Abreviation Help

Dazedgiggle · Dec 9, 2001

I think I may know a few of them, CXR where I am is Chest x-ray, PALS is pediatric advanced life support, CABG is coronary artery bypass graft, and TIA is transient ischemic attack. I've never seen the others, but maybe other nurses in other areas will know them. Hope this is a help.

donmurray · Dec 10, 2001

Hope I can help, don't recognise all.

cxr chest x-ray

adr adverse drug reaction

tci to come in.....usually an expected admission.

cabg coronary artery bypass graft

tia transient ischaemic attack

bd twice daily (it's greek to me!)

Whisper · Dec 10, 2001

Thanks very much, It was a great help. Also I never knew that The British and American Nurses used different abbreviations, or different meanings for the same abbreiations.

Sorry if this doesn't make much sense, but I just witnessed my first crash, and I am not really up to typing messages at the minute, I just wanted to say thanks.

night owl · Dec 11, 2001

BD=bad day! LOL, I have lots of BDs, but mostly I have GDs:D

Haven't a clue to what it really means... I'm curious myself...anyone?

mtgirl63 · Dec 14, 2001

EMD is emergency medical department

and I think everyone answered the others.

Whisper · Dec 15, 2001

Thanks very much every one, I have now sat and gone through the list with my mentor, so I can tell you all what I should have put.

CXR Chest Xray

EMD Electro Meachanical Dissasociation

ADR Adverse Drug Reaction

PALS Patient Advice and Liason Sercvice

TCI To Come In

CABG Coranary Artery Bypass Graft

TIA Trans Ischaemic Attack

BD Twice Daily

Thanks for the help, I really apreciate it, as I am having great fun trying to get my head around all these abreviations. Especially as I wasn't told the context of the list, and they can mean more than one thing

mtgirl63 · Dec 15, 2001

Hmmm, I learned a few I didn't know today. It's dangerous having abbrev. that can be more than one thing, such as the EMD -- alot of things we're better off writing them out than using the abbreviation!

Mike-CPN-UK · Apr 26, 2002

Hi all,

Good point MT. In the UK we're not supposed to use abbreviations.

TTFN,

Mike

Whisper · Apr 28, 2002

After all, I am just a student, and we are being taught abreviations, which has come in quite handy because without a basic grasp I would have been well and trully lost in handovers:rolleyes: