# What is this British medical term? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 19, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-british-medical-term/799288 "2017-10-19T15:26:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-british-medical-term/799288/1 "2017-10-19T15:26:54Z")
So, Not Always Right had its tenth anniversary and held a survey recently where fans of the site voted on their favorite tale from the past decade. The one that came in second was [this](https://notalwaysright.com/was-bra-ced-for-a-different-reaction/35572/).\* The location was given as Surrey and it starts out, “I am an A&E nurse…” From the context, it sounds like what we on this side of the pond call ER, but what does A&E stand for? Accident and Emergency? \*For the record, the winner is [this](https://notalwaysright.com/not-always-right-tenth-anniversary-favorite-story/98071/). ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-british-medical-term/799288/2 "2017-10-19T15:36:11Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![toast\_pakora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@toast\_pakora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toast_pakora)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-british-medical-term/799288/3 "2017-10-19T15:37:51Z")
holy shit, that story. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-british-medical-term/799288/4 "2017-10-19T15:55:17Z")
That story is so apropo for how teen boys ( and ,really, all age men) think. I have daughters, and I swear you would not believe the crap they endured in highschool. My younger daughter described walking down the hall as ‘running the gauntlet’! I taught my son to respect girls and women. Why do parents neglect this part of a boys home-training? So depressing that we are still at this point ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-british-medical-term/799288/5 "2017-10-19T16:39:11Z")
> [@Evan\_Drake](#): > > Yes. Thank you, Evan. For the other comments, I fully agree. The school employees’ attitude made me very angry, and I don’t even have a daughter. Too bad she didn’t break his nose. ---
**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-british-medical-term/799288/6 "2017-10-19T18:46:29Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > From the context, it sounds like what we on this side of the pond call ER, but what does A&E stand for? Accident and Emergency? A and E medicine n. accident and emergency medicine: an important specialty dealing with the immediate problems of the acutely ill and injured. A-yup. Sort of a front-line nursing position. Like a paramedic, but right there in the emergency rooms entry. A rough place to work, as that ladies story’s beginning shows. Either you really love helping people, or you’re building creds for a less pressure position, was the cynical way another lady once put it to me.