Abbrevitions 2 Flashcards
1
Q
Advanced cardiac life support
A
ACLS
2
Q
advanced life support
A
ALS
3
Q
Against medical advice
A
AMA
4
Q
Assessment
A
Ax
5
Q
Bilateral
A
B/L
6
Q
Basic life support
A
BLS
7
Q
Body surface area
A
BSA
8
Q
Body surface isolation
A
BSI
9
Q
Chief complaint
A
CC
10
Q
Complaint of
A
C/O
11
Q
Consistent with
A
C/W
12
Q
Discharge
A
D/C
13
Q
Do not intubate
A
DNI
14
Q
Do not resuscitate
A
DNR
15
Q
Dead on arrival
A
DOA
16
Q
Date of birth
A
DOB
17
Q
Diagnosis
A
Dx
18
Q
Differential diagnosis
A
DDx
19
Q
Emergency department
A
ED
20
Q
Emergency medical services
A
EMS
21
Q
Family history
A
FHx
22
Q
Follow up
A
F/U
23
Q
History and physical
A
H&P
24
Q
History of present illness
A
HPI
25
History
Hx
26
Intensive care unit
ICU
27
Liters per minute
LPM
28
Mass casualty incident
MCI
29
An infant under 30 days old
Neonate
30
Outside hospital
OSH
31
Pediatric advanced life support
PALS
32
Primary care physician
PCP
33
primary medical history
PMHx
34
Patient
Pt
35
Rule out
R/O
36
Symptom
Sx
37
Transport
Tx
38
Up-to-date
UTD
39
Registered nurse
RN
40
Review of systems
ROS
41
Treatment/prescription
Rx
42
Reaction
Rxn
43
Status post
S/P
44
Within normal limits
WNL
45
By way of
Via
46
Vital signs stable
VSS
47
Years old
Y.O.
