Acronyms
Last Updated: August 5, 2024
.EMSC Related Acronyms
Listed here are acronyms you may see in reference to EMSC-related projects, publications, and resources.
A
- AAA: American Ambulance Association
- AAFP: American Academy of Family Physicians
- AAMS: Association of Air Medical Services
- AAP: American Academy of Pediatrics
- AASHTO: American Association of Highway and Transportation Officials
- ACCT: Association of Critical Care Transport
- ACEP: American College of Emergency Physicians
- ACLS: Advanced Cardiac Life Support (AHA)
- ACS COT: American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma
- AED: automated external defibrillator
- AEMT: advanced emergency medical technician
- AHA: American Heart Association
- AHRQ: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- ALS: advanced life support
- ALTE: apparent life threatening event
- APLS: Advanced Pediatric Life Support (AAP)
- APRN: advanced practice registered nurse
- ASPR: Administration for Strategic Preparedness & Response
- ASTHO: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
B
- BLR: bottom line recommendation
- BLS: basic life support
C
- CAAHEP: Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
- CAAS: Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services
- CAH: Critical Access Hospital
- CAMTS: Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems
- CAPCE: Commission on Accreditation for Prehospital Continuing Education
- CARE: Center of America Regional EMSC (view EMSC Region map)
- CBRN: Chemical, Biological, Radiation, Nuclear
- CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- CHA: Children's Hospital Association
- CHIP: Children’s Health Insurance Program
- CHaMP: Charlotte, Houston, Milwaukee Prehospital EMS Research Node (PECARN)
- CONOPS: concept of operations
- COPEM: Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine (AAP)
- CP: community paramedicine
- CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- CPS: child passenger safety
- CSHCN: children with special health care needs (also CSHN or CYSHCN)
- CSHN: children with special needs (also CSHCN or CYSHCN)
- CSN: Children’s Safety Network
- CYSHCN: children and youth with special health care needs (also CSHCN or CSHN)
- CoAEMSP: Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions
- CoE: Center of Excellence
- CoP: community of practice
D
- DCC: Data Coordinating Center
- DGIS: Discretionary Grant Information System
- DHS: Department of Homeland Security
- DNR: do not resuscitate (legal order to withhold CPR or ACLS in the event the patient’s heart stops or they stop breathing)
- DOT: US Department of Transportation
- DQR: data quality report (related to the EDC CLMS database)
- DUA: data use agreement
E
- E911: Enhanced 911 (universal emergency communications number that automatically identifies the telephone number and location of the caller)
- EBG: evidence-based guideline
- EBM: evidence-based medicine
- ECHO: Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes
- ED STOP: Emergency Department Screening and Treatment Options for Pediatric Suicide Quality Improvement Collaborative
- ED: emergency department
- EHR: electronic health record
- EIIC: EMSC Innovation & Improvement Center
- EMR: emergency medical responder
- EMS: emergency medical services
- EMS: emergency medical services
- EMSC: Emergency Medical Services for Children
- EMT: emergency medical technician
- EMTALA: Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act
- ENA: Emergency Nurses Association
- ENPC: Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENA)
- EPC: Emergency Pediatric Care (NAEMT)
F
- FAN: Family Advisory Network
- FARS: Fatality Analysis Reporting System (NHTSA)
- FCC: family-centered care
- FDIC International: Fire Department Instructors Conference
- FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS)
- FHWA: Federal Highway Administration (DOT)
- FICEMS: Federal Interagency Committee on EMS
- FRC: Facility Recognition Collaborative
- FSED: free standing emergency department
- FTTG: Field Trauma Triage Guidelines
- FirstNet: First Responder Network Authority
G
H
- HCC: health care coalitions
- HCID: high consequence infectious disease
- HCUP: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (AHRQ)
- HECC: Heartland EMS for Children Coalition (view EMSC Region map)
- HEMS: helicopter EMS
- HHS: US Department of Health and Human Services
- HIPPA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- HL7: Health Level 7 Information
- HOMERUN: Hospitals of the Midwest Emergency Research Node (PECARN)
- HPP: Hospital Preparedness Program (ASPR)
- HRSA: Health Resources and Services Administration (HHS)
- HVA: Hazard Vulnerability Analysis
I
- I/O: intraosseous
- IAED: International Academies of Emergency Dispatch
- IAFCCP: International Association of Flight and Critical Care Paramedics
- IBSC: International Board of Specialty Certification
- ICD-10: International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision
- IFT: interfacility transfer
- IHI: Institute for Healthcare Improvement
- IHS: Indian Health Services (HHS)
- IOM: Institute of Medicine (now National Academy of Medicine)
- IRB: Institutional Review Board
- IRCP: International Roundtable on Community Paramedicine
- IRECC: Intermountain Region EMSC Coordinating Council (view EMSC Region map)
- ISS: injury severity score
- ITS: intelligent transportation systems
J
- JCREC: Joint Committee on Rural EMS Care
- JNEMSLF: Joint National EMS Leadership Forum
K
- KEAP: Knowledge management Early Access Program
- KPI: key performance indicator
M
- MCHB: Maternal and Child Health Bureau (HRSA)
