Acronyms
EMS for Children Related Acronyms
Listed here are acronyms you may see in reference to EMSC-related projects, publications, and resources.
A
- AAMS: Association of Air Medical Services
- AAP: American Academy of Pediatrics
- ACEP: American College of Emergency Physicians
- ACLS: Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- ACS: American College of Surgeons
- ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act
- 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
- ANSI: American National Standards Institute
- APLS: Advanced Pediatric Life Support
- ASPR: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness & Response
- ASTHO: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
B
- BLS: basic life support
C
- CAAS: Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services
- CAH: Critical access hospital
- CAPCE: Commission on Accreditation for Prehospital Continuing Education
- CARE: Center of America Regional EMSC
- CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- CHaMP: Charlotte, Houston, Milwaukee Prehospital EMS Research Node (PECARN)
- CHIP: Children’s Health Insurance Program
- COIIN: Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network
- CoP: community of practice
- 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)
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
E
- E911: Enhanced 911 (universal emergency communications number that automatically identifies the telephone number and location of the caller)
- EBG: evidence-based guidelines
- EBM: evidence-based medicine
- ECCC: Emergency Care Coordination Center (ASPR)
- ECHO: Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes
- ED: emergency department
- EIIC: EMSC Innovation & Improvement Center
- EMAC: Emergency Management Assistance Compact
- EMR: emergency medical responder
- EMS: emergency medical services
- EMT: emergency medical technician
- EMT-I/99 or EMT-I/85: mergency medical technician-intermediate (99 & 85 identify the year the course was created)
- 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
- FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS)
- FHWA: Federal Highway Administration (DOT)
- FICEMS: Federal Interagency Committee on EMS
- FirstNet: First Responder Network Authority
- FRC: Facility Recognition Collaborative
G
- GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale
- GRADE: Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation
- GLEMSCRN: Great Lake Emergency Medical Services for Children Research Network (PECARN)
H
- HCC: health care coalitions
- HCUP: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (AHRQ)
- HECC: Heartland EMS for Children Coalition
- HEMS: helicopter EMS
- HHS: US Department of Health and Human Services
- 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)
- HSEEP: Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
I
- ICD-10: International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision
- IHI: Institute for Healthcare Improvement
- IHS: Indian Health Services (HHS)
- ILCOR: International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation
- I/O: intraosseous infusion
- IOM: Institute of Medicine (now National Academy of Medicine)
- IRECC: Intermountain Region EMSC Coordinating Council
- ISS: injury severity score
- ITS: intelligent transportation systems
J
- JCREC: Joint Committee on Rural EMS Care
- JNEMSLF: Joint National EMS Leadership Forum
K
M
- MCHB: Maternal and Child Health Bureau (HRSA)
- MIH: mobile integrated health
- MVA: motor vehicle accident
N
- NAEMSE: National Association of EMS Educators
- NAEMSP: National Association of EMS Physicians
- NAEMT: National Association of EMTs
- NASEMSO: National Association of State EMS Officials
- NEDARC: National EMSC Data Analysis Resource Center
- NEMSAC: National EMS Advisory Council (NHTSA)
- NEMSIS: National EMS Information System
- NEMSQA: National EMS Quality Alliance
- NFPA: National Fire Protection Association
- NHTSA: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (DOT)
- NICU: neo-natal intensive care unit
- NIH: National Institutes of Health
- NIOSH: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (CDC)
- NIST: National Institute of Standards & Technology (US Department of Commerce)
- NPDP: National Practitioner Data Bank
- NOSORH: National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health
- NPRP: National Pediatric Readiness Project
- NREMT: National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians
- NRHA: The National Rural Health Association
- NTDB: National Trauma Data Bank
O
P
- PALS: Pediatric Advanced Life Support (AHA)
- PCC: poison control center
- PCG: Prehospital Guidelines Consortium
- PDPQC: Pediatric Disaster Preparedness Quality Collaborative
- 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: pediatric emergency medicine
- PEM-NEWS: Pediatric Emergency Medicine Northeast, West and South (PECARN)
- PEPP: Pediatric Education for Prehospital Providers (AAP)
- PFCC: patient- and family-centered care
- PHTLS: Prehospital Trauma Life Support (NAEMT)
- PICU: pediatric intensive care unit
- PIER: Pacific Islands EMSC Region
- PMRP: Pediatric Medical Recognition Program
- PPE: personal protective equipment
- PREP: Pacific Region EMSC Partnership
- PRQC: Pediatric Readiness Quality Collaborative
- PPRP: Prehospital Pediatric Readiness Project
- PRIME: Pediatric Research in Injuries and Medical Emergencies (PECARN)
Q
- QA: quality assurance
- QI: quality improvement
R
- RFP: request for proposal (a funding announcement used to solicit proposals from applicants)
S
- SERC: Southeast EMSC Regional Council
- SMART: specific, measurable, attainable, results oriented/relevant, time bound
- SHSO: State Highway Safety Office
- SOEM: Section on Emergency Medicine (AAP)
- SORH: State Office of Rural Health
- SP: State Partnership
- SPARC: San Francisco-Oakland, Providence, Atlanta Research Collaborative (PECARN)
- SPROC: State Partnership Regionalization of Care
- START: simple triage and rapid treatment
- SWOT: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats
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W
- WPEMR: West/SW Pediatric Emergency Medicine Research (PECARN)