Week 3 Office ER Vocab

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Across
  1. 4. Contraction of the muscles, causing narrowing of the inside tube of the vessel.
  2. 6. Itching.
  3. 9. A soft flexible tube that is inserted in the nose and provides a patent airway
  4. 11. To sort out and classify the injured; used in the military and emergency settings to determine the priority of a patient to be treated.
  5. 13. A traumatic brain injury caused by a blow to the head.
  6. 14. A term used in healthcare settings to indicate an emergency situation and to summon the trained team to the scene.
  7. 15. A position on the person's side that helps to keep the airway open and clear.
Down
  1. 1. The application of manual chest compressions and ventilations to patients who are not breathing or do not have a pulse.
  2. 2. Open.
  3. 3. A catheter that is inserted into the trachea through the mouth.
  4. 5. Redness.
  5. 7. The level and type of care an ordinary, prudent healthcare professional with the same training and experience in a similar practice would have provided under a similar situation.
  6. 8. Within bone; route for delivery of fluids and medications through a needle inserted into the marrow of certain bones.
  7. 10. Tissue death.
  8. 12. The sucking in of tissues between the intercostal spaces and neck due to respiratory distress.