VSA

VSA

medical jargon Dead. (An initialism of "vital signs absent.") Paramedics were on the scene within 10 minutes, but the man was already VSA.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

VSA

mod. vital signs absent: dead. (Hospital jargon.) The intern made a note in the chart: VSA, 10:18 a.m.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • on one's
  • on someone's
  • #dead
  • (Have you) been OK?
  • pillow-biter
  • out of one's
  • (I've) got to go
  • save someone's skin
  • (something) blows
  • other than
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VSA care service manager Jackie Campbell said: "The challenge is that many people don't necessarily identify as a carer.
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(MSC) have signed a long-term vessel sharing agreement (VSA) on the Asia-Europe, Transatlantic and Transpacific trades.
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Participating students will also be eligible, though not required, to enter their plays in VSA's national competition.
CloudLink Secure VSA becomes a key element of our layered security strategy."
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To be launched on September 1, 2013, the New Zealand-Asia Express (NAX) will operate through a Vessel Sharing Agreement (VSA), with the three partners each contributing two container ships and allocating a combined capacity of up to 2,200 TEU for every weekly sailing.
20 November 2012 - US private equity firm HIG Capital LLC said its unit HIG Europe had paid EUR16m (USD20.5m) for a 49.99% stake in Spanish firm Vertice 360 Servicios Audiovisuales SL (VSA) by taking part in its capital hike, the buyer said.
VSA is in providing technical services and equipment for audiovisual production, post-production and advertising, broadcasting television channels and live events.
HP is also set to release a new product next month, called StoreVirtual VSA, for virtualising storage management.
VSA Capital Group Plc (LSE: VSA), a natural resources-focused investment banking and institutional broking firm, has said that it has named Jonathan Stuart Berger as finance director, with effect from July 2.