Yesterday I had a scan request that included the absolute banger that was: “patient has ataxia - cant walk spaghetti, can’t stand up spaghetti”
I assume spaghetti meant straight. But how do you make that mistake? And do it twice?

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Yesterday I had a scan request that included the absolute banger that was: “patient has ataxia - cant walk spaghetti, can’t stand up spaghetti”
I assume spaghetti meant straight. But how do you make that mistake? And do it twice?
The other day I got a scan request for a head that just said “Left”
Gee thanks.
bone window CT scan of a self-inflicted gun shot wound to the head
brain window at source: r/radiology & some info on his recovery
Criteria for URGENT (<1hr) CT head - Adults
GCS - <13 on admission, or <15 two hours after injury
Suspected skull fracture
Seziure
Focal neurological deficit
>1 episode of vomiting
Criteria for CT scan within 8hrs - some LoC/amnesia and...
Age - 65yrs+
History of bleeding/clotting disorder (incl. warfarin)
Mechanism - hit by car, fall >1m, ejected from car etc
Amnesia - >30min, retrograde amnesia
A nice summary of guidelines here - http://stemlynsblog.org/updated-nice-head-injury-guidelines-worth-scan/