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The Leap Non-Severity Scale at edwinleap.com

Posted by GruntDoc on January 18th, 2009

The Leap Non-Severity Scale at edwinleap.com
My scoring system for critical illness:

The Leap Non-severity scale:

Profanity:

3 Unable to speak profanity or make profane gestures.

Follow the link, there’s more.  And it’s funny (because it’s true)!

Genius.  Sheer, unadulterated genius.

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2 Responses to “The Leap Non-Severity Scale at edwinleap.com”

  1. Robin Says:
    January 18th, 2009 at 11:46 am

    Edwin’s blog is one of my favorites. As an FYI, he’s having spam probs with comments and they are working on a fix so folks can comment. As of yesterday, it wasn’t fixed. I believe he posted that somewhere, but just in case folks haven’t seen it….

    GruntDoc, your blog is one of my favorites, too. Got yer boots on and a shovel handy? ;)

  2. symtym Says:
    January 18th, 2009 at 4:43 pm

    Excellent score. In residency we had the DBI (for dirtball index, do longer used because it ain’t PC). DBI = (blood alcohol level × surface area in tattoos)/(number of remaining teeth). With the rise of methamphetamine, the denominator has become meaningless…

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