When

• Gun shot wound = 3 syllables, and
• GSW = 5 syllables

We abbreviate to shorten, not lengthen.

  • IWW4@lemmy.zip
    31·
    3 days ago

    I dont know why GWS is used , but there are a bunch of the medical abbreviations that are not intuitive to me.

    • PRN = As Needed
    • ASA = aspirin
    • BRP = Bathroom Priviledges (this one is intuitive)
    • PT = Bloodtest
    • bid = Twice a Day
    • BS can = Breath Sounds or Bowl Sounds
    • C with a “-“ on top of it means “with”
    • M = so many things.
    • ZoDoneRightNow@kbin.earth
      13·
      3 days ago
      • PRN is an abbreviation of a Latin phrase “pro re nata”.
      • ASA is acetylsalicylic acid which is the chemical name for aspirin
      • PT is a specific type of blood test that measures how long it takes for blood to clot called “prothrombin time”
      • BID comes from another Latin phrase “bis in die”. TID is 3 times and QID is 4 times a day
      • BS can also mean blood sugar
      • c̅ is basically equivelant to w/ meaning with but it comes from the Latin “cum”
      • Apytele@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        2 days ago

        Or physical therapy. I’ve never seen either of the major clotting labs abbreviated “PT.” You typically say PTT for prothrombin time or INR for the PT-INR.