Abbreviation |
Name |
|---|
| AABB |
American Association of Blood Banks |
| ABA |
American Burn Association |
| ABC |
Airway, breathing, circulation |
| ABLS |
Advanced Burn Life Support |
| ACS |
American College of Surgeons |
| AFRRI |
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute |
| AHRQ |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
| ALARA |
As Low As Reasonably Achievable |
| ALI |
Allowable levels of intake / Annual limits of intake |
| AMAD |
Activity median aerodynamic diameter |
| ANC |
Absolute Neutrophil Count |
| APF |
Assigned Protection Factor |
| APR |
Air-purifying respirator |
| ARC |
American Red Cross |
| ARDS |
Acute respiratory distress syndrome |
| ARS |
Acute Radiation Syndrome |
| ASCO |
American Society of Clinical Oncology |
| ASH |
American Society of Hematology |
| ASPR |
Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response |
| ASTHO |
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials |
| ATSDR |
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| BAT |
Biodosimetry Assessment Tool |
| BCSH |
British Committee for Standards in Haematology |
| BEIR |
Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation |
| BLE |
Bilateral lower extremities |
| CBC |
Complete blood count |
| CBRN |
chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear |
| CCI |
Corrected count increment |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CEDE |
Committed effective dose equivalent |
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
| CIA |
Central Intelligence Agency |
| CMP |
Comprehensive metabolic panel |
| CMV |
Cytomegalovirus |
| CPM |
Counts per minute |
| CRCPD |
Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc. |
| CRI |
Cutaneous Radiation Injury |
| CRS |
Cutaneous Radiation Syndrome |
| CTIF |
Comité Technique International de Prévention
et d´Extinction du Feu |
| DHHS |
Department of Health and Human Services |
| DHS |
Department of Homeland Security |
| DIL |
Derived Intervention Level |
| DMORT |
Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
| DOE |
Department of Energy |
| DOT |
Department of Transportation |
| DTPA |
Diethylenetriamene pentaacetate |
| DVA |
Department of Veterans Affairs |
| DVT |
Deep venous thrombosis |
| Dx |
Diagnosis |
| EC |
Electron capture |
| ED |
Emergency department |
| EDTA |
Ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid |
| ELF |
Extremely low frequency |
| EM |
Emergency management / Emergency medicine |
| EMP |
Electromagnetic pulse |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| ERG |
Emergency Response Guidebook |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FDA |
Food and Drug Administration |
| FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FISH |
Fluorescent in situ hybridization |
| FRMAC |
Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center |
| GI |
Gastrointestinal |
| GM |
Geiger-Mueller |
| Gy |
gray |
| HAZMAT |
Hazardous materials |
| HEPA |
High-Efficiency Particulate Air Filter |
| HHS |
Department of Health and Human Services |
| HICS |
Hospital Incident Command System |
| HPA |
Health Protection Agency, renamed Public Health England in 2013 |
| HPS |
Health Physics Society |
| HLA |
Human leukocyte antigens |
| HSDB |
Hazardous Substances Data Bank |
| HSEEP |
Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program |
| HSV-1 |
Herpes simplex virus type 1 |
| HSV-2 |
Herpes simplex virus type 2 |
| IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
| ICRP |
International Commission on Radiological Protection |
| ICS |
Incident Command System |
| ILO |
International Labor Office |
| IMAAC |
Interagency Modeling and Atmospheric Assessment Center |
| IND |
Improvised nuclear device |
| IOM |
Institute of Medicine |
| IR |
Infrared |
| IT |
Isomeric transition |
| JCAHO |
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations |
| KI |
Potassium iodide |
| kT |
Kilotons |
| LD50 |
Lethal dose in 50% of the population |
| LD50/30 |
Lethal dose in 50% of the population at 30 days |
| ListServ |
List service |
| LSA |
Low specific activity |
| MCI |
Mass casualty incidents |
| MCL |
Maximum Contamination Level |
| MOPP |
Mission Oriented Protective Posture |
| MW |
Microwave |
| NAC |
N-acetyl-cysteine |
| NACCHO |
National Association of County & City Health Officials |
| NACCT |
National Advisory Committee on Children and Terrorism |
| NARR |
National Alliance for Radiation Readiness |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NBC |
Nuclear, biological, and chemical |
| NCEH |
National Center for Environmental Health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) |
| NCI |
National Cancer Institute |
| NCRP |
National Council on Radiation Protection & Measurements |
| NFPA |
National Fire Protection Association |
| NIAID |
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
| NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
| NIMS |
National Incident Management System |
| NIOSH |
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
| NKDA |
No known drug allergies |
| NLM |
National Library of Medicine |
| NMDP |
National Marrow Donor Program |
| NPS |
National Pharmaceutical Stockpile |
| NRC |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| NRP |
National Response Plan |
| OCHA |
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
| OPEO |
Office of Planning and Emergency Operations |
| OSHA |
Occupational Safety & Health Administration |
| PAG |
Protective Action Guides |
| PAHO |
Pan American Health Organization |
| PAPR |
Powered air-purifying respirator |
| PCC |
Premature chromosome condensation |
| PDF |
Portable document format |
| PIP |
Peak inspiratory pressure |
| PPE |
Personal protective equipment |
| PRTM |
Practical Radiation Technical Manual (International Atomic
Energy Agency) |
| PTH |
Parathyroid hormone |
| PT-GVHD |
Post-transfusion graft-versus-host disease |
| RAP |
Radiological Assistance Program |
| RBE |
Relative biologic effectiveness |
| RC |
Response Category |
| RDD |
Radiological dispersal device |
| REAC/TS |
Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site |
| RED |
Radiological exposure device |
| REMM |
Radiation Emergency Medical Management |
| REP |
Radiological Emergency Preparedness |
| RERF |
Radiation Effects Research Foundation |
| RF |
Radio frequency |
| RITN |
Radiation Injury Treatment Network |
| RSO |
Radiation safety officer |
| Rx |
Treatment |
| SAMHSA |
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
| SAR |
Supplied air respirator |
| SCBA |
Self-contained breathing apparatus |
| SCD |
Sequential compression devices |
| SF |
Spontaneous fission |
| SI |
Système International d´Unités (International
System of Units) |
| SNS |
Strategic National Stockpile |
| SRD |
Self-reading dosimeter |
| SIS |
Specialized Information Services |
| START |
Simple Triage And Rapid Treatment |
| Sv |
Sievert |
| TARU |
Technical Advisory Response Unit |
| TBSA |
Total body surface area |
| TEDE |
Total effective dose equivalent |
| TSH |
Thyroid stimulating hormone |
| UNSCEAR |
United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of
Atomic Radiation |
| USACHPPM |
U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine |
| UV |
Ultraviolet |
| VZV |
Varicella zoster virus |
| WCO |
World Customs Organization |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
