Across
- 9. - The immediate care given to a victim of an accident or illness to minimize the effect of injury or illness until experts can take over
- 10. - Physical damage to the body caused by acute exposure to energy or a lack of vital elements
- 11. - Emergency Medical Services
- 12. - A person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place
- 15. - A condition that makes it harder for a person to do certain activities or interact with the world around them
- 17. - The degree of hotness or coldness of a living body or object
- 19. - The science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease (in technical use often taken to exclude surgery)
- 21. - The prevention of preventable harm to patients and the reduction of the risk of unnecessary harm associated with healthcare
- 23. - Medical care given to a patient for an illness or injury
- 25. - When the ends of two bones at a joint separate and are no longer in their normal position
Down
- 1. - The state of being awake and aware of one's surroundings
- 2. - An abnormal feature, characteristic, or occurrence, typically in a medical context
- 3. - Objective measurements of a person's essential physiological functions, such as their breathing rate, temperature, heartbeat, and blood pressure
- 4. - Wrench or twist the ligaments of (an ankle, wrist, or other joint) violently to cause pain and swelling but not dislocation
- 5. - An injury to living tissue caused by a cut, blow, or other impact, typically one in which the skin is cut or broken
- 6. - A structure in the human or animal body in which two parts of the skeleton are fitted together
- 7. - A person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action
- 8. - Contusion or ecchymosis; collection of blood under the skin that occurs when small blood vessels break and leak blood
- 11. - A medical or psychiatric condition that requires immediate medical attention to prevent serious harm to a person's health
- 13. - A physical or mental feature that is regarded as indicating a condition of disease, particularly such a feature that is apparent to the patient
- 14. - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- 16. - An unhealthy state of the body or mind that occurs when an organ or part isn't functioning properly
- 18. - Relating to the science of medicine, or the treatment of illness and injuries
- 20. - A substance that is used in, produced by, or related to chemistry
- 22. - An abbreviation for "fracture" that means a broken bone
- 23. - Method of prioritizing tx (tx is treatment/therapy)
- 24. - Preserve life, prevent deterioration, promote recovery, control bleeding, treat for shock, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Heimlich maneuver