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| Chief Complaint | C/C
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| Complains of | C/O
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| Current Health Systems | CHS
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| Date of Birth | DOB
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| Differential Diagnosis | DD
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| Estimated Date of Confinement | EDC
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| Family History | FH
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| History | HX
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| History and Physical | H&P
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| History of Present Illness | HPI
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| Impression | IMP
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| Medications | Med
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| New Born | NB
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| Occupational History | OH
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| Patient | Pt
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| Physical Exam | PE
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| Private Medical Doctor | PMD
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| Review of Systems | ROS
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| Social History | SH
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| Visual Acruity | VA
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| Vital Signs | VS
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| Weight | Wt
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| Year old | y/o
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| Abdomen | ABD
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| Central Nervous System | CNS
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| Head,Eyes,Ears, Nose, Throat | HEENT
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| Gastrointestinal | GI
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| Genitourinary | GU
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| Gynecological | GYN
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| Peripheral Nervous System | PNS
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| Respiratory | Resp
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| Abdominal pain | ABD PN
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| Chest pain | CP
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| Dyspnea on Excertion | DOE
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| Fever of Unknown Origin | FUO
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| Gun Shot Wound | GSW
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| Headache | H/A
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| Lower Back Pain | LBP
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| Nausea and Vomiting | n/v
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| Abortion | ab
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| Acute Myocardial Infarction | AMI
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| Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome | ARDS
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| Alcohol | ETOH
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| Atherosclerotic Heart Disease | ASHD
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| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | COPD
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| Chronic Renal Failure | CRF
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| Congestive Heart Failure | CHF
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| Coronary Artery Bypass Graft | CABG
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| Coronary Artery Disease | CAD
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| Cysticfibrosis | CF
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| Dead on arrival | DOA
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| Delirium Tremens | DTs
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| Deep Vein Thrombosis | DVT
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| Diabetes Mellitus | DM
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| Dialation and Curettage | D&C
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| Enstage Renal Failure | ESRF
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| Epsteinbar Virus | EBV
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| Foreign Body Obstruction | FBO
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| Hepatitis B | HBV
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| Hiatial Hernia | HH
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| Hypertension | HTN
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| Infectious Disease | ID
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| Inferior wall myocardial ifarction | IWMI
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| Insulin Dependant Diabetes Mellitis | IDDM
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| Intracranial Pressure | ICP
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| Mass Casuality Incident | MCI
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| Mitral Valve Prolaspe | MVP
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| Motor Vehicle Collision | MVC
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| Non-insulin dependant diabetes | NIDDM
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| Organic brain syndrome | OBS
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| Otitis Media | OM
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| Overdose | OD
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| Paroxysmal Nocturnal dyspnea | PND
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| Pelvic inflammatory disease | PID
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| Peptic Ulcer Disease | PUD
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| Pregnancy/birth/abortion | G/P/A
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| Pregnancy induced Hypetension | PIH
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| Pulmonary Embolism | PE
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| Rheumatic heart disease | RHD
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| Sexually transmitted disease | STD
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| Transient ischemic attack | TIA
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| Tuberculosis | TB
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| Upper respiratory infection | URI
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| Urinary tract infection | UTI
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| Venereal disease | VD
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| Wolff-Parkinson Disease/White syndrome | WPW
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| Angiotensin-converting enzyme | ACE
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| Aspirin | ASA
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| Bicarbonate | HCO3-
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| Birth control pills | BCP
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| Calcium | Ca++
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| Calcium Chanel Blocker | CCB
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| Calcium Chloride | CaCl
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| Chloride | Cl
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| Digoxin | Dig
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| Diphenhydamine | DPHM
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| Diptheria/Pertussis/Tetanus | DPT
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| Hydochlorathiazide | HCTZ
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| Lactated Ringers | LR
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| Magnesium Sulfate | MgSo4, Mg++
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| Morphine Sulfate | MS
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| Nitroglycerine | NTG
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| Non-Steroidal anti-inflammatory agent | NSAID
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| Normal Salin | NS
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| Penicillin | PCN
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| Phenobarbital | PB
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| Potassium | K+
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| Sodium Bicarbonate | NaHCO3
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| Sodium Chloride | NaCl
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| Tylenol | APAP
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| Anticubital | AC
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| Anterior axillary line | AAL
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| Anterior Cruciat ligament | ACL
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| Anterior/posterior | A/P
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| Gallbladder | GB
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| Intercostal space | ICS
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| Lateral collateral ligament | LCL
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| Left lower quadrant | LLQ
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| Left lower lobe | LLL
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| Left upper lobe | LUL
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| Left upper quadrant | LUQ
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| Left ventricle | LV
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| Livr,spleen, kidneys | LSK
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| Lymphnode | LN
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| Medial collateral ligament | MCL
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| Midaxillary | MAL
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| Right lower quadrant | RLQ
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| Right upper quadrant | RUQ
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| Right upper lobe | RUL
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| Right middle lobe | RML
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| Right lower lobe | RLL
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| Temporal mandibular joint | TMJ
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| Tympanic membrane | TM
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| Arterial blood gas | ABG
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| Bilateral breath sounds | BBS
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| Blood sugar | BS
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| Breath sounds | BS
