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Chapter 29: Abbreviations Used in the Guide

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Chapter 29: Abbreviations Used in the Guide

ACLS = Advanced Cardiac Life Support; 

ACS = Acute Coronary Syndrome; 

ADC = Apparent Diffusion Coefficient; 

AED = Automated External Defibrillator; 

AHA = American Heart Association; 

ALERT = Acute Life-Threatening Events Recognition and Treatment; 

AMI = Acute Myocardial Infarction;

ATV = Automatic Transport Ventilator; 

AVNRT = AV Nodal Re-entry Tachycardia; 

BLS = Basic Life Support; 

CPR = Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; 

CQI = Continuous Quality Improvement; 

DNAR = Do Not Attempt Resuscitation; 

ECPR = Extracorporeal CPR; 

ED = Emergency Department; 

EEG = Electroencephalogram; 

EMS = Emergency Medical Service; 

ETCO2 = End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide; 

ETT = Endotracheal Tube; 

EWSS = Early Warning Sign Systems; 

GWR = Gray-White Ratio;

HCP = Healthcare Professional;

IABP = Intra-aortic balloon pump

ICU = Intensive Care Unit; 

IHCA = In-hospital Cardiac Arrest; 

IHCA = In-hospital Cardiac Arrest; 

IO = Intraosseous; 

IV = Intravenous; 

LAD = Left Anterior Descending; 

LBBB = Left Bundle Branch Block;

MAT = Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia; 

MET = Medical Emergency Teams; 

NPA = Nasopharyngeal Airway;

NSE = Neuron-Specific Enolase;

OHCA = Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest; 

OPA = Oropharyngeal Airway; 

PAD = Public Access Defibrillator;

PCI = Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; 

PEA = Pulseless Electrical Activity; 

PSAPS = Public-safety Answering Point; 

PSVT = Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia; 

pVT = Pulseless Ventricular Tachycardia; 

ROSC = Return of Spontaneous Circulation; 

ROSC = Return of Spontaneous Circulation; 

RRT = Rapid Response Teams; 

rtPA = Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator;

SOC = Systems of Care; 

STEMI = ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction

SVT = Supraventricular Tachycardia; 

TCP = Transcutaneous Pacing;

TTM = Targeted Temperature Management;

VF/VT = Ventricular Fibrillation; Ventricular Tachycardia