First Aid Crossword
Across
- 3. (Rest - Ice - Compression - Elevation) treatment used for most soft tissue damage. (Bruises, sprains, strains etc.)
- 7. A disease or condition that typically lasts for 3 months or longer and may get worse over time
- 9. Protects and supports body organs and provides a framework the muscles use to support movement (bones, joints, muscles)
- 10. unplanned event or act that may result in injury
- 14. cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- 17. damage to soft tissues and blood vessels causing bleeding under the skin.
- 18. drug used to stop a severe allergic reaction - found in Epi Pen
- 19. episodes of breathing difficulty due to narrowed or obstructed airways
- 20. A sudden attack of weakness or paralysis that occurs when blood flow to an area of the brain is interrupted
- 21. Contagious, communicable disease caused by a pathogen
- 24. support that helps keep a possible fracture from moving.
- 26. thrusts 1 ½ to 2 inches in depth into the center of the chest to promote oxygenated blood flow to vital organs during CPR
- 29. automated external defibrillator
- 31. Come on rapidly with distinct symptoms that require urgent or short-term care
- 32. Contagious diseases that spread through the community.
- 33. Displacement of a bone from a joint
- 34. an overstretched muscle or tendon.
- 37. Disease caused by genetics, malnutrition, environment, or lifestyle
- 38. the immediate, temporary care given to an ill or injured person until professional medical care can be provided
- 39. cut with a smooth edge.
- 40. Abnormal electrical activity in the brain
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- 1. Type of consent in which a patient who is unable to give consent is given treatment under the legal assumption that he or she would want treatment.
- 2. to pierce with a pointed object.
- 4. chronic brain disorder characterized by recurrent seizure activity
- 5. the system of organs and tissues involved in circulating blood through the body.
- 6. A tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell.
- 8. single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus; prokaryotes
- 11. A condition in which the body is unable to produce enough insulin, the hormone required for the metabolism of sugar
- 12. cut with a jagged edge.
- 13. Saprophytic and parasitic spore (molds, rusts, mildews, smuts, mushrooms, and yeast)
- 15. Beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries.
- 16. a condition in which blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked, causing heart cells to die
- 22. the sudden loss of consciousness from an inadequate blood supply to the brain
- 23. a situation that occurs when there is a sudden need for immediate action.
- 25. a crack or break in a bone.
- 27. the tearing of ligaments at a joint.
- 28. practices to maintaining health and preventing disease, especially through cleanliness.
- 30. physical condition that happens when the body is unable to circulate blood properly.
- 32. to not be able to breathe because of something in your throat
- 35. wound caused by skin that has been rubbed or scraped away.
- 36. An organism that feeds on a living host