AAEM American Academy of Emergency Physicians
ABEM American Board of Emergency Medicine
ACEP American College of Emergency Physicians
ACMU Association Canadienne des Médecins d'Urgence (- Idem CAEP)
ADD Accident De Décompression
AMUHF Association des Médecins Urgentistes Hospitaliers de France
(maintenant AMUF)
- Voir MEDICAL
TRADE UNIONS - SYNDICATS MÉDICAUX
ANACOR Antenne d'Accueil et d'Orientation des urgences (FR)
ASSU Ambulance de Soins et Secours d'Urgence
ATSU Association des Transports Sanitaires d'Urgence
AVP Accident de la Voie Publique
BCEM Board of Certification in Emergency Medicine
BNM Bloqueurs NeuroMusculaires (curares non-dépolarisants atracurium, cisatracurium, mivacurium, rocuronium, vécuronium et polarisant, succinylcholine)
CAEP Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (same as ACMU)
CIBU Cellule d'Intervention Biologique d'Urgence (Institut Pasteur)
CISP Classification Internationale des Soins Primaires
CUMP Cellule d'Urgence Médico-Psychologique
ED Emergency Department
EIS Équipe d'Interventions Spécialisées
EMD Emergency Medical Doctor
EMS Emergency Medical Services
EMS-C Emergency Medical Services for Children
EMS Emergency Medical Services (pre-hospital personnel)
EMSI Emergency Medical Services Instructor
EMST Emergency Management of Severe Trauma
EMT Emergency Medical Technician
EP Emergency Physician
ER Emergency Room
ESICM European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
ESU Emergency Services Unit
ETI EndoTracheal Intubation
FA First Aid
Gag Ouvre-bouche
Gag reflex Réflexe laryngé, réflexe pharyngé
HEMS Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (UK)
Help Doctors ONG médicale humanitaire internationale.
ISR Intubation en Séquence Rapide
LSTAT Life Support Trauma And Transport system
MEC Medical Emergency Clinic
ORIF Open Reduction and Internal Fixation
PCP Primary Care Physician
PLS Position Latérale de Sécurité
PPE Personal Protective Equipment
PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Post-Traumatic Syndrome Disorder
RCRA Réanimation Cardio-Respiratoire Avancée
SAEM Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
SAFHS Sonic Accelerated Fracture Healing System
SAMU Service d'Aide Médicale d'Urgence
SAU Service d'Accueil d'Urgence
SCMM SAMU de Coordination Médicale Maritime
SFMU Société Française de Médecine d'Urgence
SMUR Service Mobile d'Urgence et de Réanimation
SUH Syndicat des Urgences Hospitalières
TA Traffic Accident
TCC Traumatisé Cranio-Cérébral
TRAUMA Trauma and critical care
UMH Unité Mobile Hospitalière (SMUR)
VPO Vérificateur de Position Oesophagienne