Coming September 2026

101 ACLS, BLS, & PALS Word-Search Puzzles

For Nurses, Nursing Students, and Healthcare Professionals

By Michele G. Kunz, MSN, ANP, RN & Joseph C. Kunz, Jr.

Reinforce the Language of Resuscitation—One Word at a Time

ACLS, BLS, and PALS come with a large vocabulary of rhythms, medications, assessments, interventions, equipment, airway concepts, algorithms, and emergency-care terminology. Sometimes focused study is necessary. At other times, a lighter form of review can help keep that language familiar.

This book organizes 101 subject-focused word searches around the same resuscitation progression used throughout the series. The words in each grid belong to a defined clinical topic rather than being random medical vocabulary.

About This Book

The book begins with Foundations of Resuscitation and Basic Life Support, moves through ACLS cardiac-arrest and peri-arrest care, then expands into PALS assessment, respiratory emergencies, shock, arrhythmias, and pediatric cardiac arrest. The last three puzzles bring multiple subject areas together in comprehensive challenges.

Each word-search page gives the learner a list of terms to locate. Words may appear across, down, diagonally, forward, or backward. Because the target terminology is supplied, the task is recognition rather than unaided recall. That makes this the most relaxed of the three formats while still keeping clinically relevant terminology in front of the learner.

What You’ll Find Inside

• Part I — Foundations of Resuscitation: 10 topics covering the language of resuscitation, cardiac arrest versus heart attack, the Chain of Survival, recognition and emergency activation, high-quality CPR, airway and breathing, oxygenation, ventilation, and teamwork.
• Part II — Basic Life Support: 22 topics covering adult and pediatric CPR, one- and two-rescuer sequences, compression-to-ventilation ratios, pulse checks, rescue breathing, bag-mask ventilation, AED use, pad placement, choking, opioid-associated emergencies, naloxone, and pediatric BLS.
• Part III — ACLS Cardiac-Arrest Management: 18 topics covering assessment, the adult cardiac-arrest algorithm, shockable and nonshockable rhythms, VF, pulseless VT, PEA, asystole, CPR quality, defibrillation, epinephrine, antiarrhythmics, vascular access, advanced airways, capnography, and reversible causes.
• Part IV — ACLS Peri-Arrest and Post-Arrest Care: 18 topics covering ROSC, post-arrest oxygenation and ventilation, hemodynamic support, temperature and neurologic care, bradycardia, pacing, tachyarrhythmias, cardioversion, adenosine, atrial fibrillation/flutter, wide-complex tachycardia, acute coronary syndromes, and stroke.
• Part V — PALS Assessment and Respiratory Emergencies: 13 topics covering the PALS systematic approach, Pediatric Assessment Triangle, primary and secondary assessment, respiratory distress and failure, upper and lower airway obstruction, lung tissue disease, disordered breathing control, oxygen delivery, bag-mask ventilation, and advanced airways.
• Part VI — PALS Shock, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Arrest: 17 topics covering pediatric shock types, fluid resuscitation, vasoactive medications, bradycardia, tachyarrhythmias, SVT, pediatric cardiac arrest, shockable and nonshockable rhythms, defibrillation energy, weight-based medications, post-arrest care, and special pediatric cardiac conditions.
• Part VII — Comprehensive Challenges: Three concluding topics covering special circumstances of resuscitation, megacode teamwork and leadership, and an integrated ACLS, BLS, and PALS challenge.
• Complete solved-grid answer key: Check where each term appears after finishing a puzzle.
• Full-size study format: 8.5 × 11-inch pages provide comfortable grids and word lists for screen-free review.

Who This Book Is For

• Nursing students who want a break from conventional notes while continuing to encounter important resuscitation terminology.
• Nurses and healthcare professionals who want a low-pressure way to revisit familiar ACLS, BLS, and PALS vocabulary.
• Certification learners who want supplemental terminology review alongside official course materials and hands-on instruction.
• Healthcare educators who want topic-focused activities that can accompany classroom or review material.
• Learners who benefit from variety and want an easier study session without completely stepping away from the subject.

How This Book Works

The answer is already provided in the word list. Your job is to recognize its spelling and locate its pattern inside the grid. The sequence is simple: see the term, inspect it, locate it, and encounter it again.

Finding a word does not prove that you understand the concept behind it, and the book does not make that claim. Instead, use unfamiliar or uncertain terms as study signals. If you can locate a word but cannot explain what it means, return to your current course materials and review that concept more closely.

Recognition as a Different Kind of Review

The Word-Search edition deliberately performs a different job from the Crossword and Fill-in-the-Blank books. Crosswords ask you to retrieve a term from a clue. Fill-in-the-Blank exercises ask you to use context to supply missing information. Word searches keep the terminology visible and emphasize recognition, spelling familiarity, and repeated exposure.

That lighter task can be useful when you want to remain engaged with the material without doing another intensive question set. Serious subject matter does not require every study session to feel the same.

About the Authors

Michele G. Kunz, MSN, ANP, RN

Michele G. Kunz is a nurse practitioner, longtime nursing educator, author, and healthcare instructor whose work focuses on making complex clinical material easier to organize, review, and remember. Through The Mindful Nurse Press, she develops practical educational resources for nurses, nursing students, and other healthcare professionals.

Joseph C. Kunz, Jr.

Joseph C. Kunz, Jr. is an author and publisher who has been developing educational materials and study guides for students and professionals since 1985. He works with Michele to organize complex healthcare subjects into clear, practical learning resources presented through multiple study formats.

Educational Note

101 ACLS, BLS, & PALS Word-Search Puzzles is intended for educational, recreational, and general review purposes. It does not provide ACLS, BLS, PALS, CPR, AED, or other professional certification and does not replace formal instruction, hands-on skills training, official course materials, current clinical guidelines, institutional protocols, medical direction, or professional judgment.

This is an independently produced publication and is not sponsored, approved, authorized, or endorsed by the American Heart Association or any other certifying or professional organization. Readers should consult current authoritative materials because resuscitation science and treatment recommendations can change.

Book Details

• Title: 101 ACLS, BLS, & PALS Word-Search Puzzles
• Authors: Michele G. Kunz, MSN, ANP, RN & Joseph C. Kunz, Jr.
• Publisher: Dickson Keanaghan, LLC
• Imprint: The Mindful Nurse Press
• Publication Date: September 2026
• Edition: First Paperback Edition
• Format: Paperback
• Page Count: 134 pages
• Trim Size: 8.5 × 11 inches
• ISBN: 978-1-933230-89-4
• Language: English