бұрын

kishka7winecountry Plasters and bandages are not the same thing

@trenaconway7111

4 жыл бұрын

If you read the band-aid box it literally says bandage on it.

@janstickles3035

4 жыл бұрын

@@trenaconway7111 - It doesn't matter what the box says. If your little one scrapped his knee would he come inside and say "mom" I need a bandage" or would he say "mom, i need a band-aid". The brand name Band-aid has become synonymous for an adhesive strip bandage. Plaster in UK is the term used for an adhesive strip bandage. Thus, UK plaster=US band-aid. What is so difficult here? Here in US plaster is still used to form a cast for a broken bone, although fiberglass casts are replacing the use of plaster.

It's understood that if someone says, "Shots are on me!" while you're at a bar, it means a small amount of hard liquor and not an injection.

I live in NY and have used chemist, pharmacy, and drug store for different things. A chemist is usually someone who makes your prescription. For example, if you need a medication that isn't standard, they would mix it for you. This is common for prescription creams from dermatologists or medications for pets. I need a chemist to make the liquid medicine I give my cat. Drug store and pharmacy are kind of the same thing. A drug store is like a CVS or Wallgreens that sells medicines, makeup, gift cards, toiletries, etc. Within those stores is the pharmacy department. This is the area of the store where the pharmacist is and where they keep the prescriptions. It's a locked department. So over the counter drugs (Tylenol, cough medicine, etc) would be in the regular aisles, but the more serious drugs you'd get from a doctor are in the pharmacy department. There are also pharmacies that aren't within a drug store. These are more rare in suburban and urban areas as the chain stores have taken over. Free-standing pharmacies are more of a "mom and pop" store. It's probably a pharmacist who decided to open up their own location instead of working inside a drug store. Many times they will still sell the odds and ends like a drug store (first aid items, tylenol, candies, just not makeup) because it helps bring in more money than only selling prescriptions. Honestly, this is who bigger chains like Wallgreens and such got their start back in the early 1900s.

We use "drug store" and "pharmacy" basically interchangeably (though I would probably hear "drug store" applied to things like CVS or Walgreens as a whole, whereas "pharmacy" is specifically the part of the store that sells medicines). The UK probably started saying "pharmacy" after hearing it from America :) As for 911/999, I read once that you can actually call 911 in the UK (and most other places) and it will redirect you to the proper emergency services, because American media has convinced a lot of people around the world that the number is 911, so people use that number even when they're not in America. I have no idea if that's true (I'm not about to test it when I don't have an actual emergency!), but it sounds plausible to me. I remember watching an episode of the TV show Boston Legal where someone had changed their identity, and the lawyer figured it out because they sarcastically told someone, "Why don't you call 999?" and he realized she was actually British. That was the first time I learned that in the UK it's 999.

@SX_Tifosi16

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I doubt we have copied Pharmacy from you. And you can’t call 911 and it re-directs you to our emergency services. You’re taught at a young age how to contact emergency services (police, ambulance, fire) via 999.

@simonpowell2559

4 жыл бұрын

@@SX_Tifosi16 I believe pharmacy came from the French (possibly Latin/Greek) Also in England drugs is drugs. Marijuana coke acid etc. So you will never see a drug store in Britain.

@SX_Tifosi16

4 жыл бұрын

Simon Powell I am aware .... considering I live in England. I never said we called them drug stores. It is called a pharmacy. We would refer to prescription drugs as ‘medication/medicine’ and not ‘drugs’.

@simonpowell2559

4 жыл бұрын

@@SX_Tifosi16 yes, sorry I was trying to answer both yourself (about pharmacy. As if it was an American word?) And also the above comment, from ice metal punk, that as a Brit thinking "Drug Store" was inappropriate. I realized later that it was confusing. I will try to be clearer in future. Thanks for your input.

We sometimes say GP for General Practitioner. But most just say "the doctor."

some ORs have a theater (theatre?) above, so resident doctors can watch the operation. This is usually in a teaching hospital.

I grew up in the Philippines and called it paracetamol. When I moved to Canada, it’s called acetaminophen/Tylenol. It literally took me 10 years do learn they’re the same lol. We pronounce it ah-seh-tah-mi-no-phen

I thought you guys only used “chemist” to refer to a pharmacy? We use both pharmacy and drugstore though I think it’s probably regional.

