Vital Signs-Respiration Terms

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Across
  1. 5. breathing out, another term
  2. 9. difficult, labored or painful breathing
  3. 10. respirations gradually increase in rate and depth and then become shallow and slow, breathing may stop for 10-20 seconds
  4. 14. breathing is slow, shallow and sometimes irregular
  5. 15. breathing out
  6. 16. breathing is rapid and deeper than normal
Down
  1. 1. breathing in, another term
  2. 2. breathing deeply and comfortably only when sitting
  3. 3. rapid breathing, respirations are more than 20/minute
  4. 4. slow breathing
  5. 6. lack or absence of breathing
  6. 7. breathing air into and out of the lungs
  7. 8. rapid and deep respirations followed by 10-30 seconds of apnea
  8. 11. breathing in
  9. 12. very deep and rapid respirations
  10. 13. measures the oxygen concentration in arterial blood