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| Cardiac Injury profile | CIP
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| Central venous pressure | CVP
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| Cerebral spinal fluid | CSF
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| Chest xray | CXR
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| Complete blood count | CBC
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| Computerized tomography | CT
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| Conscious/alert and oriented | CAO
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| Deep tendion reflexes | DTR
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| Dorsalis pedis | DP
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| Electrocardiogram | EKG/ECG
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| Electroencephalogram | EEG
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| Expiratory | Exp
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| Extra occular movements intact | EOMI
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| Fetal heart tones | FHT
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| Full term normal delivery | FTND
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| Heart rate | HR
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| Heart sounds | HS
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| Hemoglobin | Hgb
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| Inspiratory | Insp
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| Jugular vein distension | JVD
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| Laceration | lac
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| Level of consciousness | LOC
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| Moves all extremities well | MAEW
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| Non-tender | NT
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| Normal range of motion | NROM
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| Palpation | Palp
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| Passive range of motion | PROM
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| Point of maximal impulse | PMI
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| Posterior Tibial | PT
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| Pulse | P
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| Pupils equal and reaction to light | PEARL
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| pupils equal and round reactive to light and accomodation | PEARRLA
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| Range of motion | ROM
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| Respiratory | R
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| Tactile vocal fremitus | TVF
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| Temperature | T
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| Unconscious | unc
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| Urinary Incontinence | UI
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| after eating | pc
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| Alert and orietned | A/O
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| Anterior | ant.
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| as needed | PRN
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| before eating | a.c.
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| Body surface area | BSA
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| Celcius | C
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| Equal | =
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| Immediately | STAT
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| Inferior | inf.
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| Less than | <
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| Greater than | >
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| Negative | -
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| occasional | occ
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| Pack/year | pk/yrs
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| Per | /
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| Advanced life support | ALS
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| Against Medical advice | AMA
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| Automated external defibrillator | AED
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| Bag Valve Mask | BVM
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| Basic Life support | BLS
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| Cardiopulmonary resusitation | CPR
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| Carotid Sinus Massage | CSM
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| Continuous positive airway pressure | CPAP
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| Do not resuscitate | DNR
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| Endotracheal tube | ETT
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| Estimated time of arrival | ETA
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| External cardiac pacing | ECP
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| Intermittent positive pressure ventilations | IPPV
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| Lone spine board | LSB
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| Nasal Cannula | NC
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| Non-rebreather mask | NRB/NRBM
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| Nothing by mouth | NPO
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| Occupational therapy | OT
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| Oropharyngeal airway | OPA
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| Oxygen | O2
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| Per square inch | PSI
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| Physical therapy | PT
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| Positive end-expiratory pressure | PEEP
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| Short spine board | SSB
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| Therapy | Rx
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| Treatment | Tx
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| Turned over to | TOT
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| Verbal order | VO
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| Centimeter | cm
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| Cubic centimeter | cc
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| Deciliter | dl
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| drops | gtts
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| drops per minute | gtts/min
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| Every | q
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| Grain | gr
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| Gram | g, gm
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| Hour | h, hr
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| Hydrogen ion concentration | pH
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| Intracardiac | IC
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| Intramuscular | IM
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| Intraosseous | IO
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| Intravenous | IV
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| Intravenous push | IVP
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| Intravenous piggyback | IVPB
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| Joules | j
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| Keep vein open | KVO
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| Kilogram | kg
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| Liter | L
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| Liter/min | LPM, L/min
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| Microgram | mcg
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| Millieqivalent | mEq
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| Milligram | mg
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| Milliliter | ml
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| Millimeter | mm
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| Millimeter of mercury | mmHg
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| Minute | min
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| Orally | po
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| Subcutaneous | SC, SQ
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| Sublingual | SL
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| To keep open | TKO
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| Atrial Fibrillation | AF
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| Atrial Tachycadia | AT
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| Atrioventricular | AV
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| Bundle branch block | BBB
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| Complete Heart Block | CHB
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| Electromechanical disassociation | EMD
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| Idioventricular rythm | IVR
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| Junctional rythm | JR
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| Modified chest lead | MCL
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| Normal sinus rythm | NSR
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| Paroxsysmal atrial tachycardia | PAT
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| Paroxsysmal SVT | PSVT
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| Premature atrial contraction | PAC
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| Premature ventricular contraction | PVC
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| Premature junctional contraction | PJC
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| Pulseless electrical activity | PEA
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| Supraventricular tachycardia | SVT
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| Wandering Atrial pacemaker | WAP
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| Prior to arrival | PTA
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| Rule out | R/O
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| Superior | sup.
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| Times | X
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| Warm and dry | W/D
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| While awake | WA
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| With in normal limits | WNL
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| Advanced cardiac life support | ACLS
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