I forgot what an abbreviation means (CPR help?)

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I'm studying for a CPR quiz and twice in my handbook LOC came up and I can't for the life of me remember what it means. I feel really stupid right now since I should know. But this is why I'm studying right?
 
Depending on the context:

Level of Consciousness
Loss of Consciousness
 
Changes in the LOC. I'm wanting to say Look of Color right now. But I'm not too sure so I wanted to double check since the book gives no definition. It could be Level of Consiousness since that sounds about right with the context too
 
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Fahnrich said:
Changes in the LOC. I'm wanting to say Look of Color right now. But I'm not too sure so I wanted to double check since the book gives no definition. It could be Level of Consiousness since that sounds about right with the context too
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No, it's level of consciousness. If they go from being alert to only responding to painful stimuli, or completely unresponsive, then you have a problem.

Details.
 
MMiz said:
No, it's level of consciousness. If they go from being alert to only responding to painful stimuli, or completely unresponsive, then you have a problem.

Details.
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Thank you! I was looking through the book wondering why they skipped straight to the abbreviation.
 
LOC will most commonly be Level of Consciousness (as it is in your scenario).

When it relates to Loss instead of Level, you may see it as "Patient sustained fall from ladder, striking head. Pt had -LOC (no loss of consciousness) after fall." Something to that effect.
 
Yeah, what MMiz said... Lol
 
STXmedic said:
LOC will most commonly be Level of Consciousness (as it is in your scenario).

When it relates to Loss instead of Level, you may see it as "Patient sustained fall from ladder, striking head. Pt had -LOC (no loss of consciousness) after fall." Something to that effect.
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Thank you for the description. I'm writing that into my notes so that I remember it.
 
STXmedic said:
LOC will most commonly be Level of Consciousness (as it is in your scenario).

When it relates to Loss instead of Level, you may see it as "Patient sustained fall from ladder, striking head. Pt had -LOC (no loss of consciousness) after fall." Something to that effect.
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You have the most correct answer. It depends on the context.

In my reports I was required to write, "PT REPORTS NO LOC." When in doubt, spell it out.
 
MMiz said:
In my reports I was required to write, "PT REPORTS NO LOC.".
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I always got a kick out of that requirement. How reliable is a patient that you may suspect had a head injury. Most I've seen that have sustained a +LOC (see what I did there, OP ;) ) don't even realize they went unconscious.
 
Lol I see what you did there. But yeah I totally get what you mean though on questioning how reliable a patient is with a suspected head injury.
 
Fahnrich said:
Changes in the LOC. I'm wanting to say Look of Color right now. But I'm not too sure so I wanted to double check since the book gives no definition. It could be Level of Consiousness since that sounds about right with the context too
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What would "Look of Color" mean, anyway?
 
Tigger said:
What would "Look of Color" mean, anyway?
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I'm assuming a change in the color of skin (patient goes from pale to normal color)
 
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