@amberlouise86

4 жыл бұрын

Here a chemist doesn't sell anything other than drugs, occasionally u may get one stand of maybe make up or sun screen. It's usually a very small place 😉

@BNL07604

4 жыл бұрын

Chemists are more popular in Switzerland. Actually there you see the chemist before you see the doctor.

@dougtube2006

4 жыл бұрын

It seems like pharmacy is used for a stand-alone pharmacy (or the prescription part of the drugstore) while drugstore means a store with a pharmacy.

@Leon-wz1js

4 жыл бұрын

A drug-store is a store, and in such, you look for the pharmacy in the drug store. Years ago (when I was a boy), we used to have mom & pop shops which were pharmacies, and they were like the pharmacies they have in Britain.

@weebabyshakeus

4 жыл бұрын

Why would they call the pharmacy a chemist? A chemist is the ones who make the drugs. The place you go to buy them, only hands you the drugs.

I would say I hear “pharmacy” used more often than “drug store” in the US these days. I remember hearing “drug store” more as a kid so maybe it’s a bit of an old fashioned term now.

@hollyjoann

4 жыл бұрын

To me, the drug store is the whole store, whereas the pharmacy is inside of the drug store. The pharmacy is the actual counter you go up to to get a prescription. Maybe that's just me.

@pinkpolly88

4 жыл бұрын

I'd say 'drug store' is like Boots. A pharmacy is a small dedicated shop for dispensing medicines, or the counter in Boots where you get your prescription done.

@ShahidKhan-ke8fe

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that makes sense, we have a British store chain called 'Superdrug' but they sell everything from cosmetics to haircare products. The actual drugs are only a small part of their offering.

Before the invention of an adhesive bandage (most common brand called Band-Aid) the word plaster was used to describe a covering of a wound. Its use disappeared some 100 years ago.

Attending is usually your regular family doctor or doctor admitting you to the hospital. A consultant is usually called for specific issues like an orthopedist for bone issues, surgeon if you need surgery, cardiologist for heart issues, etc. we wait forever to see someone in the ER. Always say you have chest pain to be seen quicker lol.

In America, we don't call a doctor's office a surgery as you do in Britain. Surgery here only applies to an actual operation.

@alangknowles

4 жыл бұрын

GPs do minor surgery.

@lmay6914

4 жыл бұрын

However setting a broken bone, intramuscular injections, and lancing a boil is considered “surgery” in the billing/insurance world. Typically done in the Dr. office

Sick is for minor colds, headaches, stomach problems. Ill is for major issues like Bronchitis, flu and things that lead to requirimg surgery.

@xslickrickx2103

4 жыл бұрын

I think this is regional, I live in the north east and use sick for everything, I can’t remember ever hearing someone say they feel ill

I believe the term "operating theatre" is based on the fact that in teaching hospitals, they have seats above the room for medical students to watch the operation as the attending surgeon is explaining the procedures to the students.

Attending, refers to the head doctor on shift at the time. Lots of hospitals in rural areas may have only one doctor on shift; especially at night.

Plaster for us refers to building materials.

@mountainlace7618

4 жыл бұрын

Or an old fashion "plaster cast" for broken limbs 😎

@Leon-wz1js

4 жыл бұрын

@@mountainlace7618 I forgot about a plaster cast. Don't they usually opt for an inflatable cast nowadays opposed to the plaster casts? I never got one, but a friend got one somewhat recently.

@kenbrown2808

4 жыл бұрын

I remember when I was a child, wondering what good it would do to smear plaster of paris on cut.

@UrbanSipfly

4 жыл бұрын

Plaster is a description for someone drunk as a skunk!

We have ibuprofen, but most call it by the Name brand of Advil.

@katannep7798

4 жыл бұрын

Jo Kesterson or Motrin

Why do you say “she’s in hospital” rather than she’s in the hospital? You leave out “the”. I’ve always been curious about that one! Thanks!

@mommad9863

4 жыл бұрын

Same! I've wondered about this for years.

@xannecorinnex

4 жыл бұрын

I think Brits refer to that as if we say “she’s been hospitalized” = “she’s in hospital”. Since to them saying “she’s in the hospital” might seem like they could just be waiting in the hospital for someone instead of being there to get treated.

