“6 Orlando shooting victims remain ‘critically ill,’ another 5 patients in ‘guarded’ condition”
Even the trauma center, Orlando Health, tweeted this the other day:
“No surgeries on the victims are scheduled for today. 4 patients are in critical condition, 2 are guarded, and 12 are stable.”
I think we all have an idea of what critical and stable mean [more about this below], but what about guarded?
I’ve never known what guarded means and wondered if it was just me. To find out, I conducted an informal 24-hour Twitter poll.
Here are the results:
By a 2% margin, “I have no idea” was the most common response, but 35% thought guarded condition meant between serious and critical, and 21% thought guarded was better than serious.
