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S Medical Abbreviations A&0x3 - Answer-Alert and Oriented x3 (person,place,time) a.c. - Answer-Before meals a.m. - Answer-Before noon AAA - Answer-Abnormal Aortic Aneurysm AB - Answer-Abortion ABG - Answer-Arterial Blood Gas abx - Answer-Antibiotics Ad lib - Answer-As desired A Fib - Answer-Atrial Fibrillation AICD - Answer-Automated Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator AIDS - Answer-Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome AMA - Answer-Against Medical Advice ...

S Common Medical Abbreviations s̄ - Answer-without c̄ - Answer-with OCP - Answer-oral contraceptive pill (birth control) ID/QD - Answer-daily A&Ox4 - Answer-alert and oriented to person, place, time, situation AAA - Answer-abdominal aortic aneurysm AB - Answer-abortion Abx - Answer-antibiotic A-fib - Answer-atrial fibrillation AICD - Answer-automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator AKA - Answer-above knee amputation AMA - Answer-against medical advice...

SCRIBE.OLOGY MEDICATIONS Bystolic (Nebivolol) - Answer-HTN/CAD; reduces force heart squeezed Catapress (Clonidine) - Answer-HTN/CAD Coreg (Calvedilol) - Answer-HTN/CAD; reduces force heart squeezed Diovan (Valsartan) - Answer-HTN/CAD; prevents l narrowing Lasix (Furosimide) - Answer-HTN/CAD; diuretic pill (reduces blood vol.) Lopressor (Metoprolol) - Answer-HTN/CAD; reduces force heart squeezed Microzide (Hydrochorothiazide-HCTZ) - Answer-HTN/CAD; diuretic pill (reduces bloo...

SCRIBE.OLOGY FINAL EXAM Ptosis - Answer-Drooping of the eyelid Peritonsillar Abscess - Answer-bacterial infection of pharynx around the tonsils secondary to a streptococcus infection Atelectasis - Answer-Partial or total collapse of the lung Pleurisy - Answer-Inflammation of the pleural (lung) cavity Pneumothorax - Answer-Air in the pleural (lung) cavity STEMI - Answer-(ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction) Heart Attack characterized by elevation of the ST wave on an EKG Ascit...

S Subjective What does the medical term Raccoon Eyes mean - Answer-Ecchymosis in the preorbital area What is the definition of a hemorrhoid - Answer-Inflamed veins in the rectum and anus What does the medical term priapism mean - Answer-Prolonged erection of the penis without sexual arousal The medical term for having a fever is emaciated - Answer-False What does the term adnexal tenderness mean - Answer-Tenderness over the ovaries or fallopian tubes Pitting edema is the type o...

SCRIBE.OLOGY SOAP NOTE OVERVIEW SOAP - Answer-Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan Subjective-Chief Complaint (CC) - Answer-2-3 word summary of primary reason the patient has come to the ER Subjective-History of Present Illness (HPI) - Answer-documentation of story of why the patient came to the ER; 8 elements (COLD CARS= context, onset, location/radiation, duration, character, alleviating/aggravating factors, and severity) Subjective-Histories - Answer--PMHx (through charts, summ...

SCRIBE.OLOGY TEST Atraumatic - Answer-No evidence of trauma to the body Diaphoresis - Answer-excessive sweating Febrile - Answer-having a fever Malaise - Answer-Generalized discomfort or weakness Normocephalic - Answer-normal shaped head Polydipsia - Answer-excessive thirst Polyuria - Answer-excessive urination Conjunctiva - Answer-membrane lining the eyelids and covering the eyeball conjuctival injection - Answer-Redness of the conjuctiva Diplopia - Answer-double v...

SCRIBE.OLOGY MEDICATIONS LIST Acetaminophen - Answer-(Tylenol) - pain control, fever reducer Adenosine - Answer-treat arrhythmias Albuterol - Answer-(Proventil) - respiratory updraft and treatment Amiodarone - Answer-treats arrhythmias Amoxicillin - Answer-antibiotic Ancef - Answer-antibiotic Anectine - Answer-(Succinycholine) - muscle relaxant/paralytic Aspirin - Answer-ASA (Acetylsalicylic Acid) - NSAID blood thinner Atarax - Answer-anti allergy Atenolol - Answer-...

S: Medical Terminology alert and oriented (Constitutional) - Answer-measuring of mental function, measured in orientation to person, place, time, and situation. If a person is oriented to all 4, it is recorded as A&Ox4 Atraumatic (Constitutional) - Answer-No evidence of injury to the body Diaphoresis (Constitutional) - Answer-excessive sweating Febrile (Constitutional) - Answer-Having a fever malaise (Constitutional) - Answer-Generalized discomfort or weakness Normocephalic (Co...

S final orientation exam Superior and Inferior - Answer-describe structures that are above and below each other, superior being above and inferior being below Anterior and Posterior - Answer-describes structures that are in front of and behind each other, anterior being front, posterior being back Proximal and Distal - Answer-describes structures that are closer or farther from the core of the body. Proximal structures are closer to the core, distal are farther away. (For example, the k...