NREMT Paramedic

Category - Medical

While you are assessing a patient with a history of insulin dependent diabetes, he tells you that head ministers 10 units of regular insulin 30 minutes before meals. What is the medical abbreviation for before meals?
  1. prn
  2. HS
  3. AC
  4. po
Explanation
Answer: C - The abbreviation that means “before meals” is AC, for the Latin ante cibum. HS means hour of sleep, prn means as needed, and po means by mouth.
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