| A | B |
|---|
| ABC | airway, breathing, and circulation |
| AP | apical pulse--only pulse one can hear |
| ASHD | arteriosclerotic heart disease--hardening & loss of elasticity of arterial walls |
| Ax | axillary--armpit |
| BP | blood pressure--force exerted by blood on walls of any vessel |
| CABG | Coronary artery bypass graft--surgery to bring anew blood supply to heart muscle detouring around blocked arteries |
| CBC | complete blood count--blood tests: RBC, WBC, platelets, Hgb, Hct |
| CCU | coronary care unit |
| CHF | congestive heart failure--inability of heart to pump adequate blood through body to supply organs & tissues; complication of heart diseases (e.g., MI) |
| DNR | do not resuscitate |
| DOA | dead on arrival |
| EKG, ECG | electrocardiogram--electrical activity of the heart |
| ICU | intensive care unit |
| IV | intravenous--within a vein |
| MI | myocardial infarction; heart attack--blockage in coronary artery that cuts off blood supply to heart muscle resulting in necrosis in heart muscle |
| MVA | motor vehicle accident |
| P | pulse--HR 60-100 |
| R | Respiration or rectal 16-20 |
| T, Temp | temperature--98.6 F |
| TPR | temperature, pulse, respiration |
| VS | vital signs (TPR and BP) |
