Live or Fall?
A transient loss of consciousness caused specifically by global cerebral hypoperfusion
What is syncope?
Peripheral lung malignancies are most likely to be this histologic subtype
What is adenocarcinoma?
This is an official military status that assigns a Sailor or Marine to restricted job tasks while they recover from an illness or injury
What is LIMDU (or limited duty)?
This is the recommended screening test for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as a secondary cause of hypertension?
What is the STOP-Bang Questionnaire or Berlin Questionnaire?
During this stage of pregnancy, Propylthiouracil (PTU) is the preferred antithyroid drug
What is the first trimester?
LVEF threshold for Heart Failure with reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
What is ≤40%?
First-line screening tool for advanced fibrosis in patients with metabolic risk factors
What is FIB-4?
This maximum diameter threshold is used to clinically separate a solitary pulmonary nodule from a pulmonary "mass"
What is 3 cm (or 30 mm)?
Term for an advanced-level Navy corpsman certified to practice independently and provide primary medical care, emergency treatment, and preventive health services where no physician is present
What is an Independent Duty Corpsman (IDC)?
This antihypertensive agent is specifically indicated as the first-line treatment for scleroderma renal crisis
What is captopril?
There are three primary treatment modalities for overt Graves' disease. Name 2 of them.
What are Radioactive Iodine (RAI) therapy, Antithyroid Drugs (ATDs), and thyroidectomy?
These are the four classes of 'Quadruple Therapy' recommended for the management of HFrEF
What are ARNI (or ACEi/ARB), Beta-blocker, Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonist (MRA), and SGLT2 inhibitor?
For patients with reflex (vasovagal) syncope, these are recommended first-line options to help abort an impending episode
What are isometric counterpressure maneuvers (such as leg crossing, hand grip, or arm tensing)?
This platelet count threshold dictates when an asymptomatic patient with ITP and no major bleeding should simply be observed rather than actively treated.
What is 30,000/µL?
This DHA mobile app/tool provides official TCCC guidelines and other relevant military-medicine clinical practice guidelines
What is Deployed Medicine?
This is the most common cause of secondary hypertension
What is primary hyperaldosteronism?
This is the USPSTF Grade A age range for colorectal cancer screening?
What is 50 to 75 years old?
Type 2 Myocardial Infarction is defined as myocardial oxygen supply-demand mismatch not caused by acute coronary atherothrombosis. List 1 common trigger for Type 2 MI.
What are sepsis/infection, severe anemia, and cardiac arrhythmias?
The primary clinical sign of hepatic encephalopathy during physical examination
What is asterixis?
Characterized as benign, "popcorn" calcification is the highly specific and pathognomonic radiographic pattern on a CT scan suggestive of this diagnosis
What is a pulmonary hamartoma?
This JTS service connects forward-deployed medics or doctors with specialized, remote subject matter experts
What is the ADVISOR program?
These are the three first line drug classes for primary hypertension
What are ARBS/ACE inhibitors, calcium channel blockers, and thiazide diuretics?
This is the USPSTF age range for screening for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes in overweight or obese adults?
What is 35-70 years old?
Standard Cardiac Index (CI) threshold for 'cold' (hypoperfused) status in cardiogenic shock
What is <2.2 L/min/m^2
These are the three clinical categories is syncope classified into
What are reflex, orthostatic, and cardiac?
The randomized, multi-center VERITAS trial (Lentz et al., NEJM 2025) directly compared these two diagnostic modalities for evaluating intermediate-to-high risk peripheral pulmonary nodules measuring 10–30 mm
What are navigational bronchoscopy and CT-guided transthoracic needle biopsy (TTNB)?
This instruction outlines the medical standards for military service?
What is DOW INSTRUCTION 6130.03
This defines 'Resistant Hypertension' regarding a patient's medication regimen
What is blood pressure above goal despite 3 drugs at optimal doses (including a diuretic) or controlled BP requiring 4+ drugs?
These are the three most common causes of hyperthyroidism in the United States.
What are Graves' disease (GD), toxic multinodular goiter (TMNG), and toxic adenoma (TA)?
This is the mandatory 'washout' period when switching from an ACE inhibitor to an ARNI
What is 36 hours?