ABCs
Movement AWAY from the center of the body
Abduction
unilateral
one-sided
Palpate your popliteal pulse
(behind knee)
Tylenol 650mg q4 hrs prn
Tylenol 650mg every four hours as needed
Point to the most proximal part of your R forearm
closest to elbow joint
BM
bowel movement
b.i.d
twice a day
Palpate McBurney's point
over the area of the appendix, RLQ, 1/3 the distance from the belly button to the R hip
pmhx of DM2, BGL 144mg/dL
blood glucose 144 milligrams per deciliter
The patient is aneuric
The patient makes no urine
CAD
coronary artery disease
CO2
carbon dioxide
Midclavicular line 5th intercostal space
auscultating the heart (mitral valve)
BLE WBAT
bilateral lower extremities weight bearing as tolerated
WNL or WDL
within normal limits, within defined limits
NSTEMI
hemi-
half, one-sided
Where the PICC or IJ terminates
Superior vena cava (SVC)
Pt s/p MVC with GCS 14, MAE, FAST (+), c/f HTX
Patient is status post motor vehicle collision with a Glasgow Coma Scale score 14, moves all extremities, FAST (+) (focused assessment w/ sonography in trauma), concern for hemothorax
ASA 81mg
The timing of AC and HS blood glucose checks
Before meals, before bed
euvolemia
neutral fluid volume status, i.e. the patient had a 500ml fluid bolus and you documented 500ml out of the Foley
(fake) slice a coronal plane on your neighbor
coronal plane divides anterior and posterior
Patient brought in by ambulance for concern for cerebrovascular accident due to right lower extremity numbness and tingling, vital signs stable. Denies nausea and vomiting
Point inferiorly with your L index finger, point superiorly with your R index finger
inferior is towards the floor, superior is towards the ceiling