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ABG

Arterial Blood Gas. Blood taken from an artery to measure the gasses such as CO2, Pao2, HCO3, and PH.
1. I have to have an ABG.
2. OUCH. THOSE HURT.
3. YES THEY DO.
4. They are 100 times worse than getting your blood drawn!!
5. Wish me luck.
6 Good luck.
by 1992peter February 14, 2010
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AM

AM is short for Air Mattress.

Its the kind of mattress that can either be pumped up by foot, and/or by electric pump.
1. When I took that tunug medicine, the mattress boy tole me to get on the AM.
2. I saw that AM, and it was vibrating.
3. I hate the AM.
4. I do too.
5. I'm going to pump the AM up, and we can get on it.
6. All right, You can do that.
by 1992peter February 14, 2010
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X26

X26 is a brand of taser devices. Its one of the newest in it's kind. It's a taser that has what's called XP. Extra Pennitration. What this means, is that it can easily pennitrate through lines of clothing, and then it causes the NMI effect. NMI is short for Neuromuscular Incapacitation. The X26 taser is full of compact features such as laser sighting, LED flashlight, memory storage of events, an optional air cartridge that can fire up to 35 feet, and lots and lots of other wonderful features.
1. I tased him with the X26 taser, and he went to the ground just like that!!
2. OUCH.
3. Yes.
4. He wet his pants due to the NMI effect.
by 1992peter February 14, 2010
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IPV

IPV is short for Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation which is a breathing treatment used to help remove secretions.

It can be administered by a mouthpiece, mask, or endotracheal/tracheostomy tube.
A fine aerosol of medication is breathed in, and another part of the medication is percussed into the patient's lungs, so that he can clear them by the cough assist machine, coughing up secretions, and/or suctioning.
1. The patient who has SMA uses IPV, and is very healthy usually with IPV.
by 1992peter March 27, 2010
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Ohmeda TruSat

The Ohmeda TruSat is a pulse oximeter that was invented in 2005. It is one of the world's smallest bedside monitors that is a lot smaller than most of the bedside pulse oximeters out on the market today. It has two buttons, one for the on/off button, one to silence the alarm, and a green wheel, that can be pressed in, and/or turned to select settings!!
Features include:
1. Easy to see numeric display.
2. alarm limits visible at all times.
3. 48 hour TREND DATA.
4. Pir or Perfusion index measurements.
5. Alarms audio and visual alarms sound when something is out of a set limit.
6. Optional backlight.
7. Waighs less than half the waight of a regular bedside pulse oximeter.
1. He has the Ohmeda TruSat and he uses it all the time.
2. Does he like the audio pulse?
3. YES.
4. Does the monitor have alarms?
5. Yes.
6. All Right.
by 1992peter February 14, 2010
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NICU

NICU is short for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Its where they place sick and/or premature newborns so that they can be monitored, and if necessary, cared for by nurses and Drs. and also therapists.
1. He was placed in the NICU after being born at 18 weeks, and was on a ventilator until he got to be about to his due date at which time he was given a tracheostomy.
2. awwwwww, does he have any lung function?
3. No. He can't see, hear, move, and pp0retty much lies there doing absolutely nothing.
by 1992peter March 27, 2010
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UTL

I'm UTL.
All right. WAIT, I SEE HIM. He's standing behind the bushes.
by 1992peter February 14, 2010
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