What is BCLS medical abbreviation?

What does the medical abbreviation BCLS mean?

There may be more than one meaning of BCLS. Here is the meaning of BCLS mean in medical terms.

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What does BCLS medical abbreviation mean?

In science & medicine, the medical term BCLS means basic cardiac life support.

BCLS: basic cardiac life support

APPY	Appendectomy
CNM	Certified Nurse Midwife
CPS	Child Protective Services
D/A	date of admission
DNI	Do Not Intubate
DOI	digital object identifier; date of injury
DW	distilled water
EE	Ethinyl estradiol
EES	Erythromycin (erythromycin ethylsuccinate)
ETCO2	end-tidal carbon dioxide
Emb	embryo
FAS	fetal alcohol syndrome
FCE	functional capacity evaluation
HCA	health care assistant
HOSA	health occupations students of
Hct	hematocrit
I+	With Ionic Contrast (in reference to a CAT Scan)
L/S ratio	lecithin to sphingomyelin ratio
LBP	Low Back Pain
LC-MS	liquid chromatography mass spectrometry
LEEP	loop electrosurgical excision procedure
MDI	metered dose inhaler
MNT	medical nutrition therapy
NCS	Nerve Conduction Study
NIOSH	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
PCS	procedure coding system
PGF	paternal grandfather
PGY	postgraduate year
PTR	platelet transfusion reaction
Pt	Platinum (element)
R&R	rate and rhythm
RIG	Rabies Immunoglobulin
RNA	ribonucleic acid
RVAD	Right Ventricular Assist Device
RVVC	recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis
SPECT	single-photon emission computed tomography
SSSS	staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
TC&DB	turn, cough, and deep breath
THC	tetrahydrocannabinol (in marijuana and related)
TLS	tumor lysis syndrome
Ti	Titanium (element)
UL	(tolerable) upper intake level; upper lid
VBG	Venous Blood Gas
VSD	Ventricular Septal Defect
VT	Ventricular Tachycardia
cs	conditioned stimulus
dgm	decigram (one tenth of a gram)
kU/L	kilounit per liter (allergy testing)
mM	millimole
retics	reticulocytes
unilat.	unilateral