Vital Signs & Admissions, Transfers, and Discharges

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Across
  1. 5. The amount of force exerted against the walls of an artery by the blood
  2. 6. The number of heartbeats or pulses in 1 minute
  3. 10. The beat of the heart felt at an artery as a wave of blood passes through and artery
  4. 11. A rapid heart rate; more than 100 beats per minute
  5. 13. A touch reading and writing system that's uses raised dots for each letter of the alphabet
  6. 15. Low blood pressure
  7. 16. With a fever
  8. 17. Official departure of a person from a health care setting
  9. 18. Breathing air into and out of the lungs
  10. 20. Earwax
  11. 21. An instrument used to listen to the sounds produced by the heart, lungs, and other body organs
Down
  1. 1. High blood pressure
  2. 2. The difference between the apical and radial pulse rates
  3. 3. The amount of heat in the body that is a balance between the amount of heat produced and the amount lost by the body
  4. 4. A slow heart rate; less than 60 beats per minute
  5. 7. The absence of sight
  6. 8. The period of heart muscle relaxation; the heart is at rest
  7. 9. Moving the person to another health care setting; move the person to a new room in the agency
  8. 12. Official entry of a person into a health care setting
  9. 14. The total or partial loss of the ability to use or understand language
  10. 19. The period of heart muscle contraction; the heart is pumping blood