Medical Songs

On nights shift one night some emergency nurses and I started to come up with a list of songs which could be considered the sound-track for any Ambulance or Emergency Department… hope you enjoy… some of them are a little wrong… but entirely in good spirit.

Shackles – Mary Mary: When psych patients are shackled to the bed

Venus – Bananarama: When arterial blood gas sample is venous

Harder to Breathe – Maroon 5: Short of breath patients

Breathe – The Prodigy: Specific to patients on Bipap (Breath the pressure)

Pressure Down – John Farnham: Hypertensive patients or letting air out of the pressure bags

Check On It – Beyonce: Nurses needing a drug checked

DOA – Foo Fighters: The white meat truck

Confide in Me – Kylie Minogue: Psych registrar song

Push It – Salt ‘n’ Pepa: Wardsperson/porters song/pushing IV drugs

No Scrubs – TLC: Soiled uniform and need to change into scrubs

Dizzy – Spin Doctors: Dizziness

Hot In Here – Nelly: Trauma gown songs/failure of air conditioning

Hot Stuff – : Skanky psych/D&A patients

I Want That Man – Deborah Harry: Skanky psych/D&A patients

Can You Feel It – Jackson 5: Testing neurovascular status

Stayin’ Alive – The Bee Gees: Arrest song

Night Fever – The Bee Gees: Nocturnal Diaphoresis

Purple Pills – Eminem: Epilim song

All By Myself – Jamie O’Neal: When you sign on and there is no one to work with

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