ABBREVIATIONS Advanced Burn Life Support sponsored by the American Trauma Society. ABLS – ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support sponsored by the American Heart Association (AHA). – ACS American College of Surgeons. – ACS/COT American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. – ATCN Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses sponsored by the Society for Trauma Nurses. – ATLS Advanced Trauma Life Support course sponsored by the ACS. – BOH State Board of Health. – Critical criterion. C – CEN Certified Emergency Nurse. – CRNA Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesiologist. – CEO Chief Executive Officer. – COT Committee on Trauma. – CT Computed Tomography Scanning. – CEU Continuing Education Unit. – Continuing Medical Education. CME – DOA Dead on arrival. – ECG Electrocardiogram. – ED Emergency Department. – EMS Emergency Medical Services. – EMSC Emergency Medical Service for Children. – ENA Emergency Nurses Association. – Emergency Nurses Pediatric Course sponsored by the ENA. ENPC – ENT Ear, Nose, and Throat surgery service. – ETT Endotracheal tube. – ISS Injury severity score. – ICU Intensive Care Unit. – edition of International Classification of Disease. ICD9 – ICD10 Tenth edition of International Classification of Disease. – ICP Intracranial pressure. – IV Intravenous. – LPN/LVN Licensed professional vocational nurse. – MRI Magnetic resonance imaging. – MD Medical doctor. – Non–critical Criterion. NC – OEMS The Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services. – OR Operating room. – PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support sponsored by the American Heart Association. – PI Performance improvement; used to describe quality assurance efforts (QA/QI/CQI). –
ABBREVIATIONS ABLS – Advanced Burn Life Support sponsored by the American Trauma Society. ACLS – Advanced Cardiac Life Support sponsored by the American Heart Association (AHA). ACS – American College of Surgeons. ACS/COT – American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. ATCN – Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses sponsored by the Society for Trauma Nurses. ATLS – Advanced Trauma Life Support course sponsored by the ACS. BOH – State Board of Health. C – Critical criterion. CEN – Certified Emergency Nurse. CRNA – Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesiologist. CEO – Chief Executive Officer. COT – Committee on Trauma. CT – Computed Tomography Scanning. CEU – Continuing Education Unit. CME – Continuing Medical Education. DOA – Dead on arrival. ECG – Electrocardiogram. ED – Emergency Department. EMS – Emergency Medical Services. EMSC – Emergency Medical Service for Children. ENA – Emergency Nurses Association. ENPC – Emergency Nurses Pediatric Course sponsored by the ENA. ENT – Ear, Nose, and Throat surgery service. ETT – Endotracheal tube. ISS – Injury severity score. ICU – Intensive Care Unit. ICD9 – edition of International Classification of Disease. ICD10 – Tenth edition of International Classification of Disease. ICP – Intracranial pressure. IV – Intravenous. LPN/LVN – Licensed professional vocational nurse. MRI – Magnetic resonance imaging. MD – Medical doctor. NC – Non–critical Criterion. OEMS – The Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services. OR – Operating room. PALS – Pediatric Advanced Life Support sponsored by the American Heart Association. PI – Performance improvement; used to describe quality assurance efforts (QA/QI/CQI).
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