Health First Aid
Across
- 3. medical treatment for when the heart stops beating, using chest compressions
- 4. reduces swelling and inflammation
- 7. reduces swelling in nasal passages to alleviate stuffiness and congestion
- 9. when blood flow is severely reduced/blocked to a part of the heart muscle
- 10. common heat-related illness when body overheats due to prolonged exposure to high temperatures
- 16. prevents histamine release, dries secretions
- 18. medical term for a broken bone, when physical force, trauma, underlying conditions break structural continuity of the bone cortex
- 19. pain relieving medication
- 20. cough medicine supposed to quiet/suppress coughs
Down
- 1. cough medicine that breaks up and loosens mucus and phlegm
- 2. medical emergency characterized by body temperature over 104 degrees, caused by body overheating
- 5. serious injury caused by freezing of skin and underyling tissue, potential permanent damage
- 6. when blood flow to part of the brain is reduced or interrupted
- 8. non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, not steroids, reduce swelling and inflammation
- 11. pain relievers not in the opium family, and don't need prescription
- 12. when body loses heat faster than it can produce it
- 13. fever reducing medication
- 14. when ligaments, particularly at a joint, are stretched or torn
- 15. sudden, uncontrolled electrical disturbance in the brain
- 17. when a person's organs aren't getting enough blood or oxygen