Across
- 4. ribs broken in multiple places
- 5. control physician giving radio or phone orders
- 8. vital sign change when standing up
- 10. blue skin from low oxygen
- 14. fibrillation chaotic heart rhythm
- 16. extrication device for spinal support
- 17. and play treating on scene before transport
- 18. multiple heart views
- 19. continuous positive airway pressure
- 21. flatline
- 23. shows how well someone’s breathing
- 25. soft backboard splits in half to move patients
- 27. measures exhaled COâ‚‚
- 30. catheter in vein for medication or blood draw
- 31. of care giving patient responsibility to hospital staff
- 34. cleaning after hazmat exposure
- 37. salty water
- 39. path for air to move in and out of the lungs
- 43. elevation sign of possible heart attack
- 44. low blood volume
- 45. severe allergic reaction
- 47. pupils equal and reactive to light
- 48. orders treatments allowed without direct doctor approval
- 50. report verbal summary to ER nurse or doctor
- 51. (med)antifibrinolytic that helps stop bleeding
- 52. low oxygen
- 54. access through bone
- 56. (med)speeds up slow heart rate
- 58. brand of monitor/defibrillator
- 59. pain assessment mnemonic
- 60. fainting
- 61. slow heart rate
- 63. mask precise oxygen delivery device
- 65. skin flap or tearing injury
- 66. (med)helps prevent clotting in heart attack
- 68. (med)resets the heart rhythm
Down
- 1. used for narrow-space transport
- 2. (med)opens airways for asthma or COPD
- 3. surgical chest tube placement
- 6. (med)stabilizes heart rhythm
- 7. triage simple triage and rapid treatment
- 9. sorting patients by severity
- 11. electrical activity but no pulse
- 12. emergency cut to make an airway
- 13. quality assurance and improvement review
- 15. sheet sterile wrap for burn victims
- 20. (med)rarely used in asthma
- 22. airway plastic piece to keep tongue off throat
- 23. organs protruding from abdomen
- 24. relieves trapped air in the chest
- 26. radio call to notify receiving facility
- 28. noise on an ECG
- 29. mental assessment, hard to remember
- 32. fast heart rate
- 33. (med)sugar for hypoglycemia
- 35. electric shock to restart heart
- 36. stabilizes the neck
- 38. chief paramedic in charge of scene operations
- 40. collapsed lung
- 41. (med)widens vessels for chest pain
- 42. (med)opioid overdose reversal
- 46. (med)used in cardiac arrest or anaphylaxis
- 48. patient history mnemonic
- 49. airway soft tube through the nose
- 53. return of spontaneous circulation
- 55. always the first step
- 57. high carbon dioxide
- 60. rhythm normal heart rhythm
- 62. crackling under skin from air or fracture
- 64. de pointes twisting irregular heartbeat
- 67. (med)treats irregular heartbeat
