Country Dictionary

AM is short for Air Mattress. Its the kind of mattress that can either be pumped up by foot, and/or by electric pump.

1. When I took that tunug medicine, the mattress boy tole me to get on the AM. 2. I saw that AM, and it was vibrating. 3. I hate the AM. 4. I do too. 5. I'm going to pump the AM up, and we can get on it. 6. All right, You can do that.

AM is short for Anesthetic Machine.

1. Bring the AM in here, and we'll get him sedated. 2. All right. 3. Which airway should I use, the LMA, or the ET tube? 4. The LMA. 5. All right.

Sevo is short for Sevoflurane.

1.Start the sevo. 2. All right. 3. Here we go Mr. Mckenzaly, you will start feeling sleepy. 4. Allo right. 5. He's out. 6. All right. Let's Intubate. 7. All right

TS is short for Tay-Sachs.

1. Does he have TS? 2. No, but he does have Sandhoff disease which is a lot worse than TS, because it kills by age 1 usually.

Short for Mechanical Ventilator. A MV or mechanical ventilator is a device that assists with breathing as by a mask over the patient's mouth, and nose, or more commonly by a breathing tube also known as an ET or Endotracheal tube placed into the patient's airway or trachea.

1. He was on an MV for five years before they got him on a CPAP machine, and just weaned him off like THAT. 2. Are you serious? 3. Yes!!!!!! 4. Wow.

A company's name who makes oximeters, ventilators, and lots of other types of medical equipment. Nellcor has been around for many many years, and in 1983 built the first oximeter in its name, the NELLCOR N-100, and has gone A VERY VERY LOOOOOOOOOOONG WAY SENCE THEN!

1. I have a NELLCOR N-600 Pulse oximeter which is awsome, so now I can monitor my Spo2 a lot more easier and don't have to go to the hospital to get it measured, so that's nice. 2. Wow. That's Interesting.

High Frequency Ventilation. HFV is a special kind of ventilation used for fragile lungs. It ventilates the lungs at a high frequency. For example, the HFOV, (High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilator), ventilates lungs from rates of 300 to 1200 breaths per minute, or BPM.

1. I don't think his lungs are going to hold. 2. I don't either. 3. Get him on HFV. 4. HFOV, or HFJV? 5. HFOV. 6. All right.