Vital Signs
Across
- 5. pulse less than 60 bpm
- 9. blood pressure above normal
- 10. temporary cessation of breathing
- 12. blood pressure below normal
- 13. normal respiration
- 14. elevated body temperature
- 15. ability to breathe without difficulty only when sitting upright/standing
- 17. maximum pressure exerted against artery walls
- 19. pertaining to ear canal
- 20. side lying position
Down
- 1. determination of oxygen saturation of arterial blood
- 2. sensation of labored breathing
- 3. respiratory rate less than 12 bpm
- 4. abnormally fast pulse above 100
- 6. substance that reduces fever
- 7. force exerted against arteries between heart beats
- 8. feverish
- 11. temperature scale on which 32 is freezing, 212 is boiling
- 16. application of fingers with light pressure to surface of body
- 18. international thermometric scale