Medical Terminology
Hallucination
What is seeing something or someone that is not really there?
DOFF
What is to remove a PPE item?
Double Booking
What is when two people are given the same appt time?
NPI
What is the National Provider Identifier?
NPO
What is nothing by mouth?
Hospice Care
What is care that a dying person needs?
HAV
What is Hepatitis A?
Subscriber
What is the person who holds the health insurance?
What is three times a day?
CHF
What is congestive heart failure?
Direct Contact
What is touching an infected person or his secretions?
HCV
What is Hepatitis C?
Referral
What is made when a patient needs to see a specialist or certain medical tests?
bid or b.i.d
What is two times a day?
PRN or prn
What is as needed or necessary?
Susceptible Host
What is an uninfected person who could become ill?
What is cardiopulmonary resuscitation?
Guarantor
What is the person financially responsible for paying a medical bill?
O2
What is Oxygen?
PO
What is by mouth?
Sharps
What are needles or other sharp objects?
TIA
What is federal health insurance program for the 65 and older or disabled?
NKDA
What is no known drug allergies?
Baseline Vitals
What are the normal measurements for the patient?