Across
- 4. checking the scene and calling for help, provide care until medical professionals arrive on the scene
- 6. the state of keeping or being kept secret or private
- 11. very rapid irregular contractions of the muscle fibers of the heart resulting in a lack of synchronism between heartbeat and pulse.
- 12. is a system that provides emergency medical care
- 13. an event in which an appropriate medication is not provided to a patient
- 15. A significant and potentially dangerous drop in body temperature
- 16. given to a sick or injured person until full medical treatment is available
- 18. something that checks bleeding or blood flow by compressing blood vessels.
- 19. caused by a blow on the head
- 21. is a severe potentially life-threatening allergic reaction
- 22. is used to help those experiencing sudden cardiac arrest
- 25. occur when nerve cells in a part of the brain are involved
- 27. is a first aid procedure used to treat upper airway obstructions (or choking)
Down
- 1. pressure that results from someone who tries to convince you to do something you normally wouldnt do
- 2. a medical procedure involving repeated compression of a patient's chest
- 3. occurs when concussion symptoms last beyond the expected recovery period
- 5. difficulty in breathing because of a constricted or obstructed throat or a lack of air
- 7. a fall in blood pressure
- 8. to do or accomplish something
- 9. knowing what is going on around us
- 10. means that a doctor failed to react or act accordingly to a patient's illness or injury
- 14. taking air and sometimes other substances into your lungs
- 17. necessary action to prevent harm to another person or to the general public
- 20. A failure to behave with the level of care that someone of ordinary prudence would have exercised under the same circumstances
- 23. another substance into the body by swallowing or absorbing it
- 24. permission for something to happen or agreement to do something.
- 26. can cause changes in your behavior, movements or feelings, and in levels of consciousness