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  • - 2-PAM (Pralidoxime Chloride)
  • - ABC's
  • - ACLS
  • - Adenosine
  • - AED
  • - AEIOU TIPS
  • - Agonal Respirations
  • - Albuterol
  • - ALOC
  • - ALS
  • - Amiodarone
  • - AMLS
  • - AMR
  • - Anaphylaxis
  • - Angiogram
  • - Angioplasty
  • - Antecubital (AC)
  • - APGAR
  • - Apnea
  • - Aspirin (ASA)
  • - Asystole
  • - Atropine
  • - Atrovent (Ipratropium Bromide)
  • - Attack Line
  • - AutoPulse
  • - Avulsion
  • - BA (SCBA)
  • - Backfire
  • - BP
  • - Bagging
  • - Bariatric
  • - BC
  • - Benadryl (Diphenhydramine)
  • - Big Sick
  • - Biological Death
  • - Black Cloud
  • - BLEVE
  • - Blood Pressure (BP)
  • - Blood Sugar
  • - BLS
  • - Booster Line
  • - Bradycardia
  • - Breathing treatment
  • - Hover Over This Link
  • - BRT
  • - Burns
  • - Burns, First Degree
  • - Burns, Second Degree
  • - Burns, Third Degree
  • - Burns, Fourth Degree
  • - BVM
  • - C-Spine
  • - CABG
  • - Calcium Chloride
  • - Capnography
  • - Carbon Monoxide
  • - Charcoal
  • - CHF
  • - Circular saw (K-12)
  • - CISD
  • - CNA
  • - CODE 3
  • - COPD
  • - CPAP
  • - Crepitus
  • - Cross Lay
  • - Cyanosis
  • - D50/D50W/Dextrose:
  • - Defibrillation
  • - Deluge
  • - DFO
  • - Diaphoresis
  • - DNR
  • - DOA
  • - Dopamine
  • - Electrocardiography
  • - Epinephrine
  • - EJ
  • - Emesis
  • - EMT
  • - Engine
  • - Engine Company
  • - ETOH
  • - FDC
  • - Fibrinolytics
  • - Firescope
  • - First Alarm Assignment
  • - Flail Chest
  • - Flash Over
  • - Fog Nozzle
  • - FNG
  • - Frequent Flyer
  • - FUBAR
  • - GCS (Glasgow Coma Scale)
  • - Glucagon
  • - Glucose Paste
  • - GSW
  • - Guppy Breathing
  • - H's and T's
  • - Halligan Tool
  • - Hard Suction Hose
  • - Hose Lays
  • - Hydrant
  • - Hypoglycemia
  • - IC
  • - ICS
  • - IO
  • - IRB
  • - "Irons"
  • - K-12 (circular saw)
  • - KED
  • - Ladder/Truck
  • - LDH
  • - Left Bundle Branch Block (LBBB)
  • - Little Sick
  • - Lividity
  • - LODD
  • - LVN (licensed vocational nurse)
  • - LZ
  • - Mandatoried (Mandoed, Forced)
  • - Meth
  • - MethHead
  • - Morphine
  • - N/V
  • - Narcan (Nalaxone)
  • - Nasal Cannula
  • - Nitroglycerine Spray (NTG)
  • - Normal Saline
  • - NRB
  • - NSR
  • - Obvious Signs of Death
  • - OES
  • - OPA
  • - Oxygen
  • - PALS
  • - Paramedic
  • - PERL
  • - PHTLS
  • - PIV
  • - Plymovent
  • - PNT
  • - Postictal State
  • - PPE
  • - Pulse Oximetry
  • - Quint
  • - Rales
  • - ResQPod
  • - Retractions
  • - Rhonchi
  • - RIC
  • - Rigor Mortis
  • - RN (Registered Nurse)
  • - Right Bundle Branch Block (RBBB)
  • - ROSC
  • - RP
  • - Rubbish Hook
  • - SCBA (BA)
  • - Scotted Up
  • - Scuttle Hole
  • - SIDS
  • - SOB
  • - Sodium Bicarbonate
  • - Sodium Thiosulfate
  • - Squad
  • - Staging
  • - Stand Pipe
  • - Status Epilepticus
  • - Strike Team
  • - Supply Line
  • - SVT
  • - Syncope
  • - Tachycardia
  • - Tanker
  • - TC
  • - Tender
  • - Thermal Imager
  • - Therapeutic hypothermia
  • - TIC
  • - Tones
  • - Torsades de pointes
  • - Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
  • - UTL
  • - Valsalva Maneuver
  • - V-Fib
  • - V-Tach
  • - Versed (Midazolam)
  • - Wheeze
  • - White Cloud
  • - WNL
  • - Zofran (Ondansetron)

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