Nurse Triage Cardiac

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Across
  1. 4. When the force of blood pushing against your artery walls is consistently too high
  2. 6. The system made up of the vessels that carry blood and lymph fluid through the body
  3. 8. Does the pain go anywhere else?
  4. 9. Where you may also feel chest pain
  5. 11. A type of arrhythmia - a skipped or irregular heartbeat
  6. 12. Stress reaction
  7. 13. Acronym for a tracing of the heart
  8. 14. A subjective awareness of the sensation of uncomfortable breathing
  9. 15. Follow this during triage
  10. 18. Pertaining to the heart
  11. 19. How long has the pain lasted?
  12. 22. Acronym for "heart attack"
  13. 23. Determinants affecting health in a negative way
  14. 26. Discomfort in your upper abdomen
  15. 28. Inflammation of the cartilage that connects a rib to the breastbone
  16. 29. Upper chambers of heart
  17. 31. Continuing without intermission
  18. 33. A feeling of _______________ on the chest
  19. 35. Feeling of extreme tiredness, which rest doesn't make better
  20. 37. Chest pain or discomfort that occurs when part of your heart muscle does not get enough oxygen-rich blood
  21. 39. A description of chest pain
  22. 40. An abnormal swelling or bulge in the wall of a blood vessel, such as an artery
  23. 41. Where chest pain may radiate to
Down
  1. 1. May experience chest pain differently
  2. 2. This builds up and causes blockages
  3. 3. Awake and responsive
  4. 5. Excessive sweating due to a secondary condition
  5. 7. First line treatment drug
  6. 10. Rule Out Life Threatening ______________
  7. 16. A waxy, fat-like substance that your body needs for good health, but in the right amounts
  8. 17. Lower chambers of heart
  9. 20. Hardened deposits of digestive fluid
  10. 21. Feeling faint, woozy, weak or wobbly
  11. 24. Where is the pain?
  12. 25. Outcome you may reach after triage
  13. 27. Common endocrine disease
  14. 30. Decreased or complete cessation of blood flow to a portion of the myocardium
  15. 32. Infection that inflames the air sacs in lungs
  16. 34. Inflammation of the tissue lining the lungs
  17. 36. Stopping and starting repeatedly
  18. 38. _______ of breath