WorksheetsMedical Abbreviations
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
This is used to test the heart
EEG
EKC
PET
CPR
This means Vital Signs
VT
VE
VS
VI
This is a type of imaging which uses magnets
Positron Emission Tomography
Electroencephalogram
Computerized tomography
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
When someone has had a cardiac arrest this is the best treatment for them until help comes.
CAT
RT
CPR
911
This is where surgeries are performed
OP
OT
OR
OS
All of the following are different types of therapy except....
RR
PT
OT
RT
This is used, along with radioactive dye, to see if a person has cancer.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Computerized tomography
Ultrasounds
Positron Emission Tomography
This occurs when a person is dehydrated or needs surgery or a procedure.
US
IV
PA
VS
If you have had an accident, had surgery or have a doctor appointment, this occurs in order to check to see if you are stable.
IV
VS
OT
RT
This is used to check for brain waves and to see how the brain is functioning.
electroencephalogram
electrocardiogram
respiratory therapy
Ultrasound
This person is similar to a doctor, but they don't have as much education. They can diagnose and prescribe medications.
Registered nurse
Physician's assistant
nurse practitioner
Surgeon
This is where a person recovers from surgery and until they are shown to be stable and can either go home or go to a hospital room
PACU
RT
OP
CT
All of the following are types of eye doctors except.
opthomologist
optometrist
obstetrics
retina specialist
this part of the hospital is where you would go for rehabilitation
support
diagnostic
therapeutic
informational
In Admissions all of the following are taken except which one?
billing
assigns a hospital room
takes your address and birth date
does public relations
during this time is when vaccinations were used most widely to rid communicable diseases.
1900-1945
1945-1975
1975-present
1800-1920
The following person discovered penicillin.
Salk
Sabin
Flemming
Ivanoski
CAT scans were invented in 1975 by the following person
Harman Northrop
Godfrey Hounsfield
Gabriel Pravaz
Robert Ledley
All of the following are a part of therapeutic except:
nursing
intensive care
medical records
physical therapy
The eye of Horus is the modern
medical symbol
hospital sign
pharmacy symbol
Rx symbol
