NLCC Medical

Acronyms

100

This acronym is used to obtain a patients consciousness level.

Alert

Verbal

Pain

Unresponsive

200

This acronym is used to size up a scene.

Environment, Number of pts, Additional Resources, MOI, Extrication, Spinal Precautions 

300

This acronym is used to obtain more information about basic hist of a patient

Signs/Symptoms, Allergies, Medications, Past medical history, last oral intake, events

400

This is used to obtain a secondary assessment. 

Onset, Provocation, Quality, Radiation, Severity, Time

500

These are used to do trauma assessments.

Deformities, Contusions, Abrasion, Penetrations, Burns, Lacerations, Swelling, Tenderness, Instability, Crepitus

Color, Motor, Sensory, Temperature, Pulse

BLS

100

For an adult, what is the compression-to-breath ratio. 

30:2

200

This is used to shock the heart back to rythym.

Automated External Defibrellator

300

This vital sign measures how fast the heart beats.

Heart rate

400

A normal respiratory rate for an adult is approximately this many breathes per minute.

12-20 breaths per minute

500

This is a non shockable rhythm which suggest that the patient is clinically deceased 

Asystole 

Anatomy

100

What system provides shape and support for the body

Skeletal system 

200

3 Places to get pulses

Carotid, Femoral, Radial, Brachial

300

The "BLANK" system controls virtually all the voluntary and involuntary activities in the human body. 

The Nervous system 

400

What blood vessels carries oxygenated blood through out the body

Arteries 

500

Which Lung is larger than the other?

Right is larger than the left

Injures/treatment

100

This treatment must be used to treat an amputation of an extremity with spurting bright red blood

TQ

200

"Help! My bone is sticking out of my leg!"

Open Fracture

300

This condition occurs when there is a blockage of blood flow to your brain.

Strokes

400

"I get wide spread hives and my throat swells when I get stung by a bee"

Anaphylaxis/ Epi-Pen

500

This is the medical word for "Blue pigmented skin."

Cyanosis

Emergencies

100

The first thing you should do before helping any injured person.

Ensuring the scene is safe and using body substance isolation.

200

This is known as the four letter assessment used to recognize strokes.

FAST

300

A person who is not breathing normally and has no pulse needs this life-sabing procedure immediately.

CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation)

400

If someone is choking and cannot speak or cough, you should do what?

Abdominal Thrusts

500

This is needed to regulate the bodies blood glucose levels

Insulin