Where does STAT come from?

Factual Questions
1

I think it means to do something quickly and I have heard it on medical shows for the most part. Kind of like ASAP-----which is pretty obvious.

So what does STAT mean exactly? And what do the initials stand for?

2

It’s an abbreviation of statim, which is Latin for immediately.

3

The Master speaks

4

When did SDSABer Terey get promoted?

5

Terey was a member of the SDSAB in 1999, at least.

6

I think a lot of people forget to check whether Cecil actually wrote the column they’re linking to. I know I’ve dubbed a few Staff Reports as “The Master speaks…” etc.

7

The first use of the word in the Oxford English Dictionary shows up in an 1875 cite which dealt with prescriptions. Meaning to take something immediately.

So the Latin would dovetail nicely with the language of prescriptions. Just when doctors started using it to mean immediately isn’t clear.