Across
- 2. : COLD IN THE WINTER AND HOT IN THE SUMMER
- 6. : Machine that supports breathing
- 8. : Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
- 9. : Tiny sacs where gas exchange happens
- 10. : The best therapy team in the hospital
- 13. : Neonatal stimulant—and RT fuel
- 18. : Small branches of the respiratory tree
- 20. : Tool used to visualize the airway during intubation
- 22. : Home base for the smallest and most delicate lungs
- 23. : Substance that helps keep alveoli from collapsing
- 25. : Temporary pause in breathing—common in preemies
- 26. : Mist used to deliver medications into the lungs
- 27. : Manual ventilation by an RT superhero
- 28. : Gas that RTs are obsessed with monitoring
Down
- 1. : RTs’ favorite gas
- 3. : Placement of a breathing tube
- 4. : When the airway goes mobile
- 5. : Too much oxygen—a neonatal no-no
- 7. : The amount of air inhaled or exhaled with each breath
- 11. : What happens when SpO₂ drops and everyone panics
- 12. : Heated, humidified oxygen therapy that saves the day
- 14. : The tubing system connecting patient to ventilator
- 15. : High-frequency oscillatory ventilation—buzz buzz buzz!
- 16. : Pressure that keeps alveoli open at end expiration
- 17. : Fraction of inspired oxygen
- 18. : Airway tightening that calls for a neb treatment
- 19. : Newborn baby, often the tiniest patients we care for
- 21. : Slow heart rate that makes every RT stop breathing for a second
- 23. : Measured by pulse oximetry
- 24. : The passage that RTs guard with their lives
- 25. : Unwanted escape of gas from the lungs or circuit