Chapter 6 Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. CPR, helps circulate blood that contains oxygen to the vital organs until an AED is ready to use or advanced medical personnel arrives
  2. 4. a fatty substance made by the liver
  3. 7. factors, conditions or behaviors that increase the chance that a person will develop a disease
  4. 13. disease, an abnormal condition that affects the heart and blood vessels
  5. 15. Cardiac Life Support, provided by the EMS personnel, gives the person with cardiac arrest the best chance for survival
  6. 16. a condition in which deposits of plaque, including cholesterol, build up on the inner walls of the arteries, causing them to harden and narrow
  7. 18. advanced medical care, care given by trained medical personnel
  8. 19. for adults; 30 chest compressions in about 18 seconds
  9. 22. tachycardia, a life-threatening rhythm in which there is very rapid contraction of the ventricles, and the heart does not pump blood at all
  10. 24. position, for adult; two hands at center of chest
Down
  1. 1. a condition in which the heart has stopped generating electrical activity
  2. 3. an electric shock that disrupts the electrical activity of the heart long enough to allow the heart to spontaneously develop an effective rhythm on its own
  3. 4. compressions, for adults; at least 2 inches
  4. 5. a potentially life-threatening condition that occurs when the tissue protecting the windpipe becomes inflamed
  5. 6. pectoris, pain in the chest that comes and goes at different times
  6. 8. breaths, for adults; lasts about 1 second per breath
  7. 9. arteries, blood vessels that supply the heart muscle with oxygen-rich blood
  8. 10. Responders, if two responders trained in CPR are at the scene, you should both identify yourselves as CPR-trained responders
  9. 11. a physical injury
  10. 12. resuscitation, a technique that combines chest compressions and rescue breaths to circulate blood containing oxygen to the brain and other vital organs
  11. 14. commonly prescribed as a small tablet that dissolves under the tongue
  12. 17. attack, a sudden illness involving the death of heart muscle tissue when it does not receive oxygen-rich blood
  13. 20. defibrillation, an electrical shock may help to restore an effective heart rhythm
  14. 21. Chain of Survival, includes four links to follow for the greatest chance of survival from cardiac arrest
  15. 23. for adults; 30 chest compressions and 2 rescue breaths