quality

en-noun

quality (countable and uncountable, plural qualities)

US, father-bother merger, weak vowel merger

From Middle English qualite, from Old French qualité, from Latin quālitās, quālitātem, from quālis (“of what kind”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷo- (“who, how”). Cicero coined qualitas as a calque to translate the Ancient Greek word ποιότης (poiótēs, “quality”), coined by Plato from ποῖος (poîos, “of what nature, of what kind”).

To identify quality try asking, "what does it feel like?".

(emergency medicine, countable) The third step in OPQRST where the responder investigates what the NOI/MOI feels like.


AR

AR (countable and uncountable, plural ARs)

artificial respiration
artificial respiration#English

(emergency medicine) Initialism of artificial respiration.


ABC

ABC (countable and uncountable, plural ABCs)

I run my hands over his chest, assessing his ABCs: airway, breathing, circulation.

2015, Marcia Wells, Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery in Mayan Mexico, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 180:

(mnemonic, emergency medicine) Initialism of airway, breathing and circulation: the essential steps in the immediate assessment and treatment of critically ill or injured patients.


IO

(emergency medicine) Abbreviation of intraosseous.


extrication

extrication (countable and uncountable, plural extrications)

(public safety, emergency medicine) Rescue of a trapped person in a vehicle or machinery.


provocation

provocation (countable and uncountable, plural provocations)

/ˌpɹɑvəˈkeɪʃən/

/ˌpɹɒvəˈkeɪʃən/

From Middle English provocacioun, from Old French provocacion, from Late Latin prōvocātiō, prōvocātiōnem, from Latin prōvocō. Doublet of provokatsiya.

When it's time to check for provocation, ask the patient about what makes their chief complaint better or worse.

(emergency medicine) The second step in OPQRST regarding the investigation of what makes the symptoms MOI or NOI improve or deteriorate.


LOC

LOC (countable and uncountable, plural LOCs)

(emergency medicine) Initialism of level of consciousness; also LoC.


CQI

(emergency medicine, initialism) Continuous quality improvement.


CAB

CAB (countable and uncountable, plural CABs)

(emergency medicine) Initialism of chest compressions, airway and breathing.


apnea

id-noun

apnea (first-person possessive apneaku, second-person possessive apneamu, third-person possessive apneanya)

apneaku (first-person possessive)
apneamu (possessive second-person)
apneanya (possessive third-person)

From English apnea, from the New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia), formed from ἀ- (a-, “absence of”) + πνοή (pnoḗ, “breathing”).


Heimlich maneuver

en-noun

Heimlich maneuver (plural Heimlich maneuvers)

Named after American physician Henry Heimlich, who described the procedure in 1974.

named-after

(emergency medicine) A first aid procedure used to treat choking. The patient is lifted from behind, squeezing their diaphragm to expel air and thereby dislodging an obstruction in the windpipe.


EMT

“I am an E.M.T., and I have a tourniquet!” she shouted as she neared the crowd. “Get back!”

2021 October 20, C. J. Chivers, “Fear on Cape Cod as Sharks Hunt Again”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

emergency medical technician
emergency medical technician#English

(emergency medicine) Initialism of emergency medical technician.


polytrauma

en-noun

polytrauma (countable and uncountable, plural polytraumas)

(emergency medicine) The condition of a person who has been subjected to multiple traumatic injuries.


coding

coding (countable and uncountable, plural codings)

Etymology tree
English code
English -ing
English coding
From code + -ing.

etymon

(emergency medicine) A method of communicating important medical information discreetly and quickly between medical professionals and responders.


animar

pt-verb

animar (first-person singular present animo, first-person singular preterite animei, past participle animado)

