Nurse Triage Cardiac

4. When the force of blood pushing against your artery walls is consistently too high
6. The system made up of the vessels that carry blood and lymph fluid through the body
8. Does the pain go anywhere else?
9. Where you may also feel chest pain
11. A type of arrhythmia - a skipped or irregular heartbeat
12. Stress reaction
13. Acronym for a tracing of the heart
14. A subjective awareness of the sensation of uncomfortable breathing
15. Follow this during triage
18. Pertaining to the heart
19. How long has the pain lasted?
22. Acronym for "heart attack"
23. Determinants affecting health in a negative way
26. Discomfort in your upper abdomen
28. Inflammation of the cartilage that connects a rib to the breastbone
29. Upper chambers of heart
31. Continuing without intermission
33. A feeling of _______________ on the chest
35. Feeling of extreme tiredness, which rest doesn't make better
37. Chest pain or discomfort that occurs when part of your heart muscle does not get enough oxygen-rich blood
39. A description of chest pain
40. An abnormal swelling or bulge in the wall of a blood vessel, such as an artery
41. Where chest pain may radiate to

1. May experience chest pain differently
2. This builds up and causes blockages
3. Awake and responsive
5. Excessive sweating due to a secondary condition
7. First line treatment drug
10. Rule Out Life Threatening ______________
16. A waxy, fat-like substance that your body needs for good health, but in the right amounts
17. Lower chambers of heart
20. Hardened deposits of digestive fluid
21. Feeling faint, woozy, weak or wobbly
24. Where is the pain?
25. Outcome you may reach after triage
27. Common endocrine disease
30. Decreased or complete cessation of blood flow to a portion of the myocardium
32. Infection that inflames the air sacs in lungs
34. Inflammation of the tissue lining the lungs
36. Stopping and starting repeatedly
38. _______ of breath