From: coolidge@zko.dec.com (Bayard R. Coolidge)
Subject: Re: FAQ: acronym list
Keywords: FAQ, acronyms, EMS
Reply-To: coolidge@zko.dec.com (Bayard R. Coolidge)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 17:42:25 GMT


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.

I will leave it to others to put it in alphabetical order and integrate
as desired with Henry's excellent list.

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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