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- From: hwt@bcarh11a.BNR.CA (Henry Troup)
- Newsgroups: misc.emerg-services
- Subject: FAQ: acronym list
- Message-ID: <18336@bcars664.bnr.ca>
- Date: 5 Jan 93 07:16:38 GMT
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- Reply-To: Henry.Troup@BNR.CA
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- Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd., Ottawa, Canada
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- ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- AFA Advanced First Aid
- AFA Automatic Fire Alarm (or Automatic False Alarm)
- ALS Advanced Life Support
- AO Ambulance Officer
- BLS Basic Life Support
- BTLS Basic Trauma Life Support
- BWS Beached Whale Syndrome
- CAD Computer Aided Dispatch
- CAP Civil Air Patrol
- CFR Certified First Reponder
- CISD Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
- CPR Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation
- CVA Cerebro-vascular Accident
- CYA Cover Your (Anatomy)
- DES Disaster and Emergency Services
- DOH Department of Health
- DPS Department of Public Safety
- DWI Driving While Impaired
- ECA Emergency Care Attendant
- ED Emergency Department
- EHS Emergency Health Services
- EMD Emergency Medical Dispatcher
- EMS Emergency Medical Services
- EMT Emergency Medical Technician
- EMT-A Ambulance
- EMT-B Basic
- EMT-D Defibrillator
- EMT-I Intermediate
- EMT-P Paramedic
- ER Emergency Room
- ERT Emergency Response Team
- EW Emergency Ward
- FAS First Aid Squad
- FD Fire Department
- FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
- FF Firefighter
- FM Fire Marshall
- ICS Incident Command System
- JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association
- JEMS Journal of Emergency Medical Services
- LAS Lights And Siren
- LOL Little Old Lady (affectionate)
- MAST Metro Arson Strike Team
- MAST Military Anti Shock Trousers
- MDT Modile Data Terminal(s)
- MICN Mobile Intensive Care Nurse
- MICP Mobile Intensive Care Paramedic
- MICU Mobile Intensive Care Unit
- MOH Ministry of Health
- MOI Mechanism of Injury
- MVA Motor Vehicle Accident
- NFPA National Fire Protection Association (Agency?)
- NFPA National Flight Paramedic Association
- NVFC National Volunteer Fire Council
- OHSA Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario)
- OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration (USA)
- PCR Patient Care Record/Report
- PD Police Department
- PHTLS Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support
- POV Personally Owned Vehicle
- SAR Search and Rescue
- SES State Emergency Services
- SOG Standard Operating Guidelines
- SOP Standard Operating Procedure
- TA Traffic Accident
- TBF Total Body Failure
- TMU-A Technicien Medical d'Urgence - Ambulance
- TRO Time Ran Out
- VRA Volunteer Rescue Association
- VSA Vital Signs Absent
- WFS Women in the Fire Service, Inc.
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- Got my first First Response call at 0922 January 1, 1993.
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- Henry Troup - H.Troup@BNR.CA (Canada) - BNR owns but does not share my opinions
- Legislated morality is the enemy of true morality
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