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While the surgeon was pointing to the left side of OP, they just answered “it’s the right side” meaning that the right side was the right side … Guess what the
by vocram 5y ago
While the surgeon was pointing to the left side of OP, they just answered “it’s the right side” meaning that the right side was the right side … Guess what the surgeon did.
- taneq 5y agoThis is why I say “correct” instead of saying “right.”
- hammock 5y agoDoesn't help if the doctor's question was "Am I cutting into the right side?"
- saary 5y agoWhen I've practiced as a paramedic the best practice was to ask the patient to point to the pain and not just verbally confirm
- sjmm1989 5y agoThis is probably the smartest move. When I am dealing with someone who doesn't seem to understand what I am saying due to language barrier, I start dealing with physical communication instead however possible. It can look odd, and be sort of funny to witness; but it works a charm more often than not. There are just some things we all generally understand once the body becomes involved.
- lostlogin 5y agoTwo confusing ones I hear are: “It’s my right, your left” (not common but has occurred multiple times). The more frequent one is where someone is trying to say “medial side of left leg” and say “it’s the right side of of my left leg”.
- taneq 5y agoIf all else fails the penis points to the problem.
- taneq 5y agoThis is why they draw on you with texta saying "cut here you dumbf*k" and then get you to sign three times to say the texta is correct and that you've confirmed it to all and sundry. It seems dumb but if it saves me from having someone dissect my right knee when I wanted someone to bolt a new AC ligament into my left one, I'm all for it.
- marcodiego 5y agoEnglish... what a language! The right side was actually the left side. Fortunately the talk was in Portuguese.
- digisign 5y agodireito has the same issue in Portuguese, does it not?
- marcosdumay 5y agoNot exactly. "É o lado direito" is unambiguous, as the meaning of "correct" can not be used on this context.
- marcodiego 5y agoThe word "direito" in Portuguese can mean many things: "not broken", "right of law", "discipline of law" and "right side". When you're talking about sides or direction it is clear what meaning it has. Mixing the meaning of the word "direito" in Portuguese is very very rare.