Primary Assessment
Across
- 1. the passageway by which air enters and leaves thge body.
- 6. increased work of breathing; a sensation of shortness of breath.
- 7. when breathing completely stops.
- 9. the first element in a patient assessment; dealing with life threats..
- 13. a state in which the heart is no longer pumping blood.
- 14. open and clear; clear from obstruction.
Down
- 2. actions taken to correct or manage a patients problem.
- 3. using one's hands to prevent movement of a patients head.
- 4. in emergency medicine, the reason EMS was called.
- 5. the decision regarding the need for immediate transport of the patient
- 8. a memory aid for classifying a patients level of responsiveness
- 10. the tool used to find the life threats.
- 11. the absence of breathing.
- 12. level of responsiveness