animo (first-person present singular)
animei (first-person preterite singular)
animado (participle past)
animar (impersonal infinitive)
animar (first-person infinitive singular)
animares (infinitive second-person singular)
animar (infinitive singular third-person)
animarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
animardes (infinitive plural second-person)
animarem (infinitive plural third-person)
animando (gerund)
animado (masculine participle past singular)
animados (masculine participle past plural)
animada (feminine participle past singular)
animadas (feminine participle past plural)
animo (first-person indicative present singular)
animas (indicative present second-person singular)
anima (indicative present singular third-person)
animamos (first-person indicative plural present)
animais (indicative plural present second-person)
animam (indicative plural present third-person)
animava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
animavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
animava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
animávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
animáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
animavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
animei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
animaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
animou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
animamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
animámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
animastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
animaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
animara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
animaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
animara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
animáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
animáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
animaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
animarei (first-person future indicative singular)
animarás (future indicative second-person singular)
animará (future indicative singular third-person)
animaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
animareis (future indicative plural second-person)
animarão (future indicative plural third-person)
animaria (conditional first-person singular)
animarias (conditional second-person singular)
animaria (conditional singular third-person)
animaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
animaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
animariam (conditional plural third-person)
anime (first-person present singular subjunctive)
animes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
anime (present singular subjunctive third-person)
animemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
animeis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
animem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
animasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
animasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
animasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
animássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
animásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
animassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
animar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
animares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
animar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
animarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
animardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
animarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
anima (imperative second-person singular)
anime (imperative singular third-person)
animemos (first-person imperative plural)
animai (imperative plural second-person)
animem (imperative plural third-person)
não animes (imperative negative second-person singular)
não anime (imperative negative singular third-person)
não animemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não animeis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não animem (imperative negative plural third-person)

Reanimaram a vítima com um desfibrilador.

They resuscitated the victim with a defibrillator.

(emergency medicine, transitive) to resuscitate (to restore conscience to)


trauma naked

(emergency medicine) Totally naked for medical assessment, often because the clothes were cut off by trauma scissors.


serangan jantung

id-noun

serangan jantung (first-person possessive serangan jantungku, second-person possessive serangan jantungmu, third-person possessive serangan jantungnya)

serangan jantung ku (first-person possessive)
serangan jantung mu (possessive second-person)
serangan jantung nya (possessive third-person)

Compound of serangan (“attack”) + jantung (“heart”), calque of Dutch hartaanval (“heart attack”).

calque

(cardiology, emergency medicine, pathology) heart attack


AMR

American Medical Response
w:American Medical Response

(emergency medicine) Initialism of American Medical Response.


GCS

The higher the GCS the lower the priority.

(emergency medicine) Initialism of Glasgow Coma Scale, a system used by medical workers to score the severity of a patient being transported by ambulance on a number scale.


AIS

/ˈeɪ ˈaɪ ˈɛs/

Abbreviated Injury Scale
w:Abbreviated Injury Scale

(emergency medicine) Initialism of Abbreviated Injury Scale.


logroll

(emergency medicine) A method of moving a patient, rolling them onto their side, and later onto a transport method such as a tarp, spineboard, or stretcher.


NOI

The patient's NOI is harder to identify because it is entirely symptomatic, as opposed to the MOI, which is obvious.

(emergency medicine, initialism) Initialism of nature of illness.


spine board

According to Renn, Murphy, who was semi-conscious at the time, was strapped to the spine board.

1974 April 15, Paula Estep, “Youth critically hurt in 150-feet fall here”, in Williamson Daily News, USA, retrieved 2011-08-03, page 2:

A cervical collar was applied and she was placed on a spine board for removal from the vehicle.

1980 July 28, “Passenger Hospitalized after Car Leaves Road”, in Lewiston Daily Sun, USA, retrieved 2011-08-03, page 18:

He was carried from the field in a spineboard, asking, "Am I going to be paralyzed?"

1993 May 22, Rich Cimini, “Facing His Past: Byrd reflects after visiting collision site”, in Newsday, USA, retrieved 2011-08-03, page 103:

Paramedics then climbed up, slathered a soothing gel on his burns, gave him pain medication, a neck brace and slid him on a spine board.

2010 November 9, “Worker hospitalised after 22,000-volt jolt”, in ABC News, Australia, retrieved 2011-08-03:

(emergency medicine) A rigid carrying surface for an injured person, designed to prevent the movement of the spine during transportation in order to prevent further damage to it.


DCAP-BTLS

(emergency medicine) Initialism of deformities, contusions, abrasions, punctures/penetrations, burns, tenderness, lacerations and swelling.


DCAPBLSTIC

(emergency medicine) Initialism of deformities, contusions, abrasions, punctures/penetrations, burns, lacerations, swelling, tenderness, instability, and crepitus.


capillary refill

en-noun

capillary refill (countable and uncountable, plural capillary refills)

(emergency medicine) An assessment of the rate of refilling of blood capillaries after having applied pressure; used as a diagnostic procedure.


OPQRST

Initialism of onset, provocation, quality, region/radiate/radiation, severity, time.

