bandaidpatrol Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Must be hard to get there with a fractured ankle and hip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandaidpatrol Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 TN - ? Hx - History? Fx - Injury? Tx - Treatment Rx - meds (prescriptions) R/O - Rule Out CVA - cerebrovascular accident (stroke) HR - heart rate BGL - bilingual? blood glucose level? win HTN? Hypertension. BGL: Blood Glucose Level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medik8 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 That's the most common complaints. As you can see, EMT school doesn't hardly prepare you for any of that. LMAO...Dust...what ARE we going to do with you?... :wink: xoxo 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 bandaid wrote: Must be hard to get there with a fractured ankle and hip! I did say "most" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asysin2leads Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Does anyone else find it annoying when someone fills in the abbreviations and then like 3 other people follow with the exact same post? I mean what are you trying to do, go "I knew it too!!!" Jeez. Anyway, BGL stands for Blood Gas Laboratories, the national center for the measuring of blood gases. Every phlebotomist practicing within the United States (except for Tennesee and Kentucky) must be certified through the BGL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medstudent30 Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 [/font:a0f6160b3d]Here is one for WNL....We Never Looked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandaidpatrol Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 bandaid wrote: I did say "most" I realize that, it was a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMS-Cat Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 The most common usage I've seen for bgl over the years has been for blood glucose. I know about blood gas labs because in a couple of departments where I worked, the RTs did the ABG's and we had to qualify and keep to standard. However, it's not really accurate to say there's only one and true definition behind an acronym. A quick Google brought up the following for BGL [this is by no means extensive - I stopped checking after 55 hits]: site one site two site three site four site five site six For medical acronyms alone, we have: Blood Glucose Level Bartholin's Gland Blood Garlic Level {Medical Physiology } Blood Gas Laboratories But, we also have: Blue Grass Tours, Inc. (Blue Grass Lines) Bulgarian Lev (former currency code; now BGN) Budget and General Ledger Bomb Laser Guided BlueGene/L, {an IBM computer, currently the world's fastest} Banque Générale du Luxembourg Now, I'm not saying the ones from the last group are things we're likely to find in our everyday medical charting, but they are example of how versatile three little letters can be. In the FWIW Dept: Often times there can be mx [multiple] deff [definitions] for a spec [specific] abbrv [abbreviation]. Some are common to a field and others more individual and some simply take on a life of their own. I cite, for example: DOE: We usually see it as 'dyspnic on exertion' but I've also seen 'died on elevator' after a somewhat traumatic but strange code where, in the middle of transporting the patient from the ER to CCU, the back two wheels of the bed fell off and dropped down the elevator shaft. The patient was non-revivable and pronounced on the elevator. TLC: Depending on your medical perspective, this can be 'Tender Loving Care' or, if you're an RT, it's Total Lung Capacity'. But for those days when you really want to just chuck it all out the back door, it could mean 'Tough luck, Charlie'. SOB: Obviously there are two minds as to the use of this abbreviation. However, if you combine them, [sOBx2], you now have not only a clinical observation but you can warn everyone who sees the patient after you that things might be a bit … fractious. Than there are the variants: DOA-SS: We're all aware of the use of DOA [Dead On Arrival], but this variant was created for the kind soul who drove his car to the hospital parking lot between the ER and the Funeral Home which shared the same parking area and proceeded to 'EOG' [Eat Own Gun]. Sometimes 'Necessity is the Mother of Invention'. And sometime She's simply a Mother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCTtiff Posted January 27, 2006 Author Share Posted January 27, 2006 Hey guys, Thanks for all your replies. I enjoy reading all of them and learned alot. When I need more answers I'll make sure to ask you guys on here!! Oh, and I found a couple more: :wink: P1, P2, P3? ETOH? SNF? Dx? Diagnosis? CXR? LPM? DNR? Do Not Resusitate DNI? DNH? AMS? MVA? Multiple Vehicle Accident? COA? HGT? GCS? PVCS? PVC's are Premature Ventricular Contractions, but I don't think it was meant that way... ICP? Also what does a Narcan IV do? Is that given in a drug overdose? What does it mean to be lavaged? Thanks guys. Ya'll are great, thanks for your input and 'wisdom'! God Bless! Tiff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandaidpatrol Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Hey guys, Thanks for all your replies. I enjoy reading all of them and learned alot. When I need more answers I'll make sure to ask you guys on here!! P1, P2, P3? Priorities ETOH? Ethanol Alcohol SNF? Skilled Nursing Facility Dx? Diagnosis? CXR? Chest X-Ray LPM? Liters Per Minute DNR? Do Not Resusitate DNI? Do Not Intubate DNH? Do Not Hospitalize AMS? Altered Mental Status MVA? Multiple Vehicle Accident? COA? Certificate of Authenticity HGT? Human Genetic Test GCS? Glascow Coma Scale PVCS? PVC's are Premature Ventricular Contractions, but I don't think it was meant that way... ICP? Inter Cranial Pressure Also what does a Narcan IV do? Is that given in a drug overdose? What does it mean to be lavaged? Narcan is an opioid antagonis, it is used for complete or partial reversal of opioid depression. Lavage essentially means to wash out, such as a gastric lavage, i.e. stomach pumping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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