Abbreviations For Medical Alert Engraving

When deciding what information to engrave on your medical alert jewelry, it’s important to maximize the use of the space and communicate as much vital information as possible. In order to do this you might consider using a common abbreviation from the list below.

Please keep in mind that just because there may be abbreviations for some or all of your information does not mean you need to use them all. If space allows, spelling things out in full while using some abbreviations will help create context and make your custom ID easier to read and understand.

 

Atrial Fibrillation	A-Fib
Allergy/Allergic To	ALGY
Aortic Valve Replacement	AVR
Aspirin	ASA
Blood Pressure	BP
Cancer	CA
Chronic Kidney Disease	CKD
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	COPD
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia	CAH
Congestive Heart Failure	CHF
Coronary Artery Disease	CAD
Coronary Heart Disease	CHD
Cystic Fibrosis	CF
Deep Vein Thrombosis	DVT
Defibrillate/Defibrillation	DEFIB
Diabetic Ketoacidosis	DKA
Diabetes Mellitus	DM
Diagnosis or Disease	DX/DIAG
Discontinue	D/C
Do Not Resuscitate	DNR
Epinephrine	EPI
Epinephrine Pen (auto-injector)	EPIPEN
Erythromycin Ethylsuccinate	EES
History	HX
Hypertension	HTN
In Case of Emergency	ICE
Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus	IDDM
Intravenous	IV
Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura	ITP
Medication(s)/Prescription(s)	MED/MEDS/RX/RXS
Mitral Valve Prolapsed	MVP
Nasogastric	NG
No Known Allergies	NKA
No Known Drug Allergies	NKDA
Penicillin	PCN
Tetracycline	TCN
Tracheal/Tracheotomy	TRACH
Transplant or Treatment	TX (requires context-multiple uses)
Von Willebrand’s Disease	VWD