Your emergency scenario test next week will require strict chronological adherence to OPQRST procedures.

(emergency medicine) The rapid assessment of a patient's condition during an emergency response.


abdominal-thrust maneuver

abdominal-thrust maneuver (plural abdominal-thrust maneuvers)

(emergency medicine) A first aid procedure used to treat choking. The patient's diaphragm is pressured by the performer's thumb knuckle to expel air and thereby dislodging the obstruction in the windpipe.


modified chest thrust

modified chest thrust (plural modified chest thrusts)

The patient's face was blue from lack of oxygen induced by an airway blockage, which led a quick-thinking EMT on scene to begin modified chest thrusts.

(emergency medicine) A first aid procedure used to treat choking in a pregnant or obese patient in which the patient's chest is pressured by the performer's thumb knuckle with their hand balled into a fist to expel air, thereby dislodging the obstruction in the windpipe. This is repeated as many times as necessary.


intraosseously

en-adv

intraosseously (comparative more intraosseously, superlative most intraosseously)

more intraosseously (comparative)
most intraosseously (superlative)

The injection was given intraosseously, because with a junkie with this kind of circulatory damage we really would not be able to find a good vein within an adequate time frame

(emergency medicine) Within the interior of the bone.


MOI

The patient's MOI is easy to identify, as opposed to the NOI, which is symptomatic only.

(emergency medicine) Initialism of method of injury.


medical alert jewelry

Patients who know they are allergic to iodine and have a history of syncopes will usually wear medical alert jewelry to inform responders of this medical history.

(emergency medicine) Metallic bracelets and necklaces documenting patient's preexisting health conditions and known allergies.


SAMPLE

(emergency medicine) Initialism of signs and symptoms, allergies, medications, past pertinent history, last oral intake, events leading to present illness.


neckbrace

(emergency medicine) An orthopedic device used to support the neck and head of those with neck or head injuries.


C-spine

en-noun

C-spine (countable and uncountable, plural C-spines)

When placing a C-spine on you must measure the person's neck precisely.

(countable, emergency medicine) A neckbrace.

Always maintain C-spine if there is even a chance that someone has hit their head or fallen.

(emergency medicine) The position in which a trauma patient's cervical spine is immobilized to prevent possible or further spinal injury.


BSI

(emergency medicine) Initialism of body substance isolation.


chest rub

It looked like this muscular fireman was hurting my grandmother applying a chest rub as he attended to her fainting but later we understood he was just trying to get her to come to.

(emergency medicine) A form of applying pain to the sternum of the patient wherein the responder applies strong pressure with his knuckles in an attempt to establish the patient's level of consciousness.


stairchair

Pick that wheelchair patient up and place her in the stairchair to get down that flight of stairs.

(emergency medicine) A foldout gurney used to transport a medical patient up and down stairs.


PERRL

Drunk-drivers always fail the PERRL test.

(emergency medicine) Initialism of pupils are equal, round and react to light.


AVPU

Check that drunk patient for AVPU.

(emergency medicine) Initialism of alert, voice, pain, unresponsive: a list of points used by medical workers to assess and record a patient's responsiveness and level of consciousness.


JVD

(emergency medicine) Initialism of jugular vein distention.


HHNC

hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketoic coma#English

(emergency medicine) Initialism of hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketoic coma.


AEIOU TIPS

Ealiest known use is from April 1980 in a paper by Carl C. Bell.

(emergency medicine) Initialism of alcohol, epilepsy, insulin, overdose, underdose/uremia, trauma, infection, psychiatric, stroke/shock: reasons why a patient may have an altered mental state.


GPAL

(emergency medicine) Initialism of gravida, para, abortus, living: used to identify the numbers and types of pregnancies, births, abortions and living children a patient may have had.


SLUDGE

(emergency medicine, mnemonic) An acronym used to help remember the common symptoms of certain affections of a cholinergic toxidrome: "salivation, lacrimation, urination, defecation, gastrointestinal upset, emesis".


NRARP

(emergency medicine) Initialism of normal (rate and depth), regular rhythm, audible (breath sounds), rise and fall of chest, and pink skin color: signs of a patient with adequate breathing.


DUMBELS

(emergency medicine, mnemonic) An acronym used to remember the common symptoms of certain affections of a cholinergic toxidrome: ("diaphoresis/diarrhea, urination, miosis, bronchospasm/bradycardia/bronchorrhea, emesis, lacrimation, salivation").