- MCI: mass casualty incident
- MHRO: Mental Health Resilience Officer (NAEMT)
- MIH: mobile integrated healthcare
- MOC: maintenance of certification
- MVA: motor vehicle accident
N
- NACCHO: National Association of County and City Health Officials
- NAEMSE: National Association of EMS Educators
- NAEMSP: National Association of EMS Physicians
- NAEMT: National Association of EMTs
- NAM: National Academy of Medicine
- NAPNAP: National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
- NASEM: National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine
- NASEMSO: National Association of State EMS Officials
- NASNA: National Association of State 911 Administrators
- NEDARC: National EMS for Children Data Analysis Resource Center (now the EMSC Data Center - EDC)
- NEMSAC: National EMS Advisory Council (NHTSA)
- NEMSCD: National EMS Coordinated Database (only accessible by EMS Compact member states)
- NEMSIS: National EMS Information System
- NEMSMA: National EMS Management Association
- NEMSQA: National EMS Quality Alliance
- NFPA: National Fire Protection Association
- NHTSA: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (DOT)
- NICHQ: National Institute for Children’s Health Quality
- NICU: neonatal intensive care unit
- NIH: National Institutes of Health
- NIMS: National Incident Management System (FEMA)
- NIOSH: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (CDC)
- NOA: Notice of Award (the official legally binding award document that: 1) notifies the recipient of the award of a grant; 2) contains or references all the terms and conditions of the grant and federal funding limits; and, 3) provides the documentary basis for recording the obligation of federal funds in the agencies’ accounting systems)
- NOFO: Notice of Funding Opportunity (an awarding office’s formally issued announcement of the availability of Federal funding through one of its financial assistance programs. The announcement invites applications and provides such information as eligibility and evaluation criteria, funding preferences/priorities, how to obtain application kits, and the submission deadline)
- NOSORH: National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health
- NPDB: National Practitioner Data Bank
- NPDC: National Pediatric Disaster Coalition
- NPRA: National Pediatric Readiness Assessment
- NPRP: National Pediatric Readiness Project
- NPRQI: National Pediatric Readiness Quality Initiative
- NREMT: National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians
- NRHA: The National Rural Health Association
- NTSB: National Transportation Safety Board
- NVFC: National Volunteer Fire Council
O
P
- PALS: Pediatric Advanced Life Support (AHA)
- PAS: Pediatric Academic Society
- PCC: poison control center
- PCG: Prehospital Guidelines Consortium
- PCP: primary care provider
- PDSA: plan, do, study, act
- PEAK: Pediatric Education and Advocacy Kits
- PEC: Prehospital Emergency Care (bi-monthly peer reviewed journal)
- PECARN: Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network
- PECC: Pediatric Emergency Care Council (NASEMSO)
- PECC: pediatric emergency care coordinator
- PECCLC: Prehospital Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinator Learning Collaborative
- PEM-NEWS: Pediatric Emergency Medicine Northeast, West and South (PECARN)
- PEM: pediatric emergency medicine
- PEPP: Pediatric Education for Prehospital Providers (AAP)
- PFCC: patient- and family-centered care
- PHI: protected heath information
- PHTLS: Prehospital Trauma Life Support (NAEMT)
- PICU: pediatric intensive care unit
- PIER: Pacific Islands EMSC Region (view EMSC Region map)
- PMHCA: Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program (HRSA)
- PMRP: Pediatric Medical Recognition Program
- PNP: pediatric nurse practitioners
- PO: Project Officer
- PPE: personal protective equipment
- PPN: Pediatric Pandemic Network
- PPRP: Prehospital Pediatric Readiness Project
- PREP: Pacific Region EMSC Partnership (view EMSC Region map)
- PRIME: Pediatric Research in Injuries and Medical Emergencies (PECARN)
- PRQC: Pediatric Readiness Quality Collaborative
- PRRPC: Pediatric Readiness Recognition Programs Collaborative
- PdLN: Pediatric Liaison Nurses of Los Angeles County
R
- RFP: request for proposal (a funding announcement used to solicit proposals from applicants)
- Region 5 for Kids: Great Lakes Pediatric Consortium for Disaster Response (formerly EGLPCDR)
S
- SERC: Southeast EMSC Regional Council (view EMSC Region map)
- SHSO: State Highway Safety Office
- SMART Objectives: specific, measurable, attainable, results oriented/relevant, time bound
- SME: subject matter experts
- SOEM: Section on Emergency Medicine (AAP)
- SORH: State Office of Rural Health
- SP: State Partnership Grant
- SPARC: San Francisco-Oakland, Providence, Atlanta Research Collaborative (PECARN)
- SPROC: State Partnership Regionalization of Care Grant
- START Triage: simple triage and rapid treatment
- SWOT Analysis: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats
T
- TAC: Technical Assistance Center
- TBI: Traumatic brain injury
- TI: Targeted Issues Grants
- TIM: traffic incident management
- TNCC: Trauma Nurse Core Course (ENA)
- TQIP: Trauma Quality Improvement Program (ACS)
- TRACIE: Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (ASPR)
- TRB: Transportation Research Board (NASEM)
- TRB: Transportation Research Board (NASEM)
- TREKK: Translating Emergency Knowledge for Kids
U
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W
- WPRS: weighted pediatric readiness score
- WRAPEM: Western Regional Alliance for Pediatric Emergency Management