Treatments/Dispositions Flashcards
(31 cards)
1
Q
Advanced Cardiac Life Support
A
ACLS
2
Q
Advanced Life Support
A
ALS
3
Q
Against medical advice
A
AMA
4
Q
Automated External Defibrillator
A
AED
5
Q
Bag-valve mask
A
BVM
6
Q
Basic Life Support
A
BLS
7
Q
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
A
CPR
8
Q
Continuous positive airway pressure
A
CPAP
9
Q
Do not resusciate
A
DNR
10
Q
Endotracheal tube
A
ETT
11
Q
Estima time of arrival
A
ETA
12
Q
External Cardiac pacing
A
ECP
13
Q
Intermittent positive pressure ventilation
A
IPPV
14
Q
Long spine board
A
LSB
15
Q
Nasal cannula
A
NC
16
Q
Nasogastric tube
A
NG
17
Q
A
18
Q
Nasopharyngeal airway
A
NPA
19
Q
No transport - refusal
A
NTR
20
Q
Nonrebreather mask
A
NRM
21
Q
Nothing by mouth
A
NPO
22
Q
Oropharyngeal airway
A
OPA
23
Q
O2
A
Oxygen
24
Q
per square inch
A
psi
25
Physical therapy
PT
26
Positive end-expirstory pressure
PEEP
27
Short spine board
SSB
28
Therapy
Rx
29
Treatment
Tx
30
Turned over to
TOT
31
Verbal order
VO