MAST

(emergency medicine, military) Initialism of military antishock trousers; inflatable trousers that apply pressure to the inferior half of a patient's body to decrease blood loss and prevent the onset of shock, similar to a tourniquet.


PASG

(emergency medicine) Initialism of pneumatic antishock garment.: inflatable trousers that apply pressure to the inferior half of a patient's body to decrease blood loss and prevent the onset of shock, similar to a tourniquet.


B-NICE

(emergency medicine) Initialism of biological, nuclear / radiological, incendiary, chemical, and explosive agents, used to remember the types of hazmat emergencies.


CBRN

weapons of mass destruction
weapon of mass destruction

(military, US, emergency medicine) Initialism of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear, used to remember the four types of weapons of mass destruction.


crash cart

(informal, emergency medicine) A portable set of trays, drawers and shelves containing equipment and medication used in a medical emergency


rankalauta

rankalauta (nominative singular)
rankalaudat (nominative plural)
rankalauta (accusative nominative singular)
rankalaudat (accusative nominative plural)
rankalaudan (accusative genitive singular)
rankalaudat (accusative genitive plural)
rankalaudan (genitive singular)
rankalautojen (genitive plural)
rankalautain (genitive plural rare)
rankalautaa (partitive singular)
rankalautoja (partitive plural)
rankalaudassa (inessive singular)
rankalaudoissa (inessive plural)
rankalaudasta (elative singular)
rankalaudoista (elative plural)
rankalautaan (illative singular)
rankalautoihin (illative plural)
rankalaudalla (adessive singular)
rankalaudoilla (adessive plural)
rankalaudalta (ablative singular)
rankalaudoilta (ablative plural)
rankalaudalle (allative singular)
rankalaudoille (allative plural)
rankalautana (essive singular)
rankalautoina (essive plural)
rankalaudaksi (singular translative)
rankalaudoiksi (plural translative)
rankalaudatta (abessive singular)
rankalaudoitta (abessive plural)
rankalaudoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
rankalautani (nominative singular)
rankalautani (nominative plural)
rankalautani (accusative nominative singular)
rankalautani (accusative nominative plural)
rankalautani (accusative genitive singular)
rankalautani (accusative genitive plural)
rankalautani (genitive singular)
rankalautojeni (genitive plural)
rankalautaini (genitive plural rare)
rankalautaani (partitive singular)
rankalautojani (partitive plural)
rankalaudassani (inessive singular)
rankalaudoissani (inessive plural)
rankalaudastani (elative singular)
rankalaudoistani (elative plural)
rankalautaani (illative singular)
rankalautoihini (illative plural)
rankalaudallani (adessive singular)
rankalaudoillani (adessive plural)
rankalaudaltani (ablative singular)
rankalaudoiltani (ablative plural)
rankalaudalleni (allative singular)
rankalaudoilleni (allative plural)
rankalautanani (essive singular)
rankalautoinani (essive plural)
rankalaudakseni (singular translative)
rankalaudoikseni (plural translative)
rankalaudattani (abessive singular)
rankalaudoittani (abessive plural)
rankalautoineni (comitative plural)
rankalautasi (nominative singular)
rankalautasi (nominative plural)
rankalautasi (accusative nominative singular)
rankalautasi (accusative nominative plural)
rankalautasi (accusative genitive singular)
rankalautasi (accusative genitive plural)
rankalautasi (genitive singular)
rankalautojesi (genitive plural)
rankalautaisi (genitive plural rare)
rankalautaasi (partitive singular)
rankalautojasi (partitive plural)
rankalaudassasi (inessive singular)
rankalaudoissasi (inessive plural)
rankalaudastasi (elative singular)
rankalaudoistasi (elative plural)
rankalautaasi (illative singular)
rankalautoihisi (illative plural)
rankalaudallasi (adessive singular)
rankalaudoillasi (adessive plural)
rankalaudaltasi (ablative singular)
rankalaudoiltasi (ablative plural)
rankalaudallesi (allative singular)
rankalaudoillesi (allative plural)
rankalautanasi (essive singular)
rankalautoinasi (essive plural)
rankalaudaksesi (singular translative)
rankalaudoiksesi (plural translative)
rankalaudattasi (abessive singular)
