MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY Flashcards
(156 cards)
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ABD
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ABDOMEN
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ABDOMINAL THRUSTS
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METHOD OF DISLODGING OBJECT FROM THROAT
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ABRASION
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INJURY CAUSED BY SCRAPING OR RUBBING SKIN AGAINST ROUGH SURFACE
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ACLS
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ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT
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AED
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AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR
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ALS
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ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT
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ALTERED LOC
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CHANGE IN LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS- DETERIORATION, NOT ALERT, CONFUSED
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AMC
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AIR MEDICAL CREW
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AMI
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ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFRACTION (HEART ATTACK) AKA MI
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ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK
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A SEVER ALLERGIC REACTION
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ANEURYSM
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PERMANENT BLOOD FILLED DILATION OF A BLOOD VESSEL RESULTING FROM DISEASE, INJURY OR DEFECT OF THE BLOOD VESSEL WALL
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ANGINA
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SPASMODIC CHEST PAIN CHARACTERIZED BY A SENSE OF SEVERED CONSTRICTION IN THE CHEST
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ANGIO GRAM
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ASSESSMENT OF BLOOD VESSELS (MAY BE OF HEAD-CEREBRAL, USUALY OF HEART-CARDIAC)
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ANGIO PLASTY
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OPENING OR WIDENING OF A NARROWED SECTION OF BLOOD VESSEL (USUALY IN THE HEART)
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AOB
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ALCOHOL ON BREATH
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APNEA
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ABSENSE OF RESPIRATION
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APPY PATHWAY
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TRIAL STUDY FOR ABDOMINAL PAIN (POSSIBLE APPENDICTIS) INVOLVING HIGH RIVER HOSPITAL AND SCUCC AND THE SHELDON CHUMIR CENTER.
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ARRHYTHMIA
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ABNORMAL RHYTHM OF THE HEART BEAT
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ASPHYXIA
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SUFFOCATION
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ASPIRATE
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TO BREATHE LIQUID OR FOREIGN MATERIAL INTO THE LUNGS
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ASTHMA
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A RESPIRATORY CONDITION CAUSED BY BRONCHIOLAR SPASM
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ASYMPTOMATIC
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WITHOUT ‘A’ SYMPTOMS
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ALBERTA AIR AMBULANCE (AAA)
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PROVINCIAL FLIGHT CONTROL CENTER-DISPATCH FOR ALL AHS FLIGHT IN ALBERTA (AKA CENTRAL COMMUNICATION CENTER ‘CCC’)
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AVULSION
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FORCIBLE SEPARATION OR TEARING AWAY OF BODY PART OR TISSUE
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BACKHAUL
A PATIENT NEEDING TO BE RETURNED TO BASE (HOSPITAL, PROVINCE, ETC)
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BLOOD RUN
TRANSPORTING BLOOD TO THE BLOOD BANK AND THEN TO THE HOSPITAL
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BLS
BASIC LIFE SUPPORT
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BM
BOWEL MOVEMENT
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BVM
BAG VALVE MASK
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C/C
CHIEF COMPLAINT
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CCC
CENTRAL COMMUNICATION CENTER
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CCU
CORONARY CARE UNIT
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CP
CHEST PAIN
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CA
CANCER
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CALL SIGN
RADIO NAME REFERRING TO AN OBJECT (IE: AMBULANCE UNIT OR PLANE, HAS IT MARKED ON THE TAIL)
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CARDIAC OR CARDIO
PERTAINING TO THE HEARTQ
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CEREBRAL
PERTAINING TO THE BRAIN
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CERVICAL OR C-SPINE
FIRST 7 BONES IN THE SPINE, FOUND IN THE NECK
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CHF
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
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CLAVICLE
COLLAR BONE
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CO
CARBON MONOXIDE
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CODE OR CODE 99
CARDIACE ARREST (WORKABLE THUS CPR IN PROGRESS)
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COMATOSE
PROLONGED UNCONCIOUSNESS
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CONSCIOUS
ALERT AND AWARE OF SENSATION
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CONTUSION
BRUISE
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CONVULSION
QUIVERING OR SPONTANEOUS CONTRACTION OF INDIVIDUAL MUSCLE FIBERS (AKA SEIZURE)
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COPD
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
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CORONARY
HAVING TO DO WITH THE HEART
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CP
CHEST PAIN
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CPR
CARDIO PULMONARY RESUSCITATION
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CVA
CEREBRAL VASCULAR ACCIDENT (STROKE)
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CYANOSIS/ CYANOTIC
A BLUISH/PURPLISH DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN DUE TO LACK OF O2 IN THE BLOOD
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DELIRIUM TREMENS
A DISORDER INVOLVING VISUAL AND AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS FROM HABITUAL AND EXCESSIVE USE OF ALCOHOL
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DI
DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING - SCANS, ULTRASOUNDS, ETC
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DIABETES
A DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY THE INADEQUATE SECRETION OR UTILIZATION OF INSULIN BY THE BODY
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DIAPHORETIC
PROFUSE PERSPERATION
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DIASTOLIC
THE POINT OF LEAST PRESSURE IN THE ARTERIAL VASCULAR SYSTEM 9DIASTOLIC PRESSURE)
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DILATED
ENLARGED PUPILS
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DNR
DO NOT RESUSCITATE
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DOA
DEAD ON ARRIVAL
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DROWNING
CONDITION CAUSED BY SUFFOCATION BY LIQUID
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DVT
DEEP VEIN THROMBUS- CLOT IN LARGE VEIN (OFTEN IN LEG) RESTRICTING BLOOD FLOW
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DYSPNEA
AIR HUNGER RESULTING IN LABOURED OR DIFFICULT BREATHING
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...ECTOMY
CUT OFF, CUT OUT
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EDEMA
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF FLUID IN THE TISSUES (AKA SWELLING)
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EMBOLISM
OBSTRUCTION OF A BLOOD VESSEL
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EMERGENCY TRAFFIC
PRIORITY MESSAGE ON THE RADIO RELATION TO EMERGENCY SITUATION TO BE REPORTED
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EMETIC
VOMITING AGENT
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EMPHYSEMA
A CHRONIC PUMONARY DISEASE RESULTING IN RESPIRATORY DISTRESS
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EPIGLOTTIS
A LID-LIKE CARTILAGEINOUS STRUCTURE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE LARYNX
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EPILEPSY
RECURRING TRANSIENT ATTACKS OF DISTURBED BRAIN FUNCTIONS (SEIZURES)
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ER, ED
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
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ERCP
TREATMENT TO CLEAN OUT BILE DUCT OF GALLBLADDER (LAPROSCOPIC SURGERY)
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ESOPHAGUS
A MUSCULAR CANAL EXTENDING FROM THE THROAT TO THE STOMACH
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ETA
ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL
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ETOH
ALCOHOL
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FEBRILE
PERTAINING TO FEVER. FEBRILE CONVULSIONS ARE SEIZURES DUE TO HIGH FEVER IN SMALL CHILDREN
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FIBRILLATION
QUIVERING OR SPONTANEOUS CONTRACTION OF INDIVIDUAL MUSCLE FIBERS
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FIBULA
THE OTHER AND SMALLER OF THE TWO BONES EXTENDING FROM THE KNEE TO THE ANKLE
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FLAIL CHEST
A CONDITION OF THE CHEST CAUSED BY SEVER INJURY RESULTING IN SEVERAL RIBS FRACTURES IN MORE THAN ONE PLACE
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FLT
FLIGHT
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FRACTURE OR FX OR #
A BONE BREAK
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GASTROINTESTINAL GI
GASTRO INTESTINAL-REFERS TO THE STOMACH AND BOWELS (INTESTINES)
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GU
REFERS TO THE URINARY SYSTEM
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HBOT
HYPERBARIC O2 THERAPY
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HAZMAT
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
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HEIMLICH MANEUVER
METHOD OF DISLODGING OBJECT FROM THROAT
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HEMATOMA
BLOOD CONFINED TO AN ORGAN, TISSUE, OR SPACE RESULTING FROM A BREAK IN A BLOOD VESSEL
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HEMORRHAGE
ABNORMAL INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL DISCHARGE OF BLOODE
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HPTP
IV ANTIBIOTICS ADMINISTERED IN HOSPITAL
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HOSP
HOSPITAL
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HR
HEART RATE
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HUMERUS
UPPER BONE IN THE ARM
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HURST TOOL
JAWS OF LIFE
