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A ACRONYMS
Pages 369-372

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From page 369...
... Acronyms AACN American Association of Critical Care Nurses AAOS American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons AAP American Academy of Pediatrics AAPCC American Association of Poison Control Centers ABEM American Board of Emergency Medicine ABP American Board of Pediatrics ACEP American College of Emergency Physicians ACGME Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support ACS American College of Surgeons ADA Americans with Disabilities Act ADL Activity of daily living AHA American Heart Association AHCPR Agency for Health Care Policy and Research AIDS Acquired immune deficiency syndrome AIS Abbreviated Injury Scale ALI Automatic location identification ALS Advanced life support AMA American Medical Association ANI Automatic number identification APA Ambulatory Pediatric Association APACHE Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation APCO Associated Public-Safety Communications Officers APLS Advanced Pediatric Life Support 369
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From page 370...
... Department of Transportation Emergency department Emergency Department Approved for Pediatrics Emergency medical services Emergency medical services for children Emergency Medical Services Systems fAct Emergency medical technician Emergency Nurses Association First Aid for Children Today Fatal Accident Reporting System Federal Communications Commission GAO U.S. General Accounting Office GCS Glasgow Coma Scale HCFA Health Care Financing Administration HMO Health maintenance organization HOME Home Organizer for Medical Emergencies HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration ICD-9-CM International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification
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From page 371...
... ACRONYMS 371 ICU Intensive care unit IHS Indian Health Service IOM Institute of Medicine ISS Injury Severity Scale IV Intravenous IVD Interactive videodisc JCAHO Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations MADD Mothers Against Drunk Driving MCHB Maternal and Child Health Bureau MICN Mobile intensive care nurse MIEMSS Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems MIS Management information system MISS Modified Injury Severity Score MTOS Major Trauma Outcome Study NACHRI National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions NAEMSP National Association of EMS Physicians NAEMT National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians NAS National Academy of Sciences NASEMSD National Association of State EMS Directors NASS National Accident Sampling System NCCAN National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect NCHS National Center for Health Statistics NCIPC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control NCVHS National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics NEISS National Electronic Injury Surveillance System NENA National Emergency Number Association NERA National EMS-C Resource Alliance NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NICHD National Institute of Child Health and Human NICU NINDS NLN NPTR NRC OBRA Development Neonatal intensive care unit National Institute for Neurological Diseases and Stroke National League for Nursing National Pediatric Trauma Registry National Research Council Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
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From page 372...
... Students Against Drunk Driving Society of Critical Care Medicine Sudden Infant Death Syndrome The Injury Prevention Program Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System Trauma Nurse Core Curriculum Trauma Score, Injury Severity Score [analysis] Trauma Score Uniform Crime Report Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set Workgroup on Electronic Data Interchange ining Program
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