Where does "Crashcart" come from for Cheney's nickname?

[Ian_rd]

I've seen it many times and it cracks me up, but where does it come from?

[Rosco T.]

1. He's got a bad ticker... hence the "CrashCart" that follows him around..

[Virginia Dare]

2. His multiple heart attacks...

and the fact that he is kept alive by a defibrillating pacemaker.

[NMDemDist2]

3. because he travels with a full medical cardiac team at all times

in the research forum there is a glossary of terms that is helpful. check it out

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_oet&address=358x190

[havocmom]

4. a crash cart is the name for equipment used to get the heart going

when heart attacks hit.

[papau]

6. Beat me to it. :-)

:-)

[havocmom]

7. LOL gads, you must really be moving slow today

I can barely walk ;)

[stellanoir]

5. self deleted

dupe

[lectrobyte]

8. The crashcart is what the ER docs yell for when someone codes.

Defrib, eppy, it's all there on a cart called a "crashcart" to jump start someone whose heart has "crashed."

[Tsiyu]

9. "somebody grab the crashcart"

It's a cart, rolls around, usually carries a defibrillator, ambu bag and a bunch of meds and IV equipment and other implements to get someone breathing/beating again.

I think they call it a crash cart because they always got slammed around in the heat of the moment, but they are probably in truth so named because they are used when a patient "crashes."

[zippy890]

10. grab the crashcart - I get it now

the name just fits