Medical Abbreviations
This abbreviation stands for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
What is CPR
This is the longest and strongest bone in the human body
What is the Femur?
When cleaning a basic minor cut or scrape, this is the safest and most recommended liquid to wash it with to prevent infection
What is soap and water?
If a bone breaks and pierces through the skin, it is classified as this specific type of fracture.
What is a compound fracture?/Open Fracture
True or False: Waking up a sleepwalker can cause them to go into shock or have a heart attack.
False
This 4-letter medical word means "right now" or "immediately
What is STAT
This organ is divided into two atria and two ventricles
What is the Heart?
This specific condition occurs when a person's core body temperature drops below 95°F (35°C)
What is hypothermia?
This is the immediate, primary medical concern when treating a severe, deep third-degree burn.
What is infection/dehydration/fluid loss?
This is the clinical medical term for an extreme, irrational fear of blood or medical procedures involving needles.
What is Hemophobia/Trypanophobia?
This 3-letter abbreviation refers to Emergency Medical Services
What is EMS
This medical prefix refers specifically to the liver, as seen in the name of a viral liver disease.
What is Hepat- or Hepato-? (As in Hepatitis)
This color code is used in mass-casualty triage systems to classify a patient whose injuries are severe but can wait a short time for treatment
What is Yellow?
When treating a victim snakebite from a venomous snake, you should never do this popular movie myth to remove the venom.
What is suck out the venom?
Eating turkey makes you sleepy not just because of volume, but because it contains this specific amino acid that your body turns into serotonin.
What is tryptophan?
This abbreviation means to take a medication twice a day
What is BID
This is the total number of bones in an adult human skeleton
What is 206?
his life-saving medical procedure is performed when a person is choking and cannot speak, breathe, or cough.
What is the Heimlich maneuver?
This law protects off-duty medical personnel and bystanders from legal liability when providing voluntary emergency care to an injured person.
What is the Good Samaritan Law?
This hormone is naturally produced by the pineal gland in the brain to regulate your sleep-wake cycle.
What is melatonin?
This abbreviation means nothing by mouth
What is NPO
These are the tiny air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange occurs
What are alveoli?
This specific type of shock occurs when a severe, life-threatening allergic reaction causes blood pressure to drop rapidly
What is anaphylactic shock?
When treating someone with severe hypothermia, you must never rub their frozen hands or feet to warm them up for this specific medical reason.
What is tissue damage?
If a hiker gets a poisonous plant oil on their skin, like poison ivy, this is the absolute first thing they should wash the area with to prevent a severe rash.
What is soap and cold water?