Abbreviations and
Acronyms
Acronyms
ADL an abbreviation for...
What are activities of daily living?
The most commonly injured ligament in an inversion ankle sprain.
What is the anterior talofibular ligament?
A fracture to the base of the 5th metatarsal.
What is a Jones fracture?
The section in a SOAP note where the statement "Pt. should ice BID" should be placed.
What is the Plan?
The virus which causes mononucleosis.
What is the Epstein Barr Virus?
C/O is an abbreviation for...
What is complains of?
The most commonly dislocated bone in the wrist/hand.
What is the lunate?
The number of vertebra in the cervical spine, thoracic spine, and lumbar spine respectively.
What are 7, 12, and 5?
The section in a SOAP note where the statement "CBC WNL, afebrile, and B/P 120/80" should be placed.
What is the objective section?
The internal organ which causes pain at McBurney's point.
What is appendicitis?
Fx is an abbreviation for..
What is a fracture?
The primary mechanism for a PCL tear.
What is a direct fall or blow on a flexed knee?
The four rotator cuff muscles.
What are the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis?
The section in a SOAP note where the statement "Pt. c/o LRQ pn. during valsalva maneuver" should be placed.
What is the subjective?
Lack of menses, osteoporosis, and eating disorder.
What is the female athlete triad?
The acronym SLAP is an abbreviation for...
What is Superior Labral Tear from Anterior to Posterior?
The ACL sprain test which has the most specificity and sensitivity.
What is the Lachman's test?
The eight carpal bones of the wrist in order from lateral to medial and first row to second row.
What are the scaphoid, lunate, triquetral, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, and hamate?
The section of the SOAP note which contains the patient's history.
What is the Subjective section?
A highly contagious bacterial skin infection that presents as yellow crusted lesions around the mouth.
What is impetigo?
The acronym ORIF stands for...
What is Open Reduction Internal Fixation?
The proper positioning for the patient's head during the Vertebral Artery Test.
What is extension, side bending, and side rotation?
The nerve which innervates the the serratus anterior?
What is the long thoracic nerve?
The action should an AT must take to correct a mistake on a handwritten SOAP note.
What is putting one line through the mistake and intialling it?
The right atrium, tricuspid valve, pulmonary artery, lungs, left atrium, mitral valve, left ventricle, and aorta.
What is the pathway of blood flow in the heart?