@TheBullyMomma

4 жыл бұрын

C Berry, they’re using hospital as a proper name. In the U.S. you would say she’s in the hospital (non-specific hospital) or she’s in Lake West Hospital (specific hospital, the is dropped).

@jessicasimeone8828

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheBullyMomma yes and to kind of further your point it's like to us how we say "I'm going to school" rather than "I'm going to the school"..... or "shes in school right now" rather than "shes in the school right now".... they do that with hospital and also they do that with University I've noticed. They say "I'm going to University" rather than "I'm going to the University".

@randelbrooks

3 жыл бұрын

use of the word is related to its origin like hospitality or the Knights of the hospital. Also called the hospitalers. In other words it is not originally a medical term.

Yes there is a thing called triage here in the hospital, like i went in with a stoke here and i was taken immediately up and put in a room.. triage is a list of rules they go by to tell who needs to be seen first , second and so on to make sure people survive, and we usually don't have to have a medical note to say whether we can lay off from work, the type of job we have determines whether or not we get a sick day or whether its not paid for.

In the U.S. there are pharmacies, which fill Rx. If the medicine is compounded it’s called a Apothecary.

@mocub69

4 жыл бұрын

I would equate an apothecary to a chemist.

@scottdawkins5216

4 жыл бұрын

I've heard a term and it seems (maybe not) to be used more often now, compounding pharmacy.

There is no difference between acetaminophen and paracetamol. They are two generic names for a chemical substance known as para-acetylaminophenol.

@jkirton1964

4 жыл бұрын

In the USA, acetaminophen = Tylenol and ibuprofen = Advil

@katharineal1168

4 жыл бұрын

And, if you buy the generic version from the drugstore it's labeled as Acetaminophen or Ibuprofen. You pay a little more for Tylenol and Advil as they are the brand, I believe. However, like Kleenex versus tissue, people use both names interchangeably.

@jaymepittroff

4 жыл бұрын

or Tylenol (name brand)- it is usually found in 325mg, 500mg, and 650mg tablets- what strengths do they have in England?

@TheDoctorMonkey

4 жыл бұрын

paracetamol is only really found in 500mg strength in tablet form in the UK, normally one takes 2 at a time (ie 1000mg) there are a few combined forms which use a lower dose per tablet

@captsparrowslady

4 жыл бұрын

@@jkirton1964 Motrin is also a brand name for ibuprofen.

For U.S. the pharmacy is for prescription medications and it is inside the drug store. So we may use either term for a CVS usually depending on what we are going there for.

It's the same here with ER wait times, if not worse. I once waited 10 hours for stitches after being attacked by a dog. They do take priority cases first, but they also take private insurance first too. I was either on state insurance or didn't have any at the time (I can't remember) so I kept getting bumped down in line.

911 was introduced when there were still rotary phones around,- the two 1s were quicker to dial

@kenbrown2808

4 жыл бұрын

exactly. and they couldn't make it 111 because starting with a one sent it to the long distance operator.

@MicroPal

4 жыл бұрын

That makes sense. Dialing 999 on a rotary phone would take forever!

@ianhodgson221

4 жыл бұрын

@@MicroPalActually 999 was chosen very specifically for use on a rotary dial for ease of use in low light. There was a metal stop to stop turning the dial to far. In the rest position on the left side of the stop was the finger hole for Zero, the next hole on the left side was 9 So treble 9 was chosen for ease of location. And I think also there was a specific electrical reason that the GPO engineers chose that number with the rotary dial system

@pederdavisson9124

4 жыл бұрын

You will date your self if you know what this ✏️ has to do with making a phone call.

@JenniferMKoch

4 жыл бұрын

@@pederdavisson9124 it's easier to dial with. My great grandmother used a rotary phone until she had to switch because of digital voice service. It was so fun to make calls on.

I’m glad this popped up. I was having a tough quarantine day and you guys made me forget for awhile.💕

We have drug stores and pharmacies, a drug store is somewhere like CVS, you can get like anything, make-up, supplies, medicine, and a pharmacy is where you pick up a prescription medicine from the store, most big stores will have a pharmacy in the medicine section, both a spot to get them inside and a drive through at some outside to get it. And those are typically if the doctor prescribes medicine.