| Abbreviation |
Name |
| AACT |
American Academy of Clinical Toxicology
|
| AAP |
American Academy of Pediatrics
|
| AAPCC |
American Association of Poison Control Centers
|
| ABA |
American Burn Association
|
| ABC |
Airway, Breathing, Circulation |
| ABCDDE |
Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Immediate
Decontamination, Drugs, and Exposure
|
| ABLS |
Advanced Burn Life Support |
| ACC |
American Chemistry Council
|
| ACGIH |
ACGIH® (formerly the American Conference of
Governmental Industrial Hygienists)
|
| ACMT |
American College of Medical Toxicology
|
| ACOEM |
American College of Occupational and Environmental
Medicine
|
| ACS |
American College of Surgeons
|
| AEGL |
Acute Exposure Guideline Level |
| AHRQ |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
|
| AIHA |
American Industrial Hygiene Association
|
| ALARA |
As Low As Reasonably Achievable |
| ALI |
Allowable Levels of Intake / Annual Limits of Intake |
| ALOHA |
Areal Locations of Hazardous Atmospheres
|
| ALS |
Advanced Life Support |
| AMAD |
Activity Median Aerodynamic Diameter |
| AMRICD |
Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense
|
| AOEC |
Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics
|
| APF |
Assigned Protection Factor |
| APR |
Air-Purifying Respirator |
| ARC |
American Red Cross
|
| ARDS |
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome |
| ASBESTOS |
Secondary Assessment of Mass Casualties Due to Chemical
or Radiological Weapons [Agents, State(s), Body Site(s),
Effect(s), Severity, Time course, Other diagnoses?,
Synergism]
|
| ASD |
Acute Stress Disorder |
| ASPR |
Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response
|
| ATSDR |
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
|
| BARDA |
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority
|
| BEI |
Biological Exposure Indices |
| BLE |
Bilateral Lower Extremities |
| BLS |
Basic Life Support |
| BP |
Blood Pressure |
| CalEPA |
California Environmental Protection Agency
|
| CAMEO |
Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations
|
| CBRN |
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
|
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations
|
| CHEMPACK |
See SNS |
| CHPPM |
Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine
|
| CIA |
Central Intelligence Agency
|
| CICADs |
Concise International Chemical Assessment Documents
|
| CMP |
Comprehensive Metabolic Panel |
| CounterACT |
Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats
|
| CPSC |
Consumer Product Safety Commission
|
| CW |
Chemical Warfare, as in CWA (CW Agent)
|
| CWC |
Chemical Weapons Convention
|
| DEA |
Drug Enforcement Administration
|
| DHHS |
Department of Health and Human Services
|
| DHS |
Department of Homeland Security
|
| DMAT |
Disaster Medical Assistance Team
|
| DMORT |
Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team
|
| DNA |
DeoxyriboNucleic Acid |
| DOD |
Department of Defense
|
| DOE |
Department of Energy |
| DOT |
Department of Transportation
|
| DVA |
Department of Veterans Affairs
|
| DVT |
Deep Venous Thrombosis |
| Dx |
Diagnosis |
| ECB |
European Chemicals Bureau (Former)
|
| ECDIN |
Environmental Chemicals Data and lnformation Network |
| ECETOC |
European Center for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of
Chemicals
|
| ECHA |
European Chemicals Agency
|
| ED |
Emergency Department |
| EINICS |
European Union Database |
| EKG |
Electrocardiogram |
| ELF |
Extremely Low Frequency |
| EM |
Emergency Management / Emergency Medicine |
| EMP |
Electromagnetic pulse |
| EMS |
Emergency Medical Service |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency
|
| EPI |
Estimation Program Interface |
| ERG |
Emergency Response Guidebook
|
| ERPG |
Emergency Response Planning Guideline |
| EU |
European Union
|
| EUA |
Emergency Use Authorization
|
| FAQ |
Frequently Asked Question |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations
|
| FBI |
Federal Bureau of Investigation
|
| FDA |
Food and Drug Administration
|
| FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency
|
| GI |
Gastrointestinal |
| HAZMAT |
Hazardous Materials |
| HCRA |
Harvard Center for Risk Analysis
|
| HCW |
Health Care Worker |
| HEPA |
High-Efficiency Particulate Air Filter |
| HHS |
Department of Health and Human Services
|
| HICS |
Hospital Incident Command System |
| HR |
Heart Rate |
| HSDB |
