Across
- 4. Tiny blood vessels linking arteries and veins
- 7. A bandage applied snugly to create pressure on a wound to aid in controlling bleeding
- 8. The total amount of blood circulating within the body
- 9. Bleeding on the outside of the body; often, visible bleeding
- 12. generally easier to control than arterial bleeding
- 13. rapid and severe bleeding
- 14. what to put on a cut to keep it from drying up
- 16. The process by which blood thickens at a wound site to seal an opening in a blood vessel and stop bleeding
Down
- 1. what to put on uncontrolled bleeding
- 2. Pressure applied on a wound to control bleeding
- 3. what to wear when taking care of someone bleeding
- 5. usually slow bleeding
- 6. Blood vessels that carry oxygen-poor blood from all parts of the body to the heart
- 10. Bleeding inside the body
- 11. Large blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood from the heart to all parts of the body
- 15. A tight, wide band placed around an arm or a leg to constrict blood vessels in order to stop blood flow to a wound
