Across
- 4. Stoma made from the outside of the neck to the treachea
- 6. The most common type of fibrillation affects the lower half (ventricles) of the heart
- 9. a rapid rhythm that originates in the ventricles and rarely produces a pulse
- 11. the process by which air and oxygen are brought into the body
- 13. absence of a heartbeat
- 14. The absence of breathing
- 15. surgically created opening from an area inside the body to the outside
- 16. slow, sporadic gasps of air from an unresponsive patient
- 17. is characterized by an altered mental status
- 18. The primary muscle of breathing
- 19. the process that involves the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide within the cells
- 20. breathing that becomes difficult or labored.
- 21. bluish tint
Down
- 1. When there is no electrical activity within the heart
- 2. the patient will stop breathing altogether
- 3. If breathing is not adequate or if it stops, cells can become starved for oxygen
- 5. disorganized electrical activity within the heart that renders it incapable of pumping blood
- 7. electrical device that, when applied to the chest, can detect certain abnormal heart rhythms and deliver a shock to the patient’s heart. This shock may allow the heart to resume a normal pattern of beating
- 8. difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
- 10. When an airway is open and clear
- 12. the amount of air being moved in and out of the lungs with each breath
- 18. is the application of an electric shock to a patient’s heart in an attempt to convert a lethal rhythm into a normal one