rankalaudoittasi (abessive plural)
rankalautoinesi (comitative plural)
rankalautamme (nominative singular)
rankalautamme (nominative plural)
rankalautamme (accusative nominative singular)
rankalautamme (accusative nominative plural)
rankalautamme (accusative genitive singular)
rankalautamme (accusative genitive plural)
rankalautamme (genitive singular)
rankalautojemme (genitive plural)
rankalautaimme (genitive plural rare)
rankalautaamme (partitive singular)
rankalautojamme (partitive plural)
rankalaudassamme (inessive singular)
rankalaudoissamme (inessive plural)
rankalaudastamme (elative singular)
rankalaudoistamme (elative plural)
rankalautaamme (illative singular)
rankalautoihimme (illative plural)
rankalaudallamme (adessive singular)
rankalaudoillamme (adessive plural)
rankalaudaltamme (ablative singular)
rankalaudoiltamme (ablative plural)
rankalaudallemme (allative singular)
rankalaudoillemme (allative plural)
rankalautanamme (essive singular)
rankalautoinamme (essive plural)
rankalaudaksemme (singular translative)
rankalaudoiksemme (plural translative)
rankalaudattamme (abessive singular)
rankalaudoittamme (abessive plural)
rankalautoinemme (comitative plural)
rankalautanne (nominative singular)
rankalautanne (nominative plural)
rankalautanne (accusative nominative singular)
rankalautanne (accusative nominative plural)
rankalautanne (accusative genitive singular)
rankalautanne (accusative genitive plural)
rankalautanne (genitive singular)
rankalautojenne (genitive plural)
rankalautainne (genitive plural rare)
rankalautaanne (partitive singular)
rankalautojanne (partitive plural)
rankalaudassanne (inessive singular)
rankalaudoissanne (inessive plural)
rankalaudastanne (elative singular)
rankalaudoistanne (elative plural)
rankalautaanne (illative singular)
rankalautoihinne (illative plural)
rankalaudallanne (adessive singular)
rankalaudoillanne (adessive plural)
rankalaudaltanne (ablative singular)
rankalaudoiltanne (ablative plural)
rankalaudallenne (allative singular)
rankalaudoillenne (allative plural)
rankalautananne (essive singular)
rankalautoinanne (essive plural)
rankalaudaksenne (singular translative)
rankalaudoiksenne (plural translative)
rankalaudattanne (abessive singular)
rankalaudoittanne (abessive plural)
rankalautoinenne (comitative plural)
rankalautansa (nominative singular)
rankalautansa (nominative plural)
rankalautansa (accusative nominative singular)
rankalautansa (accusative nominative plural)
rankalautansa (accusative genitive singular)
rankalautansa (accusative genitive plural)
rankalautansa (genitive singular)
rankalautojensa (genitive plural)
rankalautainsa (genitive plural rare)
rankalautaansa (partitive singular)
rankalautojaan (partitive plural)
rankalautojansa (partitive plural)
rankalaudassaan (inessive singular)
rankalaudassansa (inessive singular)
rankalaudoissaan (inessive plural)
rankalaudoissansa (inessive plural)
rankalaudastaan (elative singular)
rankalaudastansa (elative singular)
rankalaudoistaan (elative plural)
rankalaudoistansa (elative plural)
rankalautaansa (illative singular)
rankalautoihinsa (illative plural)
rankalaudallaan (adessive singular)
rankalaudallansa (adessive singular)
rankalaudoillaan (adessive plural)
rankalaudoillansa (adessive plural)
rankalaudaltaan (ablative singular)
rankalaudaltansa (ablative singular)
rankalaudoiltaan (ablative plural)
rankalaudoiltansa (ablative plural)
rankalaudalleen (allative singular)
rankalaudallensa (allative singular)
rankalaudoilleen (allative plural)
rankalaudoillensa (allative plural)
rankalautanaan (essive singular)
rankalautanansa (essive singular)
rankalautoinaan (essive plural)
rankalautoinansa (essive plural)
rankalaudakseen (singular translative)
rankalaudaksensa (singular translative)
rankalaudoikseen (plural translative)
rankalaudoiksensa (plural translative)
rankalaudattaan (abessive singular)
rankalaudattansa (abessive singular)
rankalaudoittaan (abessive plural)
rankalaudoittansa (abessive plural)
rankalautoineen (comitative plural)
rankalautoinensa (comitative plural)

/ˈrɑŋkɑˌlɑu̯tɑ/

[ˈrɑ̝ŋkɑ̝ˌlɑ̝u̯t̪ɑ̝]


KED

Kendrick Extrication Device
Kendrick Extrication Device#English

(emergency medicine) Initialism of Kendrick Extrication Device.


