abbreviation General Slang

DRT

· abbreviation · EMS / fire / police

Dead Right There — the patient is gone before you even unbuckle the gurney.

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Dead Right There. EMS/fire shorthand radioed or muttered when the patient is obviously deceased on scene — no CPR, no transport, no miracle. It's the call you clear in five minutes because there's nothing to do but wait for the coroner.

“Dispatch wanted vitals — I just keyed up and said 'DRT, send the ME.'”
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DRT In A Sentence

Dispatch wanted vitals — I just keyed up and said 'DRT, send the ME.'

Origin & Usage

American EMS/fire slang, in print since at least the 1990s; a gallows-humor cousin of DOA (Dead On Arrival) used when the call clearly never had a save in it.

Variants D.R.T.Dee Are Tee
Tags #ems#police#fire#medical#gallows-humor

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