Medical Acronyms
ECG
How Does Xy Remember?
Med Term
Phlebotomy
100

PPE 

What is Personal Protective Equipment 

100

Normal Heart rate range

What is 60-100 bpm?

100

If it's on the top it is a 

What is Premature Atrial Complex?

100

Red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are known as

What are the formed elements?

100
The smallest veins in the body

What are capillaries?

200

OSHA required chemical manufacturers to make information available to consumers called. 

What is Safety Data Sheet (SDS)? 

200

Of the four limb leads the _____ is the ground lead 

What is Right Leg 

200

Two people who like each other is to _________ as three people running together is to_______

What is Coupling PVC and Run PVC 

200

Protein involved in clotting

What is fibrinogen? 

200

Normal Prothrombin Time range is 

What is 11-15 Seconds?

300

PHI 

Protected Health Information 

300

Specific type of ECG performed on patient. 

What is a 12 lead 3 channel ECG?

300

Squiggly Fibrilly 

What is Ventricular Fibrillation 

300
The prefix -algia means 

What is pain?

300

The needles are color coded according to 

What is gauge?

400

OSHA Stands for 

What is The Occupational Safety and Health Administration? 

400

Normal PR Interval 

What is 0.12-0.20 seconds 

What is 120-200 milliseconds 

400

Xy doesn't remember the name to this PVC but uses process of elimination to recognize it

What is Torsades de Pointes 

400

Veins that feel hard and cord-like

What are sclerosed veins?

400

NCCLS order of draw using conventional stoppers 

What is yellow-red-light blue- red/grey-green/grey-green-lavender-grey?

500

NPO

Nothing By Mouth 

500

Improper grounding

Other electrical equipment

Lead wires crossed and not pointed towards hands and feet

Electrical wiring in the walls or ceiling

What is Alternating Current Interference 

500

What is Xy's Favorite Arrhythmia AND how does she remembers it? 

What is Atrial Flutter and a butterfly?

500

hematopoiesis primarily occurs in 

What is bone marrow?

500

Alternate Syringe Order of draw

What is sterile-light blue-lavender-green-grey-red?