Stryker

Sense of armoured vehicle is from 2002, named for two Americans who posthumously received the Medal of Honor: PFC Stuart S. Stryker, who died in World War II, and SP4 Robert F. Stryker, who died in the Vietnam War.

1973, Modern hospital: Volume 120; Volume 120, link
Because we feel that a stretcher should be more than a means of patient transport, we don't offer a standard Stryker stretcher.

The handles on the Stryker stretcher can by extended after a locking button has been pressed

2007, Helmut Strasser, Assessment of the ergonomic quality of hand-held tools and computer input devices, page 269:

Of course—anyone would expect the rest to happen—I wake up in the Sea-Clift EMS track, strapped to a yellow Stryker stretcher, shirtless and jacketless, covered with a thin pink blanket, my feet toward the back door

2007, Richard Ford, The Lay of the Land, page 463:

(emergency medicine) A modern, heavy-duty, full-featured gurney, typically heavily padded and having yellow legs.


spider strap

From the resemblance to a spider's many legs.

"SPIDER STRAPS" provide a very quick and efficient way to secure a patient to a long backboard.

1995, Nancy L. Caroline, Nancy L. Caroline, Emergency care in the streets, link:

She secured the straps, pulling them tight to let the weight settle to her shoulder and back muscles. Fanning the spider straps of the face mask, she took a deep breath and donned it chin first, then straps at the neck, temple,

2005, Dee Henderson, The Protector, link:

“Hey,” Beverly said, looking with dismay at the spider straps that secured Frankie to the backboard. “Dr. Bower, how can I get an EKG with him strapped down?”

(emergency medicine, chiefly in the plural) One of a ten-armed system of straps used by responders in backboard immobilization.


APGAR

(emergency medicine) appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, respiration (used to remember how to give a newborn an Apgar score)


AEMT

(emergency medicine) An advanced EMT with extra specialized training and certification with some of the practices and capacities usually afforded only to a paramedic such as EKG and IV.


NREMT

(US, emergency medicine) Initialism of national registry emergency medical technician.


EMT-B

emergency medical technician
emergency medical technician

advanced emergency medical technician
AEMT

(emergency medicine) A basic level emergency medical technician that has passed national registry examination; trained less extensively than the advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic (EMT-P) level

EMT-P

Highest level of emergency medical technician in the United States

EMT-I

An intermediate level emergency medical technician in the United States.


emergency medical technician

emergency medical technician (plural emergency medical technicians)

emergency medical technicians (plural)
EMT (abbreviation)

(emergency medicine) A basic ambulance worker training in patient stabilization and emergency transport; not a paramedic.


CISM

critical incident stress management#English

(emergency medicine) Initialism of critical incident stress management.


reanimação cardiorrespiratória

pt-noun

reanimação cardiorrespiratória f (plural reanimações cardiorrespiratórias)

cardiopulmonary resuscitation
cardiopulmonary resuscitation

(emergency medicine) cardiopulmonary resuscitation (a first aid procedure for cardiac arrest)


reanimação cardiopulmonar

reanimação cardiopulmonar f (plural reanimações cardiopulmonares)


ressuscitação cardiorrespiratória

ressuscitação cardiorrespiratória f (plural ressuscitações cardiorrespiratórias)


maniobra de Heimlich

es-noun

maniobra de Heimlich f (plural maniobras de Heimlich)

(emergency medicine) Heimlich maneuver (first aid procedure used to treat choking)


manobra de Heimlich

pt-noun

manobra de Heimlich f (plural manobras de Heimlich)


ressuscitação cardiopulmonar

ressuscitação cardiopulmonar f (plural ressuscitações cardiopulmonares)


MCI

en-noun

MCI (countable and uncountable, plural MCIs)

After an MCI, hospital surge-capacity plans will have to be activated quickly.

2011, Kate Curtis, Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics:

(emergency medicine) Initialism of mass casualty incident.


Sellick manoeuvre

Sellick manoeuvre (plural Sellick manoeuvres)

Described by British anesthesiologist Brian Arthur Sellick (1918–1996).

