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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
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ARN
ASCOT
ASTM
ATLS
BAT
BLS
CAHEA
CDC
CME
CNMC
CPR
COBRA
CRAMS
DHEW
DHHS
DOD
DOT
ED
EDAP
EMS
EMS-C
EMSS
EMT
ENA
FACT
PARS
FCC
APPENDIX A
Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
A Severity Characterization of Trauma
American Society for Testing and Materials
Advanced Trauma Life Support
Basic Aid Training
Basic life support
Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Continuing medical education
Children's National Medical Center
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
Circulation, Respirations, Abdomen, Motor, Speech scale
U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Defense
U.S. 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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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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ODPHP
OJJDP
OMH
OTA
PALS
PBLS
PCCC
PECCC
PHI
PHTLS
PICU
PPO
PRISM
PSAP
PSAT
PSI
PTC
PTS
RMP
RTS
RWJ
SADD
SCCM
SIDS
TIPP
TISS
TNCC
TRISS
TS
UCR
UHDDS
WEDI
APPENDIX A
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Office of Minority Health
Office of Technology Assessment
Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Pediatric Basic Life Support
Pediatric Critical Care Center
(California) Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care
Coalition
Pediatric Emergency Medical Services Tra
Prehospital Index
Prehospital Trauma Life Support
Pediatric intensive care unit
Preferred provider organization
Pediatric Risk of Mortality
Public safety answering point
Pediatric Severity Assessment Tool
Physiologic Stability Index
Pediatric trauma center
Pediatric Trauma Score
Regional Medical Program
Revised Trauma Score
Robert Wood Johnson [Foundation]
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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