Across
- 2. Delivery of oxygen-rich blood to body tissues.
- 3. high heart rate
- 5. Low heart rate
- 10. Movement of air into and out of the lungs.
- 11. The muscular layer of the heart responsible for pumping.
- 12. Delivering an electrical shock to the heart to restore a normal rhythm.
- 13. The muscle beneath the lungs that helps with breathing.
- 17. The rhythmic beat felt in an artery as the heart pumps.
- 19. Lack of oxygen that can lead to unconsciousness or death.
- 20. Damage to the heart muscle caused by blocked blood flow (heart attack).
- 21. recoil The chest returning to its normal position after a compression.
Down
- 1. Pressing on the chest during CPR to circulate blood.
- 4. The two upper chambers of the heart that receive blood returning from the body and lungs.
- 6. Abnormal or irregular heart rhythm.
- 7. Insufficient oxygen reaching body tissues.
- 8. Life-threatening rhythm where the ventricles quiver instead of pumping.
- 9. The flat bone in the center of the chest used as a landmark for compressions.
- 14. The two lower chambers of the heart that pump blood out to the lungs and the rest of the body.
- 15. A person’s ability to react to verbal or physical stimuli.
- 16. The process of adding oxygen to the blood or tissues.
- 18. pulse Pulse felt on the neck, used to check circulation in adults.