First Aid Fails
Loosening one of these life-saving devices after it's been applied can lead to rapid blood loss and death.
What is a tourniquet?
In The Office's CPR training scene, this Bee Gees song is referenced for maintaining the correct chest compression rhythm.
What is Stayin' Alive?
The acronym "BEFAST" helps identify this type of emergency.
What is a stroke?
A patient experiencing substernal chest pressure that radiates to the left arm and jaw may be showing classic signs of this condition
What is a myocardial infarction (heart attack)?
This is the year Rutgers University was founded, making it the eighth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States.
What is 1766?
Removing one of these from a wound can cause uncontrolled bleeding and worsen internal injury.
What is an impaled object?
In this medical drama, a sarcastic diagnostician is known for his cane, his Vicodin habit, and solving rare cases.
What is House M.D.?
In trauma assessment, after confirming scene safety and donning PPE, this is the first priority in the primary survey
What is checking airway, breathing, and circulation (ABCs)?
A patient presents with sudden onset of unilateral facial droop, slurred speech, and arm drift, but a normal blood glucose reading.
What is a stroke?
Rutgers University was originally known by this name when it was founded.
What is Queen's College?
This common mistake during a nosebleed can cause blood to flow down the throat and potentially block the airway.
What is tilting the head back?
This TV show about a Seattle hospital follows the personal and professional lives of surgical interns and residents.
What is Grey’s Anatomy?
This neurological scale scores eye opening, verbal response, and motor response to assess the severity of a traumatic brain injury
What is the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)?
A 45-year-old diabetic is confused, pale, and diaphoretic. Blood glucose reads 38 mg/dL. If not corrected, this condition could progress to what life-threatening complication?
What is hypoglycemic seizure or coma?
In 1869, Rutgers hosted the first-ever game of this sport, which now holds a prestigious place in college athletics. The team played against Princeton University
What is college football?
Attempting this outdated method for snakebite treatment can waste time and worsen tissue damage.
What is sucking out venom?
In Stranger Things, this setting is where several characters end up hospitalized after encounters with supernatural forces.
What is Hawkins Lab?
A patient with cool, clammy skin, weak pulse, and low blood pressure following a motor vehicle collision is likely suffering from this type of shock.
What is hypovolemic shock?
A sudden onset of tearing abdominal pain that radiates to the back and presents with unequal pulses may indicate this deadly vascular emergency
What is an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) rupture?
The Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, based at the New Brunswick campus, is recognized for its world-leading research in cancer treatment. It became a National Cancer Institute-designated center in this year
What is 2002?
This greasy household product, once believed to help burns, actually traps heat and can increase infection risk.
What is applying butter?
This 2011 movie accurately depicted a global pandemic and popularized the idea of "social distancing."
What is Contagion?
A "traction splint" is typically used for this type of specific lower extremity injury.
What is a mid-shaft femur fracture?
A patient presents with altered mental status, a fruity odor on the breath, dry mucous membranes, and deep, rapid respirations. Blood glucose reads 480 mg/dL. What metabolic condition is most likely?
What is diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)?
The Waksman Institute of Microbiology at Rutgers University in New Brunswick was the site of groundbreaking research in the 1940s by this scientist, whose discoveries contributed to the development of antibiotics
Who is Selman Waksman?