Patient Assessment Vocab
Across
- 2. are something you can see or feel
- 5. is a memory aid for mental status
- 7. is a grating noise of two bones rubbing
- 9. of the tracheal is a serious airway problem
- 11. is what we use for trauma patients
- 12. pulse is the most common pulse we check on an adult
- 15. is the life threatening issues that we must deal with first
- 16. is abnormal bulging of the veins in the neck
- 17. is a practice to minimize contact with blood
- 19. impression is your first impression of a patient
Down
- 1. is used on responsive medical patients
- 2. are something the patient must tell you
- 3. pulse is the preferred site for checking circulation on infants
- 4. pulse is most often used during CPR
- 6. complaint is the reason a person called the ambulance
- 8. is used to gather a person's history
- 10. is what we use for medical patients
- 13. pedis is a distal pulse for a fractured tib/fib
- 14. is the protection of an injured area
- 18. are actions taken to correct a patient's injury