Heart & Circulation
This condition is abbreviated as CAD and involves blocked arteries in the heart.
What is Coronary Artery Disease?
This chronic condition makes it hard to breathe and is abbreviated COPD.
What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?
The abbreviation, AMI, is another term for heart attack.
What is an Acute Myocardial Infarction?
This scan is abbreviated CAT.
What is Computerized Axial Tomography?
These three steps, abbreviated ABC, are checked first in an emergency.
What is Airway, Breathing, Circulation?
Abbreviated VT, this potentially life-threating rhythm starts in the lower chambers of the heart and is defined by rapid heartbeat.
What is Ventricular Tachycardia?
Often abbreviated ARD, this life-threatening lung condition is marked by fluid in the air sacs and severe difficulty breathing.
What is Acute Respiratory Distress?
The abbreviation CVA is another name for a stroke.
What is Cerebrovascular Accident?
This imaging test is abbreviated MRI.
What is Magnetic Resonance Imaging?
This abbreviation, BLS, refers to basic emergency care training.
What is Basic Life Support?
This abbreviation, CHF, means the heart cannot pump blood effectively.
What is Congestive Heart Failure?
This three-letter test evaluate how well your lungs are working by measuring airflow, volume, and gas exchange.
What is Pulmonary Function Test (PFT)?
This abbreviation, CPR, is performed when someone experiences cardiac arrest.
What is Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation?
This test, abbreviated ECG, records the heart's electrical activity.
What is an Electrocardiogram?
This advanced emergency training is abbreviated ACLS.
What is Advanced Cardiac Life Support?
The abbreviation CV refers to this body system involving the heart and blood vessels.
What is Cardiovascular?
This ratio, abbreviated RQ, compares carbon dioxide produced to oxygen consumed and indicates whether the body is primarily metabolizing fats or carbohydrates.
What is Respiratory Quotient?
Abbreviated ER, this part of the hospital is where patients go for immediate care in life-threatening situations.
What is the emergency room?
Discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Rontgen, this imaging technique uses radiation to create pictures of bones and internal structures.
What is an X-ray?
Abbreviated AHA, this nonprofit organization is a leading authority on heart health, CPR guidelines, and cardiovascular research.
What is American Heart Association?
These irregular heartbeats are abbreviated as PVC.
What are Premature Ventricular Contractions?
Often abbreviated URI, this type of infection affects the nose, throat, and airways, with the common cold being the most frequent example.
What is Upper Respiratory Infection?
Abbreviated ACLS, this advanced training builds on basic life support to guide healthcare providers in responding to cardiac arrest and other critical emergencies.
What is Advance Cardiac Life Support?
This therapy uses high-energy beams, such as X-rays or protons, to kill or shrink cancer cells and is often combined with chemotherapy or surgery.
What is Radiation Therapy?
From the Latin for "immediately," this four letter term is written on urgent medical orders that must be carried out without delay.
What is STAT?