Patient Assessment

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Across
  1. 1. A step within the patient assessment process that involves a quick assessment of the scene and the surroundings to provide information about scene safety and the mechanism of injury or nature of illness before you enter and begin patient care.
  2. 3. The speed at which a person is breathing (measured in breaths per minute)
  3. 5. low blood pressure
  4. 7. A patient's medical history. The letters stand for Signs/Symptoms, Allergies, Medications, Pertinent past history, Last oral intake, Events associated with the illness or injury.
  5. 9. high blood pressure
  6. 13. The first actions taken to form an impression of the patient's condition; to determine the patient's responsiveness and introduce yourself to the patient; to check the patient's airway, breathing, and circulation; and to acknowledge the patient's chief complaint. The primary assessment is sometimes called the initial patient assessment.
  7. 14. A condition that occurs when three or more ribs are each broken in two places and the chest wall lying between the fractures becomes a free-floating segment
  8. 15. A condition that you observe in a patient, such as bleeding or the temperature of the patient's skin
  9. 16. ankle pulse
  10. 20. The wave of pressure created as the heart contracts and forces blood out the left ventricle and into the major arteries.
  11. 22. Measurements of critical parameters used to assess the patient's immediate health condition including pulse, capillary refill, skin condition, temperature, respirations, and blood pressure
  12. 23. Consists of the thigh, leg, ankle, and foot
  13. 24. Pulse located on the inside of the wrist on the thumb side.
  14. 25. The step in the patient assessment sequence in which you carefully examine the patient from head to toe, and measure vital signs.
Down
  1. 2. consists of the arm, forearm, wrist, and hand
  2. 4. to examine by touch
  3. 6. break in a bone
  4. 8. breathing in
  5. 10. the circular openings in the middle of the eye
  6. 11. breathing out
  7. 12. The measurement of blood pressure exerted against the walls of the arteries during contraction of the heart
  8. 17. a weak pulse
  9. 18. A condition the patient tells you, such as "I feel dizzy"
  10. 19. wound or injury
  11. 21. The lower extremity; specifically the portion from the knee to the ankle