Abbreviations allow o medical personnel to use quick, concise communication.
for greater confusion between similar abbreviations.
patients to further understand a disease or disorder.
family members to be able to read through a patient's chart.

You are travelling on a long non-stop flight from tahiti to tampa. you have been in the air for about 7 hours and have not moved, since you boarded the plane at tahiti. you need to use the rest room and on standing up feel dizzy. the best explanation for your dizziness