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- From: coolidge@zko.dec.com (Bayard R. Coolidge)
- Subject: Re: FAQ: acronym list
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.174225.26779@e2big.mko.dec.com>
- Keywords: FAQ, acronyms, EMS
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- Sender: coolidge@coolidge@guru.enet.dec.com (Bayard R. Coolidge)
- Reply-To: coolidge@zko.dec.com (Bayard R. Coolidge)
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- References: <18336@bcars664.bnr.ca>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 17:42:25 GMT
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- In <18336@bcars664.bnr.ca>, Henry.Troup@BNR.CA on 5 Jan 93 07:16:38 GMT,
- hwt@bcarh11a.BNR.CA (Henry Troup) provided an FAQ: Acronym List
- to which my wife (An NREMT-P) would like to offer some additional items.
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- I will leave it to others to put it in alphabetical order and integrate
- as desired with Henry's excellent list.
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- ATLS Advanced Trauma Life Support
- BCLS Basic Cardiac Life Support
- LOC Level of Consciousness
- MSE Mental Status Exam
- EOM Extra Occular Movement(s)
- VOA Visual, Upon Arrival
- NICU Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- PACU Pediatric Advanced Care Unit
- HAZMAT Hazardous Materials
- CL=BILAT Clear and Equal Bilaterally
- PEARL Pupils Equal and Reactive to Light
- CSM Circulation, Sensation and Movements
- NSR Normal Sinus Rhythm
- SVT Supra-Ventricular Tachycardia
- PSVT Paroxysmal Supra-Ventricular Tachycardia
- V-TACH Ventricular Tachycardia
- A-TACH Atrial Tachycardia
- V-FIB Ventricular Fibrillation
- WNL Within Normal Limits
- NREMT - * Nationally Registered Emer. Med. Tech -B, -D, -I, -P
- PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- PTLS Pediatric Trauma Life Support
- PA Physician's Assistant
- CRNMW Certified/Registered Nurse-Midwife
- CNA Certified Nurse's Assistant
- C-ERN Certified Emergency Room Nurse
- CRNA Certified/Registered Nurse Anesthetist
- CNP Certified Nurse Practitioner
- TIA Transient Ischemic Attack
- NaCl Sodium Chloride
- RL Ringer's Lactate
- NS Normal Saline (9.0%)
- K+ Potassium
- C++ Calcium (or a programming language :-)
- NaCO3 Sodium BiCarbonate
- D5W Dextrose with 5% Sterile Water
- D5 1/2NS Dextrose with 5% S.Water and 4.5% Normal Saline
- gtts/min Drops per Minute
- 1000 Bag One Litre bag of specified IV fluid
- CODE GRAY Known/Pronounced "Dead"
- BOHICA-WOKY Bend Over - Here it comes again (w/o KY)
- SHPOS Sub-Human Piece of "Stuff"
- WHITE-SHIRT Officer/Management Staff (aka SHPOS)
- WSB White-shirted "Bum"
- BONED Missed Dinner/TV/Movie to do a call or got sent on long
- distance transfer 10 minutes before end of shift
- OOS/M Out of Service/Mechanical.
- EOS End of Shift
- LOL in NAD Little Old Lady in No Apparent Distress
- GOMER Get Out Of My Emergency Room ! (Male)
- GOMERE Female GOMER (Fr.)
- NR Non-Rebreather
- NC Nasal Cannula
- LP-5, -10 Life-Pak Model 5 (or 10) Defibrillator
- ECG or EKG Electrocardiogram (Elektra-cardiogram)
- DOT Department of Transportation
- BM (State/Provincial) Board of Medicine
- CF Cluster "Foul-up" (a/k/a a FUBAR involving multiple people)
- VNA Visiting Nurses Association
- SOAP Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Palliative
- FACEP Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians
- FACS Fellow, American College of Surgeons
- FACP Fellow, American College of Pediatricians
- ECT Emergency Cardiac Technician
- RTBT-P "Red-Top/Blue-Top" - Paramedic (See: R.I. Cardiac Tech)
- RP Registered Paramedic
- SLN State License Number
- CA Cancer
- WHOOOPA EMT (or FD) "Wannabe"
- T-IS Time - In Service
- TOAS Time Off At Scene
- E-R Enroute
- R-T Response Time
- T-O Time Out
- TOC Time of Call
- IV Intravenous
- ETT Endo-tracheal Tube
- EOA Esophageal Obturator Airway
- NGT Nasogastric Tube
- OPA Oropharyngeal Airway
- NPA Nasopharyngeal Airway (OR: National Paramedic Assoc.)
- FRIED Feeling Really Irate and Essentially Dead
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- Bayard Coolidge coolidge@zko.dec.com N1HO (ex-NREMT-A)
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