Section 2 Vocab

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Across
  1. 4. Stoma made from the outside of the neck to the treachea
  2. 6. The most common type of fibrillation affects the lower half (ventricles) of the heart
  3. 9. a rapid rhythm that originates in the ventricles and rarely produces a pulse
  4. 11. the process by which air and oxygen are brought into the body
  5. 13. absence of a heartbeat
  6. 14. The absence of breathing
  7. 15. surgically created opening from an area inside the body to the outside
  8. 16. slow, sporadic gasps of air from an unresponsive patient
  9. 17. is characterized by an altered mental status
  10. 18. The primary muscle of breathing
  11. 19. the process that involves the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide within the cells
  12. 20. breathing that becomes difficult or labored.
  13. 21. bluish tint
Down
  1. 1. When there is no electrical activity within the heart
  2. 2. the patient will stop breathing altogether
  3. 3. If breathing is not adequate or if it stops, cells can become starved for oxygen
  4. 5. disorganized electrical activity within the heart that renders it incapable of pumping blood
  5. 7. electrical device that, when applied to the chest, can detect certain abnormal heart rhythms and deliver a shock to the patient’s heart. This shock may allow the heart to resume a normal pattern of beating
  6. 8. difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
  7. 10. When an airway is open and clear
  8. 12. the amount of air being moved in and out of the lungs with each breath
  9. 18. is the application of an electric shock to a patient’s heart in an attempt to convert a lethal rhythm into a normal one