(emergency medicine) A technique used to reduce the risk of regurgitation by applying pressure to the cricoid cartilage at the neck, thus occluding the esophagus which passes directly behind it.


reanimasi

id-noun

réanimasi (first-person possessive reanimasiku, second-person possessive reanimasimu, third-person possessive reanimasinya)

réanimasi (canonical)
reanimasiku (first-person possessive)
reanimasimu (possessive second-person)
reanimasinya (possessive third-person)

Borrowed from Dutch reanimatie (“resuscitation”), from French réanimation.


resusitasi

id-noun

résusitasi (first-person possessive resusitasiku, second-person possessive resusitasimu, third-person possessive resusitasinya)

résusitasi (canonical)
resusitasiku (first-person possessive)
resusitasimu (possessive second-person)
resusitasinya (possessive third-person)

From English resuscitation, from Middle English resuscitacion, from Old French ressuscitacion and Latin resuscitātio.


syok

syok (first-person possessive syokku, second-person possessive syokmu, third-person possessive syoknya)

syokku (first-person possessive)
syokmu (possessive second-person)
syoknya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch shock, from English shock, from Middle Dutch schokken (“to push, jolt, shake, jerk”) or Middle French choquer (“to collide with, clash”), from Old Dutch *skokkan (“to shake up and down, shog”), from Proto-Germanic *skukkaną (“to move, shake, tremble”).

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(emergency medicine) circulatory shock, a medical emergency characterised by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.


apneu

id-noun

apneu (first-person possessive apneuku, second-person possessive apneumu, third-person possessive apneunya)

apneuku (first-person possessive)
apneumu (possessive second-person)
apneunya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch apneu, from the New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia), formed from ἀ- (a-, “absence of”) + πνοή (pnoḗ, “breathing”).

(emergency medicine) alternative spelling of apnea (“apnea; apnoea”).


henti jantung

hênti jantung (first-person possessive henti jantungku, second-person possessive henti jantungmu, third-person possessive henti jantungnya)

hênti jantung (canonical)
henti jantung ku (first-person possessive)
henti jantung mu (possessive second-person)
henti jantung nya (possessive third-person)

Compound of henti (“stop”) + jantung (“heart”), calque of Dutch hartstilstand (“cardiac arrest”).

clq

(cardiology, emergency medicine, pathology) cardiac arrest.


lucid interval

(emergency medicine) A temporary improvement in a patient's condition after a traumatic brain injury, after which the condition deteriorates.


henti napas

id-noun

hênti napas (first-person possessive henti napasku, second-person possessive henti napasmu, third-person possessive henti napasnya)

hênti napas (canonical)
henti napas ku (first-person possessive)
henti napas mu (possessive second-person)
henti napas nya (possessive third-person)

Compound of henti (“stop”) + napas (“breath”), calque of Dutch ademstilstand (“apnea”, literally “respiratory arrest”).

clq

(pulmonology, emergency medicine, pathology) respiratory arrest.


mutual aid

From mutual + aid. Popularised by the anarcho-communist philosopher, Peter Kropotkin.

(emergency medicine) An agreement among emergency responders to lend assistance across jurisdictional boundaries.


descarcerare

descarcerări (plural)
descarcerare (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
descarcerarea (accusative definite nominative singular)
descarcerări (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
descarcerările (accusative definite nominative plural)
descarcerări (indefinite singular)
descarcerării (definite singular)
descarcerări (indefinite plural)
descarcerărilor (definite plural)
descarcerare (singular vocative)
descarcerareo (singular vocative)
descarcerărilor (plural vocative)


syok kardiogenik

id-noun

syok kardiogenik (plural syok-syok kardiogenik, first-person possessive syok kardiogenikku, second-person possessive syok kardiogenikmu, third-person possessive syok kardiogeniknya)

syok-syok kardiogenik (plural)
syok kardiogenik ku (first-person possessive)
syok kardiogenik mu (possessive second-person)
syok kardiogenik nya (possessive third-person)

cardiogenic shock
cardiogenic shock#English

(cardiology, emergency medicine, pathology) cardiogenic shock


EMT-I

(emergency medicine) An intermediate-level emergency medical technician who has passed national registry examination and worked extensively as an EMT-B, but who is not yet a paramedic (EMT-P) level, though usually training to become one.


trawma

[ˈt̪ɾaʊ̯.mɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish trauma, from Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).