Vituity ED Scribe Abbreviations
Exam- 219 Q’s and A’s
AAA - -Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
-AB - -Abortion
-ABD - -Abdominal
-ABG - -Arterial Blood Gas
-ABX - -Antibiotics
-AC - -Before Meals (Try "antes comer" to remember)
-ACS - -Acute coronary syndrome
-A-Fib - -Atrial Fibrillation
-AIDS - -Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
-A/O x 4 - -Alert & Oriented x 4 (person, place, time, event that brought
them in)
-ALOC - -Altered level of conciousness
-ALS - -Advanced Life Support
-AKA - -Above the knee amputation
-AMA - -Against medical advice
-AMI - -Acute myocardial infarction
-AMS - -Altered mental status
-AOM - -Acute otitis media (inflammatory disease of one ear)
-AP - -anterior-posterior (as in chest x-ray view)
-ASA - -aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid)
-AV - -atrioventricular (block)
, -BAL - -Blood Alcohol Level
-BID - -2 times a day (Bi (two) in day)
-Bilat - -Bilateral
-BKA - -Below the knee amputation
-BLE - -bilateral lower extremities
-BLS - -Basic life support
-BM - -Bowel movements
-BOM - -Bilateral otitis media (infection in both ears)
-BP - -Blood pressure
-BPH - -Benign prostatic hypertrophy
-BPM - -beats per minute (heart rate)
-BPV - -Benign positional vertigo
-BS - -Bowel sounds and/or breath sounds
-BSA - -body surface area
-BUE - -Bilateral upper extremities
-BUN - -Blood urea nitrogen
-BVM - -Bag-valve mask
-c - -with (think 'con' in Spanish)
-CA - -cancer (what state did it happen in)
-C1-C7 - -Cervical vertebrae 1-7
-CABG - -Coronary artery bypass graft
-CAD - -Coronary artery disease
-CBC - -Complete blood count
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