What is the meaning of the medical term EMS?
Sometime, there may be more than one meaning of EMS abbreviation. However, what does the medical abbreviation EMS stand for?
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What is the EMS medical abbreviation?
In science & medicine, the medical abbreviation EMS stands for Emergency Medical System.
EMS: Emergency Medical System
Related Medical Abbreviations
| ABG | Arterial Blood Gas |
| BFP | biological false-positive; of a pregnancy test big fat positive |
| BOA | born out of asepsis; behavioral observation audiometry |
| BS&O | bilateral salpingectomy and oophorectomy |
| CMF | cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and fluorouracil |
| COCs | combined oral contraceptives (estrogen and progestin) |
| CRVO | Central Retinal Vein Occlusion |
| DAT | diet as tolerated |
| DAW | dispense as written |
| DDx | differential diagnosis |
| DIRA | deficiency of the interleukin-1-receptor |
| DPAP | diastolic pulmonary artery pressure |
| DVM | Doctor of Veterinary Medicine |
| DVT | Deep Venous Thrombosis |
| ECMO | Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation |
| EEG | Electroencephalogram |
| ERV | expiratory reserve volume |
| FM | frequency modulation; fibromyalgia; fetal movement; family medicine |
| HAZOP | hazard and operability |
| HCO3 | bicarbonate |
| HCVD | hypertensive cardiovascular disease |
| Hct | hematocrit |
| IOM | Institute of Medicine |
| LD | learning disability; left deltoid; lactate dehydrogenase; lactic dehydrogenase; lethal dose |
| LWS | low wall suction |
| OPD | outpatient department |
| OSA | Obstructive Sleep Apnea |
| PLSS | portable life-support system |
| PPG | postprandial glucose |
| PPIP | put prevention into practice |
| PRQM | publicly reported quality measures |
| Paco2 | partial pressure of carbon dioxide in alveolar gas |
| Pap | Papanicolaou smear |
| RFt | right foot |
| RRR | Regular Rate and Rhythm |
| RTF | ready to feed; resident treatment facility |
| RTW | return to work |
| SRT | speech reception threshold on audiometry |
| UE | Upper Extremity (usually preceded by R or L) |
| UL | (tolerable) upper intake level; upper lid |
| VEGF | vascular endothelial growth factor |
| WA | while awake |
| dept | department |
| ft | foot, feet (0.3048 meter) |
| grad | by degrees; gradual |
| incompl | incomplete |
| insp | inspiration |
| irrig | irrigate, irrigation |
| neb | nebulizer |
| pct | percent |
| retro | retrograde |
