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Acronyms, Mnemonics, and Abbreviations
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Posted 4 months ago Ever wonder what "ff", "ffII", "idk", or "bff" means? Well find out here. |
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| Posted 4 months ago DRT- Dead Right There,
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| Posted 4 months ago Professional terms: MFR = Medical First Responder EMT = Emergency Medical Technician EMT-B = Emergency Medical Technician Basic EMT-S = Emergency Medical Technician Specialist EMT-I = Emergency Medical Technician Intermediate EMT-P = Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic CCEMT-P = Critical Care Emergency Medical Technician (or Transport) Paramedic ACLS = Advanced Cardiac Life Support PALS = Pediatric Advanced Life Support PHTLS = PreHospital Trauma Life Support ITLS = International Trauma Life Support (formerly BTLS, B=Basic) AHA = American Heart Association ARC = American Red Cross CPR = Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation FF = Firefighter FFI = Firefighter Level 1 FFII = Firefighter Level 2 FO = Fire Officer Cpl. = Corporal Sgt. = Sergeant Lt. = Leiutenant Capt. = Captian CRV = Crash Rescue Vehicle QRV = Quick Response Vehicle CFR = Crash Fire Rescue HAZMAT = Hazardous Materials ICS = Incident Command System CP = Command Post NIMS = National Incident Management System SOG = Standard Operating Guidelines SOP = Standard Operating Procedure MC = Medical Control MCA = Medical Control Authority |
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| Posted 4 months ago Slang/Text expressions: IDK = I don't know BFF = Best friends forever WTF = What the F*%# OMG = Oh my god MYOB = Mind Your Own Business GTG = Got to go LOL = Laughing out loud ROTFL = Rolling on the floor laughing ROTFLOL = Rolling on the floor laughing out loud |
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| Posted 4 months ago ARFF= Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting,,,,,,, Can't forget to add this one |
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| Posted 4 months ago Internet Lingo: BRB- Be right back G2G- Got to Go Fire/EMS Stuff: BVR- Basic Vehicle Rescue RIT- Rapid Intervention Team CID- Cervical Immobilization Device That's all I can think of right now. |
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| Posted 4 months ago HMFIC |
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| Posted 4 months ago sandy2502 said: Head Mother F@#%er In Charge |
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| Posted 4 months ago BFD-Big F'ing Deal Organ Donor-Bike rider without a helmet. Lift assist-"I've fallen and can't get up" CRS-Can't remember Sh't AnO x 0- See DRT Jeff Draper
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| Posted 4 months ago lol chase, those are great. |
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| Posted 4 months ago MVA- Motor Vehicle Accident MVC- Motor Vehicle Crash White Hat- Chief MCI- Multi Casualty Incident |
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| Posted 4 months ago CSS - Can't See Sh!t ART - Assuming Room Temperature Paws Up - Dead My absolute favorite. For refusals..... PRATTFO (read "pratfo") As in, " I think he PRATTFO'd that patient". Patient Reassured And Told To F*#@ Off |
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| Posted 4 months ago How about NFG? As in "No Fu#$%ng Good". Got in trouble for that one. Wrote it on a defective smoke detector I tested and failed. Vendor almost didn't take it back. |
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| Posted 4 months ago NVG Night Vision Goggles SWCC Special Warfare Combatant Crewman SEALs SEa Air and Land FTW For The Win USN United States Navy USAF United States Air Force Co. Company KB Kilobytes MB Megabytes GB Gigabytes PM Personal Message SNAFU Situation Normal... All F^%$ed Up DVD Digital Video Disc CD Compact Disc PC Personal Computer AC Alternating Current DC Direct Current APB All Points Bulletin AED Automated External Defibrillator DICK Dedicated Infantry Combat Killers (Just for the Army guys :)) ROTC Reserve Officer Training Corps SOCOM Special Operations COMmand AAFES Army Air Force Exchange Service MASH Mobile Army Surgical Hospital |
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| Posted 4 months ago FC291, you forgot FUBAR and TARFU |
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| Posted 4 months ago Yea... i knew i forgot those, lol |
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| Posted 4 months ago FLC - Fat Lady Cuff
Oh wow...don't think there's any ya'll didn't get |
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| Posted 4 months ago SNAFU QFD CHAOS BUS on a RUSH CRAFT Tool Job Irons Man C.O.D. |
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| Posted 4 months ago This one is for all you Marines out there. ARMY - Ain't Ready (for the) Marines Yet Donald Bramer
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| Posted 4 months ago sandy2502 said: You have to provide the meanings please. |
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| Posted 4 months ago TARFU? Post the meanings please. |
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| Posted 4 months ago Here's one for you military types. NAVY, Never Again Volunteer Yourself! |
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| Posted 4 months ago CMFC--complete mother @($*)(# collapse. |
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| Posted 4 months ago or DRT and T. dead right there and there and....... |
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| Posted 4 months ago emtjad said: SNAFU - Situation Normal All Fu@ked Up QFD - Quite Fu@king Dead CHAOS - Chief Has Arrived On Scene Bus - It’s a NY thing. 1st ambulances in NY were converted buses. CRAFT - Can’t Remember A Fu@king Thing Tool Job - Extrication Irons Man - Forcible Entry tools used to be made of Iron. In NY each man is train on specific jobs. The Iron Man is Forcible Entry, The Can Man has the Water Can Etc. C.O.D. - Chief Of Department |
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| Posted 4 months ago FUBAR F'd up beyond all recognition....TARFU things are really f'd up. Order of severity: SNAFU>TARFU>FUBAR This is precision military terminology. You know how we love our acronyms. |
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| Posted 4 months ago Charlie Foxtrot. For that scene where nothing is going anywhere near right. Cluster F%*# |
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| Posted 3 months ago JAG- Judge Advocate General NCIS- Naval Criminal Investigative Service OSI- Office of Special Investigations. |
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| Posted 3 months ago CPR - Can't Possibly Recover CPR - Check Pockets and Run CTD - Circling The Drain CC- Cancel Christmas AHF - Acute Hissy Fit DFO - Done Fell Out DILLIGAF - Do I Look Like I Give A F*** DOB - Dead On Bed DOG - Dead On Ground EMT - Emergency Medical Taxi FTD - Fixin' To Die DND - Darn Near Dead HIBGIA - Had It Before, Got It Again HVLT - High Velocity Lead Therapy DPS - Dumb Parent Syndrome PEFYC - Pre Extricated For Your Convenience (through the windshield) WABC - Wallet, Airway, Breathing, Circulation ABC - Ambulate Before Carry SAMPLE - Summoned Ambulance, My Prescription Lapsed Earlier DWE- Driving while Elderly PITA- Pain In The Ass DBPA- Death By Paramedic Assistance DRTY - Dead Right There...Yesterday |
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| Posted 3 months ago HSO - Health & Safety Officer AHSO - his assistant, pronounced kinda the way it looks, because he usually is one. |