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HX
HISTORY
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HYPERBARIC (HBOT)
TREATMENT IN A PRESSURIZED CHAMBER TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF BLOOD TO CARRY O2
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HYPERTENSION HTN
A CONDITION OF HIGHER THAN NORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE
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HYPERVENTILATE
ABNORMALLY FAST BREATHING, BUZZING IN EARS, TINGLING EXTREMITIES, OFTEN BROUGHT ON BY EMOTIONAL STRESS
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HYPOGLYCEMIC
DEFICINECY OF SUGAR IN THE BLOOD
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HYPOTENSION
LOW BLOOD PRESSURE
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ICU
INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
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IDDM
INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETIC MELLITIS
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IMMINENT
IMMEDIATE
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...ITIS
INFLAMMATION
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IV
INTRAVENOUS
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L&D
LABOUR AND DELIVERY UNIT
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LANOXIN
CARDIAC MEDICATION
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LIFE PAK
CARDIAC MONITORING MACHINE
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LLQ
LOWER LEFT QUADRANT (STOMACH)
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LOC
LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS
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LUQ
LEFT UPPER QUADRANT (STOMACH)
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LZ
LANDING ZONE FOR HELICOPTERS
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MBA
MOTOR BIKE ACCIDENT
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MCI
MULTIPLE CASUALTY INCIDENT
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MDT
MOBILE DATA TERMINAL
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ME
MEDICAL EXAMINER
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METASTASIZED
CANCER HAS SPREAD
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MRC
MEDICAL RESPONSE COMMAND
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MRS
MEDICAL RESPONSE SUPPORT
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MUTUAL AID
ASSISTANCE FROM ANOTHER AGENCY
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MVA
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT
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MVC
MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH
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NA
NOT APPLICABLE OR AVAILABLE
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NARCOTIC
DRUG
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NB
NEWBORN
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NCC
NORTH COMMUNICATION CENTER
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NEONATAL
NEWBORN BABY
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NEURO
USUALLY REFERS TO NERVE CONDUCTION/ FUNCTION (OFTEN BRAIN: STROKES, SEIZURES, ETC)
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NEWTONS CRADLE
PATIENT CARE TRANSFER FROM ONE EMS UNIT TO ANOTHER
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NH
NURSING HOME
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NICU
NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
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NITRO
NITROGLYCERIN (CARDIAC MEDICATION)
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NYD
NOT YET DIAGNOSED
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02
OXYGEN
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OD
OVERDOSE
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OOT
OUT OF TOWN
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OPD
OUT PATIENT DEPARTMENT
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OTW
ON THE WAY
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PAT
PRONOUNCED P-A-T RAPID HEARTBEAT
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PATCH
A DIRECT COMMUNICATION FROM RADIO-PHONE
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PE
PULMONARY EMBOLUS- CLOT OR OTHER AIR BUBBLE STUCK INSIDE VESSEL IN THE LUNG, IMPEDING O2 EXCHANGE (PE CAN REFER TO CAD OUT OS SERVICE REASON, PERSONNEL)
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PED
PEDIATRIC
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PEO
PUBLIC EDUCATION OFFICER
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PFCC
PROVINCIAL FLIGHT CONTROL CENTER DISPATCH FOR ALL AHS FLIGHT IN ALBERTA (AKA AAA OR CCC)
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PHX
PAST HISTORY
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PNEUMOTHORAX
A CONDITION THAT DEVELOPS WHEN AIR IS CONTINUALLY PUMPED INTO THE CHEST CAGE OUTSIDE THE LUNG AND IS UNABLE TO ESCAPE
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PORTABLE
HAND HELD RADIO
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POST PARTUM
HAVING JUST GIVEN BIRTH
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PPE
PERSON PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
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PREMIE
PREMATURE BABY
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PRU
PARAMEDIC RESPONSE UNIT
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PSAP
PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINT
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PSC
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS
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PSU
PUBLIC SAFETY UNIT
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PSX
PRIORITY SYMPTONS
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PT
PATIENT
