Across
- 4. low blood pressure
- 5. the measurement of blood pressure exerted against the walls of the arteries during contraction of the heart
- 9. breathing in
- 10. to examine by touch
- 11. ankle pulse
- 12. circular opening in the middle of the eye
- 15. consist of arm, forearm, wrist, and hand
- 16. a patients medical history
- 17. a step within a patient assessment process that involves a quick assessment of the scene and surroundings
- 18. the wave of pressure created as the heart contracts
- 19. consists of thigh, leg, ankle, foot
- 22. speed at which a person is breathing
- 24. breaks in a bone
- 25. the condition that you observe in the patient, such as bleeding
Down
- 1. three or more ribs are broken
- 2. something that the pt tells you, such as "I feel dizzy"
- 3. high blood pressure
- 6. examine the patient from head-to-toe and measure vital signs
- 7. measurements of critical parameters used to assess the patients immediate health condition.
- 8. breathing out
- 13. first action taken to form an impression of the patients condition
- 14. lower extremity from knee to ankle
- 20. wound or injury
- 21. a weak pulse
- 23. pulse on the inside of the wrist on thumb side