Hazardous Substances Data Bank
|
| HSEEP |
Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
|
| IARC |
International Agency for Research on Cancer
|
| ICPHSO |
International Consumer Products Health and Safety
Organization
|
| ICS |
Incident Command System
|
| ICSC |
International Chemical Safety Cards
|
| IDLH |
Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health
|
| ILO |
International Labor Office
|
| ILSI |
International Life Sciences Institute
|
| IMAAC |
Interagency Modeling and Atmospheric Assessment Center
|
| IOM |
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
(the National Academies), Health and Medicine Division
(HMD), formerly the Institute of Medicine (IOM)
|
| IPCS |
International Programme on Chemical Safety
|
| IR |
Infrared |
| IRIS |
Integrated Risk Information System
|
| ISES |
International Society of Exposure Science
|
| ITER |
International Toxicity Estimates for Risk
|
| IUTOX |
International Union of Toxicology
|
| JCAHO |
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations
|
| 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
|
| MCW |
Mass Casualty Weapon
|
| MD |
Medical Doctor |
| MOPP |
Mission Oriented Protective Posture |
| MRC |
Medical Reserve Corps
|
| MSDS |
Material Safety Data Sheets |
| MW |
Microwave |
| NACCT |
National Advisory Committee on Children and Terrorism
|
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
|
| NBC |
Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical
|
| NCEA |
National Center for Environmental Assessment
|
| NCEH |
National Center for Environmental Health (Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention)
|
| NCI |
National Cancer Institute
|
| NDMS |
National Disaster Medical System
|
| 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
|
| NPS |
Strategic National Stockpile
|
| NRC |
National Response Center
|
| NRF |
National Response Framework
|
| NSF |
National Science Foundation
|
| OCHA |
United Nations Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs
|
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development
|
| OHS |
Occupational Health and Safety
|
| OPEO |
Office of Planning and Emergency Operations
|
| OPP (now OCSPP) |
Office of Pesticides Prevention (now Office of Chemical
Safety and Pollution Prevention)
|
| OSHA |
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
|
| PAG |
Protective Action Guides |
| PAC |
Protective Action Criteria |
| PAHO |
Pan American Health Organization
|
| PALs |
Provisional Advisory Levels
|
| PALS |
Pediatric Advance Life Support |
| PAPR |
Powered Air-Purifying Respirator |
| PDF |
Portable Document Format |
| PEL |
Permissible Exposure Limit |
| PFA |
Psychologic First Aid |
| PIP |
Peak Inspiratory Pressure |
| POISON |
Poison(s), Outside the body, Into/inside the body,
Sequence of events, Severity, Other diagnoses?, and Net
effects
|
| PPE |
Personal Protective Equipment |
| PTSD |
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder |
| REMM |
Radiation Emergency Medical Management
|
| REL |
Reference Exposure Limits |
| RSC |
University of Cincinnati Risk Science Center
|
| Rx |
Treatment |
| SALT |
Sort, Assess, Life Saving Interventions, Treatment and/or
Transport
|
| SAMHSA |
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration
|
| SCBA |
Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus |
| SCD |
Sequential Compression Devices |
| SCOEL |
Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits
|
| SI |
Systè International d´Unité(International System of Units)
|
| SNS |
Strategic National Stockpile
|
| SOP |
Standard Operating Procedures |
| SOT |
Society of Toxicology
|
| SRA |
Society for Risk Analysis
|
| START |
Simple Triage And Rapid Treatment
|
| TARU |
Technical Advisory Response Unit |
| TBSA |
Total Body Surface Area |
| TERA |
Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment
|
| TIC |
Toxic Industrial Chemical
|
| TLV |
Threshold Limit Value |
| TOXICANT |
Toxicant, Outside the body. Xing the body, Into/inside
the body, Chronology, Additional diagnosis?, Net effects,
and Triage
|
| USACHPPM |
U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive
Medicine
|
| UV |
Ultraviolet |
| WCO |
World Customs Organization
|
| WEEL |
Workplace Environmental Exposure Levels |
| WHO |
World Health Organization
|
| WISER |
Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders
|
| WMD |
Weapons of Mass Destruction
|
