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Acronyms Flashcards

1
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tPA

A

Tissue Plasminogen Activator

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/LVO+

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Large Vessel Occlusion that is a LAM4 or LAM5

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LAMS

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Los Angeles Motor Scale 1-5

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4
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/LAMU

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Las Angeles Motor Scale Unknown

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5
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EVT

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Endovascular Thrombectomy

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6
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/LVO-

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Negative for Large Vessel Occlusion…LAM0 to LAM3

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7
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DNR

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Do not resusitate

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8
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PCS

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Patient Care Standards will be for BLS or ALS

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9
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TOR

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Termination of Resuscitation order

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10
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CAD

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Computer Aided Dispatch

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11
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PCP

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Primary Care Paramedic

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12
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ACP

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Advanced Care Paramedic

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13
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BHP

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Base Hospital Physician

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14
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PDO

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Provincial Duty Officer

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15
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CCP

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Critical Care Paramedic (ORNG)

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TOC

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Transfer of Care

17
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ROSC

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Return of Spontaneous Circulation

18
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STEMI

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Type of MI that warrants a hospital bypass for a cardiac unit

19
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OIT

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Obvious Immediate Threat to life…leads to a pre-alert

20
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CABG

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Coronary Artery Bypass Graph…Bypass

21
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/FREI

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Febrile Respiratory enteric Illness. Goes in as a hazard with reason

22
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IRU

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Incident Response Unit…goes to events with hazards and major incidents.

23
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/DIA [reason]

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Decline Initial Assign with a reason

24
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PERS

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Public Emergency Reporting System. Identifies closest emergency services

25
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P-PSAP

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S-PSAP

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27
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PSAP

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28
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TTY/TDD

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Teletypewriter/Telecommunications Device

29
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VoIP

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Voice over Internet Protocol

30
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Fixed vs Nomadic VoIP

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Fixed: e911 service
Nomadic: Basic 911 only

31
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Number a TTY user will likely call in an emergency

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711

32
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T911

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Text to 911 will be communicated by the PSAP/CERB as a 4th party caller

33
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ANI/ALI RES

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Residential ANI/ALI

34
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ANI/ALI WL2

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Wireless Phase 2 ANI/ALI

35
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ANI/ALI COM

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Commercial ANI/ALI

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