Across
- 2. Hearing loss
- 5. A disorder of the nerves of the peripheral nervous system
- 7. Deep venous ________ - blood clots in the deep veins
- 8. Patients who take multiple medications are practicing __________.
- 10. A genetic chromosomal defect that occurs during fetal development
- 11. Opening between the colon and the surface of the abdomen
- 13. At trauma centers, called when an elderly trauma patient is brought to ED
- 14. Comfort care measures for the terminally ill
Down
- 1. A group of disorders characterized by poorly controlled body movements
- 3. Common respiratory illness that includes fever, progressive dyspnea
- 4. Tube that extends from the brain to the abdomen to drain excess fluid
- 6. Decrease in bone mass that makes bones fragile and easily broken
- 9. Assessment and treatment of disease in those 65 and older
- 12. Most common mechanism of injury in the elderly
