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A-fib

Atrial fibrillation

A-flutter

Atrial flutter

A-Tach

Atrial Tachycardia

A-Tach

Atrial Tachycardia

ABCs

Airway, Breathing and Circulation

ABN

Advance Beneficiary Notice

ACLS

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

AIC

Amount In Controversy

AIDS

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

ALJ

Administrative Law Judge

ALS

Advanced Life Support

ALS Assessment

An advanced life support (ALS) assessment is an assessment performed by an ALS crew as part of an emergency response that was necessary because the patient's reported condition at the time of dispatch was such that only an ALS crew was qualified to perform the assessment. An ALS assessment does not necessarily result in a determination that the patient requires an ALS level of service.

ALS E

Advanced Life Support Emergency

ALS Intervention

An advanced life support (ALS) intervention
is a procedure that is in accordance with State and local laws, required to be done by an emergency medical technician-intermediate (EMT-Intermediate) or EMT-Paramedic.

ALS NE

Advanced Life Support Non-Emergency

ALS1

Advanced Life Support 1
Advanced life support, level 1 (ALS1) is the transportation by ground ambulance vehicle and the provision of medically necessary supplies and services including the provision of an ALS assessment or at least one ALS intervention.

An advanced life support (ALS) assessment is an assessment performed by an ALS crew as part of an emergency response that was necessary because the patient's reported condition at the time of dispatch was such that only an ALS crew was qualified to perform the assessment. An ALS assessment does not necessarily result in a determination that the patient requires an ALS level of service.

An advanced life support (ALS) intervention is a procedure that is in accordance with State and local laws, required to be done by an emergency medical technician-intermediate (EMT-Intermediate) or EMT-Paramedic.

ALS2

Advanced Life Support 2
Advanced life support, level 2 (ALS2) is the transportation by ground ambulance vehicle and the provision of medically necessary supplies and services including 

(1) at least three separate administrations of one or more medications by intravenous push/bolus or by continuous infusion (excluding crystalloid fluids) or 

(2) ground ambulance transport, medically necessary supplies and services, and the provision of at least one of the ALS2 procedures listed below:
a. Manual defibrillation/cardioversion;
b. Endotracheal intubation;
c. Central venous line;
d. Cardiac pacing;
e. Chest decompression;
f. Surgical airway; or
g. Intraosseous line.

AMA

Against Medical Advice

AMI

Acute Myocardial Infarction

(Heart Attack)

And.

Abdominal
or
Abdomen

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

AOX3

Alert and oriented to person, place and time

AOX4

Alert and oriented to person, place, time and event

AP

Anterior/Posterior

ARDS

Adult Respiratory Disease Syndrome

ASA

Aspirin
(AcetylSalicylic Acid)

ASP

Application Service Provider