Medical Terms I
Abbr for Cancer
What is CA?
Abbr for Alcohol
What is ETOH?
Abbr for Altered Mental Status
What is AMS?
A&O x 1, 2, 3, or 4 refers to
What is Alert & Oriented time 1, 2, 3, or 4?
A-FIB stands for
What is Atrial Fibrulation?
Abbr for Basic Life Support ambulance
What is BLS?
Caller asks for our ETA, what does it stand for
What is our estimated time of arrival?
UTI stand for
What is urinary tract infection?
Abbr for Oxygen
What is O2?
GSW stands for
What is gun shot wound?
AKA stands for
What is above knee amputation?
Abbr for diabetic ketoacidosis
What is DKA?
DNR stands for
What is Do Not Resuscitate?
Laymen's term for syncope
What is passed out/fainted?
COPD stands for
What is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
Medical term for dizziness
What is vertigo?
Abbr for congestive heart failure
What is CHF?
PICU stands for
What is pediatric intensive care unit?
Abbr for intracranial hemorrhage or bleed
What is ICH or ICB?
STEMI stands for
What is ST elevated myocardial infarction?
State the correct phrase for "pt on o2 4lpm via nc"
What is "patient is on oxygen at 4 liters per minute via nasal cannula"?
Abbr for elevated blood pressure
What is HTN?
Laymen's term for emesis
What is vomiting?
Laymen's term for hyperglycemia
What is high or elevated blood sugar?
Medical term for sweating
What is diaphoresis?