Mouse Mat + Medical Abbreviations + Spelling Aid
All in one
Abbramat Mouse Mat
Medical Abbreviation Guide (UK) Available in the Website Shop
Medical and Nursing Abbreviations
on a Mouse Mat
• 90+
of the most common UK Medical Abbreviations • The ambiguous ones have been avoided – as much as possible...
Safety Notice
Medical & Nursing
Abbreviations:
•The Abbramat should
be used as a Guide only
• There
may be local variations, differences between specialities,
and between individual practitioners
• If
in doubt, it is safer not to use an Abbreviation
• There
will always be a degree of risk, from misinterpretation,
wherever an Abbreviation is used
• This
Abbramat is intended for use in the UK
Abbreviations are
often used – in many
different occupations and activities – to save time.
Medical and Nursing Abbreviations
can be incomprehensible to those who are not used to them.
Especially junior students, new hospital staff...
and patients and their families too.
Message to Student Nurses:
If you’re a brand new Student Nurse, sitting in on
your first few “handovers” or “ward reports” may
be quite bewildering for you.
The nurse “handing over” will
be speaking very quickly.
Especially if the ward is very busy.
Which it will be...
And she’ll use lots of
Abbreviations.
Abbreviations that mean absolutely nothing to you – at
first.
The good news: You’ll
soon get used to Abbreviations.
The bad news: Abbreviations are not always interpreted as
they were intended.
Sometimes this can cause problems, where patient care is
concerned.
So be very careful when you hear or read an Abbreviation.
It may not mean what you think it does.
If in doubt: Ask...
It’s better to be safe
than sorry.
OD
Daily?
Right eye?
Overdose?You won’t find “OD” on an Abbramat...
A & P
Anatomy & Physiology?
Anterior & Posterior?
Auscultation & Percussion?You won’t find “A & P” on
an Abbramat...
DOA
Dead On Arrival?
Date of Admission?
Duration of Action?You won’t find “DOA” on
an Abbramat...
FH
Family History?
Fetal Heart?
Fundal Height?
You won’t find “FH” on
an Abbramat...
GSW
You won’t find “GSW” on
a UK Abbramat...
You might find “GWS” on
an American Abbramat...
And it might be intended to
mean “Gun Shot Wound”...
!
You will find these on an Abbramat:
CVA
CVP
CVS
What could they mean?
You will find these on an Abbramat:
IVF
IVI
IVP
Any ideas?
You will find these on an Abbramat:
6/7
6/12
6/40
6/52
What do they mean?
BNO BNO has been
included on the Abbramat because it’s
often used in the UK, by Nursing and Medical Staff, as an
Abbreviation for “Bowels Not Opened”.
But just be careful: An alternative
intended meaning of “BNO”,
especially outside the UK, is “Bladder Neck Obstruction”.
You can often work out the intended meaning of an Abbreviation
from the context in which it is written or spoken.
For example: FH 140 Regular (Written in Maternity Case Notes)
The most likely intended meaning
of “FH” would
be “Fetal Heart”.
Who is the Abbramat for? (UK)
Healthcare Workers
Health Care Assistants (HCAs)
Student Nurses
Student Midwives
Physiotherapy Students
Occupational Therapy Students
Medical Students
NHS Medical & Nursing Staff from outside the UK
Qualified Staff
Teachers / Mentors
Hospital Managers
Medical Secretaries
Receptionists (in Hospitals & in GPs’ Surgeries)
Support Workers
And Others...
Abbramat as a Spelling Aid
Medical terms are often very difficult to spell.
And they’re often missing from computer spell checkers.
Your Abbramat will help you to spell these tricky words
properly: diarrhoea, ischaemic, staphylococcus, tuberculosis
and more...
