WFR Student Manual Acronym List

Question 1

1st Step

Answer 1

Sugar, Temperature, Salt, Toxins, Electricity, Pressure

Question 2

ABCDG

Answer 2

Airway,Breathing, Circulation, Disability (spine & AVPU), Expose & Environment, Glucose

Question 3

AED

Answer 3

Automatic External Defibrillator

Question 4

ALS

Answer 4

Advanced Life Support

Question 5

AMS

Answer 5

Acute Mountain Sickness

Question 6

AVPU

Answer 6

Alert, verbal, painful, unresponsive

Question 7

BGL

Answer 7

Blood Glucose Level

Question 8

BLS

Answer 8

Basic life support

Question 9

BP

Answer 9

Blood Pressure

Question 10

LOR

Answer 10

Level of Responsiveness

Question 11

SCTM

Answer 11

Sugar, Temperature, Salt, Toxins, Electricity, Pressure

Question 12

CC

Answer 12

Chief Complaint

Question 13

CHF

Answer 13

Congestive Heart Failure

Question 14

CPR

Answer 14

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Question 15

CSF

Answer 15

Cerebral spinal fluid

Question 16

CSM

Answer 16

Circulation Sensation Motor

Question 17

CVA

Answer 17

Cerebral Vascular Accident (stroke)

Question 18

DNR

Answer 18

Do not resuscitate

Question 19

ECLS

Answer 19

Extracorporeal Life Support

Question 20

EMS

Answer 20

Emergency Medical System

Question 21

FAST

Answer 21

Facial droop, arm drift, speech, time

Question 22

FSA

Answer 22

Focused Spine Assessment

Question 23

HACE

Answer 23

High Altitude Cerebral Edema

Question 24

HAPE

Answer 24

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema

Question 25

HR

Answer 25

Heart Rate

Question 26

HRICES

Answer 26

Hydrate, rest, ice, compression, elevate, stabilize

Question 27

Hx

Answer 27

history

Question 28

JVD

Answer 28

Jugular Vein Distension

Question 29

LLQ

Answer 29

Left lower quadrant

Question 30

LUQ

Answer 30

left upper quadrant

Question 31

MI

Answer 31

Myocardial Infarction (heart attack)

Question 32

MOI

Answer 32

Mechanism of Injury

Question 33

N/S

Answer 33

Nausea, vomiting

Question 34

NOI

Answer 34

Nature of Illness

Question 35

NPA

Answer 35

Nasopharyngeal Airway

Question 36

NSAID’s

Answer 36

nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

Question 37

OPA

Answer 37

Oral Pharyngeal Airway

Question 38

OPQRST

Answer 38

Onset, Provoke, Quality, Radiate, Severity, Time/Treatments

Question 39

PERRL

Answer 39

Pupils Equal Round Reactive to Light

Question 40

PPE

Answer 40

Personal Protective Equipment

Question 41

PPV

Answer 41

Positive Pressure Ventilation, otherwise known as rescue breathing

Question 42

RLQ

Answer 42

Right lower quadrant

Question 43

RR

Answer 43

Respiratory Rate

Question 44

RUQ

Answer 44

right upper quadrant

Question 45

S/Sx

Answer 45

signs and symptoms

Question 46

SAMPLE

Answer 46

signs/symptoms, allergies, medications, pre-existing conditions, last ins/outs, events prior

Question 47

SAR

Answer 47

Search & Rescue

Question 48

SOAA’P

Answer 48

Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Anticipated worst case scenario, Plan

Question 49

SSRI

Answer 49

Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitor

Question 50

Sub-Q

Answer 50

subcutaneous, meaning “under the skin”

Question 51

TBI

Answer 51

Traumatic Brain Injury

Question 52

TBSA

Answer 52

Total Body Surface Area

Question 53

TIA

Answer 53

Traction In Position

Question 54

Tx

Answer 54

Treatment

Question 55

UTI

Answer 55

Urinary Tract Infection

Question 56

V-Fib

Answer 56

Ventricular Fibrillation

Question 57

Vitals

Answer 57

internal bodily organs (such as the heart, lungs, and brain) that are essential to life especially : the vital organs of the abdomen (such as the liver and kidneys)

Question 58

V-tach

Answer 58

Ventricular Tachycardia

Question 59

WNL

Answer 59

Within Normal Limits

Question 60

CFM

Answer 60

Cerebral Spinal Fluid

Question 61

LOR

Answer 61

Level Of Responsiveness