Future of Emergency Care: Dissemination Workshop Summaries (2007)
Chapter: Appendix C Acronyms
Appendix C
Acronyms
AAP American Academy of Pediatrics
ACEP American College of Emergency Physicians
ACTION Accelerating Change and Transformation in Organizations and Networks
AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
ANCC Advice nurse call center
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CEN Certified emergency nurse
CMS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
DHHS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
DHS U.S. Department of Homeland Security
DMAT Disaster management assistant team
DoD U.S. Department of Defense
DOT U.S. Department of Transportation
ED Emergency department
EDAP Emergency department approved for pediatrics
EMAC Emergency Management Assistance Compact
EMRA Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association
EMS Emergency medical services
EMS-C The federal Emergency Medical Services for Children program
EMT Emergency medical technician
EMTALA Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
ENA Emergency Nurses Association
FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FICEMS Federal Interagency Committee on EMS
HCUP Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration
INPC Indiana Network for Patient Care
IRB Institutional review board
JCAHO Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
LERN Louisiana Emergency Response Network
LVN Licensed vocational nurse
MCHB Maternal and Child Health Bureau
MRC Medical Reserve Corps
NEMSIS National EMS information system
NETT Neurological Emergencies Treatment Trials
NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NIH National Institutes of Health
NINDS National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
PALS Pediatric advance life support
PCCC Pediatric critical care center
PECARN Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research
PHESS Public Health Emergency Surveillance System
PICU Pediatric intensive care unit
PSO Patient safety organization
SAEM Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
SPOTRIAS Special Program of Translational Research in Acute Stroke
USU Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
