Abbreviations
ABGś
What is arterial blood gasses?
What is a DNR (Do-not-resuscitate) order?
Leads AVL, AVR and AVF.
What is unipolar?
Providers associated with a defined patient population who are accountable for the quality and cost of care delivered to those patients.
What is accountable care organizations?
The pathogen that causes whooping cough.
What is bordetella pertussis?
BKA
What is below the knee amputation?
Allows organs or body parts from a health person to be transferred to people who need them.
What is organ and tissue donation?
The first wave in the cardiac cycle representing atria depolarization
What is the P wave?
This type of learning involves movement or performing the task.
What is kinesthetic learning?
The name of the categories for worms
CBC
What is a complete blood count?
To make a false spoken statement that causes people to have a bad opinion of someone
What is slander?
The universal standardization mark of 10mm high and 5 mm wide visible on an EKG tracing.
What is a calibration?
A care delivery model whereby patient treatment is most often coordinated through the primary care provider to ensure they receive the necessary care when and where they need it.
What is Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH)?
Includes an infectious agent, reservoir host, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry and susceptible host.
What is a chain of infection?
arthr-
What is joint?
A performance of an unlawful, wrongful act, performing a procedure on the wrong patient.
What is malfeasance?
Characterized by irregular spike throughout the tracing and is related to muscle movement.
What is somatic tremors?
An expert in diet and nutrition.
What is a registered dietitian nutritionist?
Also known as German measles.
What is Rubella?
OTC
What is over-the-counter?
An organization that states that employers are accountable for providing a safe and healthful workplace for employees.
What is OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)?
A rhythm that need immediate intervention where the ventricles are not contracting but quivering.
What is ventricular fibrillation?
They work with patients who have problems with speech and swallowing due to an injury, cancer or stroke.
What is a speech therapist?
A type of hepatitis that is transmitted by fecal-oral route.
What is hepatitis A?