In medical shorthand, what does Tx mean?

• A. Temperature
• B. Transfusion
• C. Treatment
• D. Treatment or transport

Answer: (D)

Abbreviations in medicine are often context-dependent, so the two-letter shorthand Tx can map to more than one meaning. In emergency and prehospital notes, Tx is commonly used to indicate actions taken or planned, particularly “treatment” delivered, and it can also be used to refer to the patient being transported to another facility. Because of that ambiguity, the best answer is “Treatment or transport,” since it covers both common uses, rather than tying Tx to a single term like temperature (usually written as Temp) or transfusion (often TX in some contexts but not as consistently used as the dual meaning here). In practice, the exact meaning comes from the surrounding notes, so context clarifies which interpretation is intended.