EMT Word Puzzle

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Across
  1. 5. Watery, salty fluid that makes up over half of the blood volume
  2. 7. inadequate perfusion of not pumping or supplying the tissue adequately
  3. 8. An obligation to provide care to a patient
  4. 11. leaving a patient aftercare has been initiated and before the patient has been transferred to someone with equal or greater medical training
  5. 13. Vessels that carry blood from the capillaries back to the heart
  6. 15. permission to treat an unconscious patient until he or she becomes conscious
  7. 16. vessels that carry blood away from the heart
  8. 18. an open wound where internal organs are visible on the outside such as an abdominal evisceration
  9. 19. a microorganism that is capable of causing disease in a susceptible host.
  10. 20. the incidence of death
  11. 21. medical term for nosebleed
Down
  1. 1. A legal document, usually signed by the patient and his or her physician, which states that the patient does not wish to prolong life through resuscitative efforts.
  2. 2. Blood pressure is created in the arteries when the left ventricle contracts and forces blood out into circulation
  3. 3. blood/air filling the pleural space
  4. 4. Leaf-shaped structure that closes to prevent food from going into the trachea
  5. 6. pulse in the neck at the side of the larynx
  6. 9. A series of laws, varying in each state, designed to provide limited legal protection for citizens and some health care personnel who are administering emergency care
  7. 10. is the physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the authority to provide medical care in the field.
  8. 12. feeling of lousy, uneasy, discomfort
  9. 14. rapid and progressive deterioration or depressed state of the vital body functions brought about by inadequate tissue perfusion with oxygen. It is a syndrome, a collection of signs and symptoms
  10. 17. an injury where internal organs are pushed through a opening into an area where they do not normally occur