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100

I am used generate electricity to shock someone's heart

What is an AED

100

ABC

airway, breathing circulation

100

this everyday object tells time but has no numbers, only 2 hands that never touch

a clock

100

How many beats per minute should you do CPR

100-120

100

This 1997 film features a sinking ship, a famous door, and the line "I'll never let go"

Titanic

200

I am used to keep someones neck from moving after it has possibly been injured

what is a C-Collar

200

BSI

body substance isolation

200

this animal is the only mammal capable of sustained flight and uses echolocation to navigate in the dark 

a bat 

200

what is normal blood pressure

120/80

200

In Black Panther, this fictional African nation is home ot Vibranium 

Wakanda

300

I am used to stop emergent, life threatening, arterial bleeding on a limb

what is a tourniquet

300

AEMT

advanced emergency medical technician

300

This US landmark, gifted by France in 1886, was shipped in over 200 crates 

The Statue of Liberty

300

what is normal blood sugar

70-100 (60-100 and 80-120 also accepted) 

300

This 2017 horror film by Jordan Peele uses the phrase "Sunken Place to describe a terrifying loss of control 

Get Out

400

I am used when 2 body systems have been impacted after someone has come in contact with something there are severly allergic to

what is epinephrine/epi pen

400

OPQRST

onset, provovation, quality, radiation, severity, time

400

This scientific law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed

The Law of Conservation of Energy

400

what device can be used if your patient is alert, can follow commands, but can't walk down the stairs

a stair chair 

400

This 2021 sci-fi epic adapts Frank Herbert's novel and features the desert planet Arrakis

Dune

500

I am used by medics only to open an airway, often times the most advanced airway carried on an ambulance. 

what is an ET tube/intubation

500

MONA

morphine, oxygen, nitroglycerin, aspirin

500

This ancient civilization built a massive road netowrk stretching over 25,000 miles despite lacking wheeled vehicles and horses

The Inca Empire

500

what must be established if you need to transfer a patient to a helicopter so they can land safely

a landing zone 

500

This 2022 film features a Rooster, a Coyote, a Phoenix, some Payback, a little Harvard and Yale, and Bob.

Top Gun: Maverick 

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