Across
- 1. Valid clinical reason to administer a treatment or medication.
- 3. Chaotic, disorganized rhythm that produces no effective cardiac output.
- 7. high pitched upper airway sound
- 8. the moment blood rapidly appears in the chamber of an IV catheter
- 9. Rapid shockable rhythm that may reduce or eliminate cardiac output.
- 11. Abnormal posture with arms bent toward the body and legs extended, suggesting serious brain injury.
- 12. Temporary loss of consciousness
- 14. hypersensitivity reaction causing airway compromise, hypotension, and shock
- 16. Structured pain complaint mnemonic
- 17. Numerical scale used to quantify level of consciousness
- 20. pressure when the heart relaxes between beats.
- 23. Acute death of heart muscle caused by prolonged loss of blood flow due to coronary artery blockage.
- 24. Uncontrolled loss of blood from the circulatory system.
- 26. fluid in alveoli
- 27. hypotension, JVD, muffled heart sounds
Down
- 2. widened pulse preassure, bradycardia, cheyne-stokes respirations
- 4. paradoxical movement due to multiple rib fractures.
- 5. Gradual adjustment of a medication dose to achieve the desired effect.
- 6. Abnormal posture with arms and legs straight and rigid, suggesting more severe damage deeper in the brain or brainstem.
- 10. Index margin between a drug’s effective dose and its toxic dose.
- 13. Infection causing dysregulation and organ dysfunction
- 15. pressure when the heart contracts
- 18. Abnormal accumulation of fluid
- 19. Structured patient history mnemonic
- 21. temporary stopping of breathing
- 22. Specific condition that makes a treatment or medication unsafe.
- 25. low oxygen in tissues