Medical Abbreviations
IV
What is Intravenous?
What is Nonpathogenic?
Describes a position above or higher than another part of the body.
For example, the head is ___________ to the abdomen.
What is Superior?
Respecting a person's right to make choices for himself/herself.
What is Autonomy?
What is a Stethoscope?
NPO
What is a Virus?
Towards the back of the body; behind.
For example, the heart is __________ to the ribs.
The ethical principle that means the patient has the right to respect.
What is Dignity?
A thin tube put into your body to remove a liquid such as urine.
What is a Catheter?
For infection to spread from one person to another, certain conditions must be met. These conditions are called.
What is The Chain of Infection?
Towards the front of the body; in front of.
For example, they eyes are _________ to the brain.
What is Anterior?
Ethical principle that means doing good.
What is Beneficence?
A machine that uses steam under pressure to kill harmful pathogens.
NKA
The most effective way to prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAIs).
Related to the imaginary midline dividing the body into equal right and left halves.
For example, the nose is __________ to the eyes.
Patients and their loved ones must make life and death decisions. This is an example of an
_______________ _______________.
What is an Ethical Dilemma?
Device that sends an electric pulse or shock to the heart to restore a normal heartbeat.
What is a Defibrillator?
ECG
What is Electrocardiogram?
VRE is a multidrug-resistant organism. VRE stands for?
What is Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus?
In medicine, it refers to parts of the body further away from the centre.
For example, the knee is ________ to the thigh.
What is Distal?
Ethical principle that means doing no harm.
What is Non-Maleficence?
A machine for artificial ventilation (breathing). Also known as a breathing machine.
What is a Ventilator?