Across
- 4. the mental state of suffering patients in the extreme heat
- 5. Lifecare staff gave their patients __________ care, prioritizing comfort over curability.
- 7. a person affected by paralysis of the lower body
- 9. what medical staff tried to do so patients can go to a safer place
- 13. the clearing of criminal charges or blame
- 14. the legal side that defended the medical staff in the investigations
- 17. the medical staff were accused of _______, giving patients lethal drugs to end suffering.
- 19. labored, gasping breathing in patients who are near death
- 21. structures, facilities, and systems that broke during during Katrina
- 22. outrage after the public and investigators learned of the deaths
- 25. an examination to identify cause of death, used in investigations
- 30. the ethical judgements between right and wrong actions made under duress
- 31. a medical examiner who investigates causes of death for forensic purposes
- 32. Helicopters landed on the _____ while trying to rescue patients.
- 34. a past action or decision that serves as an example for how to handle a similar situation in the future
- 38. Rider and Schafer were _______.
- 39. patients with infectious diseases were put into ______ to prevent the spread of illness.
- 40. the legal authority that handled the investigation or trial
- 41. the act of reviving a patient
- 42. agreement or permission to do something
Down
- 1. relating to moral principals
- 2. Families of victims sought ______.
- 3. a storm with violent winds
- 6. city that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina
- 8. a hospital machine that helps with breathing
- 10. to take responsibility for something
- 11. the crime of killing someone without malice, not amounting to murder
- 12. abbreviation of an order that does not allow medical workers to perform CPR if the patient stops breathing
- 15. doctor who brought up the idea of euthanizing patients
- 16. standard procedures that were ignored at Memorial Hospital
- 18. thieves who stole from people during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
- 20. an event causing great suffering; a disaster
- 23. Medical workers were often not _______ for acts of euthanasia.
- 24. involving strenuous effort; difficult and time-consuming
- 26. eyewitness accounts that serve as evidence in a legal process
- 27. an opium Dr.Pou uses to help patients relieve pain
- 28. the responsibility that the medical staff might bear for their wrongdoing
- 29. the absence of enough water in your body
- 31. the legal side that attempted to bring criminal charges against all who contributed to the deaths
- 33. failure to take proper care in doing something; carelessness
- 35. Dr. Pou gave patients lethan _____ of morphine and other drugs.
- 36. surname of Anna Pou's attorney
- 37. Simmons was Anna Pou's _____.
