EMT Abbreviations
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Created by:
AmyAnonymous on January 31, 2010
Subjects:
medical abbreviations, EMT, health
Description:
For Chabot College Health 81 EMT class. Approved abbreviations for Alameda County. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU SEE ANY INCORRECT OR SPELLED WRONG!
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131 terms
English | Croatian |
|---|---|
 abdominal aortic aneurysm | AAA |
| arterial blood gasses | ABG |
| abdominal, abdomen | abd |
| acute coronary syndrome | ACS |
| automated external defibrillator | AED |
| automatic implantable cardiac defibrillator | AICD |
| acute respiratory distress syndrome | ARDS |
| aspirin | ASA |
| alert verbal pain unresponsive | AVPU |
| bowel movement | BM |
| body surface area | BSA |
| body substance isolation | BSI |
| bag valve mask | BVM |
| coronary artery bypass graft | CABG |
| coronary artery disease | CAD |
| coronary care unit or critical cardiac unit | CCU |
| coronary heart disease | CHD |
| congestive heart failure | CHF |
| critical incident stress management | CISM |
| central nervous system | CNS |
| carbon monoxide | CO |
| chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | COPD |
| continuous positive airway pressure | CPAP |
| cerebrovascular accident | CVA |
| Drug Enforcement Agency | DEA |
| diabetic ketoacidosis | DKA |
| do not resuscitate | DNR |
| diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus | DPT |
| deep vein thrombosis | DVT |
| diagnosis | Dx |
| electroencephalogram | EEG |
| electrocardiogram | ECG |
| EMT paramedic | EMT-P |
| ethyl alcohol, ethanol | ETOH |
| fracture | Fx |
| gastrointestinal | GI |
| hepatitis B virus | HBV |
| hypertension | HTN |
| intracranial pressure | ICP |
| intravenous | IV |
| jugular venous distention | JVD |
| last menstrual period | LMP |
| landing zone | LZ |
| mass casualty incident | MCI |
| myocardial infarction | MI |
| measles, mumps, rubella | MMR |
| mechanism of injury | MOI |
| magnetic resonance imaging | MRI |
| motor vehicle accident | MVA |
| nasogastric | NG |
| no known allergies | NKA |
| nothing by mouth | NPO |
| normal saline | NS |
| nasopharyngeal airway | NPA |
| Oropharyngeal Airway | OPA |
| pupils equal and reactive to light | PERL |
| range of motion | ROM |
| rapid sequence induction | RSI |
| sudden infant death syndrome | SIDS |
| systemic vascular resistance | SVR |
| supraventricular tachycardia | SVT |
| tuberculosis | TB |
| transient ischemic attack | TIA |
| urinary tract infection | UTI |
| ventricular fibrillation | VF |
| ventricular tachycardia | VT |
| vital signs | VS |
| complete blood count | CBC |
| to keep open | TKO |
| endotracheal tube | ETT |
| estimated time of arrival | ETA |
| advanced life support | ALS |
| advanced cardiac life support | ACLS |
| cancer | CA |
| left upper quadrant | LUQ |
| left lower quadrant | LLQ |
| right upper quadrant | RUQ |
| right lower quadrant | RLQ |
| kendrick extrication device | KED |
| registered nurse | RN |
| Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug | NAIDS |
| physicians assistant | PA |
| pulseless electrical activity | PEA |
| pulseless non-breathing | PNB |
| by mouth | PO |
| positive pressure ventilation | PPV |
| public safety access point | PSAP |
| patient | Pt |
| treatment | Tx |
| medication | Rx |
| with | c |
| without | s |
| before | a |
| after | p |
| dead on arrival | DOA |
| unable to locate | UTL |
| gone on arrival | GOA |
| available on radio | AOR |
| abnormal | abn |
| against medical advice | AMA |
| french | fr. |
| alert and oriented | A+O |
| dyspnea on exertion | DOE |
| computerized tomography | CT |
| hydrochlorothiazide | HCTZ |
| level of consciousness | LOC |
| four times a day | qid |
| regular | reg |
| respiratory rate | RR |
| range of motion | ROM |
| upper respiratory infection | URI |
| within normal limits | WNL |
| times | x |
| encephalomyocarditis | EMC |
| nausea and vomiting | NV |
| no acute distress | NAD |
| pediatric | Pedi |
| oxygen | O2 |
| palpation | palp |
| history | Hx |
| overdose | OD |
| occult | Occ |
| micrograms | mcg |
| digitalis | Dig |
| examination | exam |
| gynecology | GYN |
| at | @ |
| weight | wt |
| year | yr |
| tablet | tab |
| subcutaneous | sub-q |
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