Hint | Answer |
The most common form of dementia | |
Removing all sensation, usually by chemical means | |
A localized, blood-filled, balloon-like bulge in the wall of a blood vessel | |
A drug used to resolve slow heart beats (bradycardia) or as part of resuscitation | |
Not cancerous | |
An abnormally slow heartbeat (defined as less than 60 beats per minute) | |
'Heart muscle disease' | |
A catheter placed into a large vein in the neck (jugular vein), chest (subclavian vein) or groin (femoral vein) | |
A hospital code which indicates a bomb is somewhere in the hospital. | |
A hospital code which indicates someone needing resuscitation. | |
A hospital code which can indicate child/infant abduction. | |
A hospital code which indicates a fire has broken out somewhere in the hospital. | |
It is a written order from a doctor that clarifies that resuscitation should not be attempted if a person suffers cardiac or respiratory arrest. | |
A sonogram of the heart. | |
A form of regional anesthesia involving injection of drugs through a catheter, usually done by blocking the action of the nerves in the spine from a certain region | |
A hormone released in the body in response to stress, used in medical settings for resuscitation. | |
a surgical procedure where the fascia (the outer layers surrounding muscle, cartilage, ligaments, organs etc.) is cut to relieve tension or pressure and treat the resulting loss of | |
GSW | |
The accumulation of air and blood in the pleural cavity | |
A chronic medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated | |