Strategies to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival: A Time to Act (2015)
Chapter: A-- Acronyms
| ACEP |
American College of Emergency Physicians |
| ACLS |
advanced cardiac life support |
| AED |
automated external defibrillator |
| AMI |
acute myocardial infarction |
| ARREST |
Amsterdam Resuscitation Study of North Holland |
| BLS |
basic life support |
| CAD |
coronary artery disease |
| CARES |
Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival |
| CCU |
critical care unit |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CMS |
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
| CNS |
central nervous system |
| COCPR |
compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
| CPC |
Cerebral Performance Category |
| CPR |
cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
| CQI |
continuous quality improvement |
| CT |
computed tomography |
| CTSA |
Clinical and Translational Science Awards |
| DHS |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
| DNAR |
do-not-attempt-resuscitation status |
| DOT |
U.S. Department of Transportation |
| DRG |
diagnosis-related group |
| ECC |
emergency cardiac care |
| ECMO |
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation |
| ECPR |
extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
| ED |
emergency department |
| EGDT |
early goal-directed therapy |
| EKG |
electrocardiogram |
| EMDPRS |
emergency medical dispatch protocol reference system |
| EMS |
emergency medical services |
| EMT |
emergency medical technician |
| ERC |
European Resuscitation Council |
| EuPSF |
European Patient Safety Foundation |
| EuReCa |
European Registry of Cardiac Arrest |
| FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration |
| FDA |
U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| FICEMS |
Federal Interagency Committee on EMS |
| FRP |
first responder program |
| FRR |
first recorded cardiac rhythm |
| GCS |
Glasgow Coma Scale |
| GWTG-R |
Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation |
| IAEMSC |
International Association of EMS Chiefs |
| ICD |
International Classification of Diseases |
| ICU |
intensive care unit |
| IHCA |
in-hospital cardiac arrest |
| ILCOR |
International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation |
| IOM |
Institute of Medicine |
| MAUDE |
Manufacturer and User Device Experience |
| MET |
medical emergency team |
| mRS |
Modified Rankin Scale |
| NAEMSP |
National Association of EMS Physicians |
| NAS |
National Academy of Sciences |
| NASEMSO |
National Association of State EMS Officials |
| NATA |
National Athletic Trainers’ Association |
| NCAC |
National Cardiac Arrest Collaborative |
| NEMSAC |
National EMS Advisory Council |
| NEMSIS |
National Emergency Medical Systems Information System |
| NG911 |
Next Generation 911 |
| NHLBI |
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute |
| NHTSA |
National Highway Transportation Safety Administration |
| NICHHD |
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development |
| NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
| NINDS |
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke |
| NRC |
National Research Council |
| NRCPR |
National Registry for CPR |
| OHCAR |
National Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Register Project |
| OHCA |
out-of-hospital cardiac arrest |
| OPALS |
Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support Study |
| OR |
odds ratio |
| OSHA |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| PAD |
public access defibrillation |
| PALS |
pediatric advanced life support |
| PAROS |
Pan-Asian Resuscitation Outcomes Study |
| PATH |
Penn Alliance for Therapeutic Hypothermia |
| PCI |
percutaneous coronary intervention |
| PCNASR |
Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry |
| PCORI |
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute |
| PEA |
pulseless electrical activity |
| PEWS |
Pediatric Early Warning Score |
| PMA |
premarket approval |
| PSAP |
public safety answering point |
| PSHSB |
Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau |
| pVT |
pulseless ventricular tachycardia |
| QALY |
quality-adjusted life-year |
| ROC |
Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium |
| ROSC |
return of spontaneous circulation |
| RRT |
rapid response team |
| SCAR |
Swedish Cardiac Arrest Register |
| SES |
socioeconomic status |
| SHARE |
Save Hearts in Arizona Registry and Education |
| SIREN |
Strategies to Innovate EmeRgeNcy Care Clinical Coordinating Center |
| STEMI |
ST segment elevation myocardial infarction |
| T-CPR |
telecommunicator-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
| THAPCA |
Therapeutic Hypothermia After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest |
| TOR |
termination of resuscitation |
| TTM |
targeted temperature management |
| VA |
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
| VACAR |
Victorian Ambulance Cardiac Arrest Registry |
| VF |
ventricular fibrillation |
| VoIP |
Voice over Internet Protocol |
| VT |
ventricular tachycardia |
| WFSA |
World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists |
