Vocabulary List Flashcards by Vicky Lai

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without

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ACO

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Ambulance Communications Officer

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ACP

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Advanced Care Paramedic

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ACR

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Ambulane Call Report

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AEMCA

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Advanced Emergency Medical Care Assistant

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ALS

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Advanced Life Support

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BLS

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Basic Life Support

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BP

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Blood Pressure

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Brady

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slow

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C-spine

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cervical spine

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CACC

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Central Ambulance Communiation Centre

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Cardio

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referring to the heart

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CAS

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Children’s Aid Society

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CCP

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Critical Care Paramedic

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COPD

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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CPAP

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Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

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CTAS

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Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale

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CVA

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Cerebral Vascular Accident

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cyanotic

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blue

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Diaphoretic

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sweaty

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DNR

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do not resuscitate

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dys

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difficulty

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ecchymosis

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bruising

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ECG

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electrocardiogram

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ETCO2

End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide

Frequent flyer

Someone who calls 911 often

GCS

Glasgow Coma Scale

HIU

Heart Investigation Unit

hr

hour

hyper

high

hypo

low

IM

intramuscular

IN

intranasal

-itis

inflammation

IV

intravenous

jaundice

yellow

kg

kilogram

km

kilometre

L

litre

LTH

Lead Trauma Hospital

mEq

millilequivalent

mL

millilitre

mmol

millimole

MOHLTC

Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

MVC(A)

Motor Vehicle Collision (Accident)

NSAID

Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug

OASIS

Ontario Ambulance Service Information System

ORNGE

Provincial Paramedic helicopter service

pallor

pale

paresthesia

numbness/tingling

PCI

percutaneous coronary intervention

PCP

Primary Care Paramedic

PCS

Patient Care Standard

PEARL

Pupils Equal and Reactive to Light

Phasia

speech

PHIPA

Personal Health Information Protection Act

pnea

referring to breathing

PO

per oral (by mouth)

PPE

Personal Protective Equipment

ROSC

Return of Spontaneous Circulation

RTS

Rapid Trauma Survey

SAED

Semi-automatic External Defibrillation

SDM

Substitute Decision Maker

SpO2

pulse oximetry

SR

Symptom Relief

STEMI

ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Sub Q

subcutaneous

Tachy

fast

TOR

Termination of Resuscitation

VSA

Vital Signs Absent