Decoding Medical Jargon from Television Emergency Rooms: Quick Facts

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Cast members of Grey's Anatomy in medical scrubs and lab coats pose on a stairwell, including Isaiah Washington, Sandra Oh, James Pickens Jr, Ellen Pompeo, T.R. Knight, Patrick Dempsey, Justin Chambers, Katherine Heigl, and Chandra Wilson.

A red ICU crash cart with a defibrillator and medical supplies sits in a hospital hallway, ready for emergency use.

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