Acronyms

[Timmy]

I want some usefull acronyms that you guys use often. I’ve done a search but didn’t really find much info.

I’ll put some in that we commonly use in Australia. Feel free to add some!

First Assessment:

Danger

Response

Airway

Breathing

Circulation

Deffibulation

Asthma Assessment:

Position

Appearance

Speech

Sound

Rate + Rhythm

Effort

Skin

Pulse

State of conciseness

Conscious Assessment

Can you hear me?

Open your eyes

What’s your name

Squeeze my hands

AMPLE History

Allergies

Medication

Past Medical History

Last Oral Intake

Events Leading To Emergency

NKA No Know Allergies

?# Suspected Fracture

PEARL Pupils Equal & Reacting To Light

LOC Loss Of Consciousness

O/C With

W/O Without

+-+ Pupil Reaction

No Pupil Reaction

SS Pupils Sluggish

Hx History

Phx Past History

Rx Doctors Orders

Ca Cancer

Pt Patient

CAS Casualty

BP Blood Pressure

Temp Temperature

Five Rights For Giving Medication:

Right Medication

Right Dose

Right Time

Right Conditions

Right Reason

[Michael]

To start off with, here's an emblem of the hazards of abbreviating.

Google's got huge lists, but I know the personal touch is nicer and invites discussion and elucidation.

My favorite is FDGB (Fall Down Go Boom).

[itxtme]

OPQRST V of pain

O nset

P rovoking

Q uality (sharp/dull etc.)

R adiating

S everity (out of 10)

T iming

V iagra (for all those pretty lil chest pains

[fiznat]

To start off with, here's an emblem of the hazards of abbreviating.

Woah, wait a minute! This forum isnt for discussion of Electromagnetic Tomography (EMT)?!?! Ohhhhh it all makes sense now!! lol

My favorite acronym would have to be TUBE. The Totally Unnecessary Breast Exam. hahaha

[akflightmedic]

6 rights of medication....

Right to Refuse

[fiznat]

Five Rights For Giving Medication:

Right Medication

Right Dose

Right Time

Right Conditions

Right Reason

I learned the six rights as:

Right Med

Right Dose

Right Time

Right Patient

Right Route

Right Documentation

[akflightmedic]

ok 7 rights

anyone want to add anymore??

[JPINFV]

Hehe, if you think EMT is bad, check out ABC.

Charting accronyms are fine. My county actually provides a list of acronyms that we can use, but a lot of people ignore them (best example would be using D/S for "draw sheet" [pt transfered to gurney via d/s] when it means dextrose stick).

Acronyms used a crutches for basic assessments (SAMPLE, HAM, DCAPBTLS, etc) are stupid. If you need an acronym to remember to look for signs and ask for symptoms, allergies, meds, etc, then you have more problems then an acronym can fix.

[Michael]

ok 7 rights

anyone want to add anymore??

To remain silent.

(Rarely exercised.)

[EMT-B 55]

also LOS = Level of Cosciousness