Medical Mysteries
This medical professional specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases.
Who is a physician?
Adults typically have this many bones.
What is 206?
This clownlike entity terrorizes children in Stephen King's It.
Who is Pennywise?
Someone feels faint after standing at a stranger's door (waiting for candy) for a long time. What should they do first?
What is sit or lie down somewhere safe?
Is this candy features a chewy fruity center covered in a crunchy candy shell and comes in a rainbow of colors.
What are NERDS Gummy Clusters?
This device delivers an electric shock to help restore an effective heart rhythm in certain cardiac emergencies.
What is an AED?
This organ filters blood, removes waste, and produces urine.
What are the kidneys?
This supernatural entity is associated with the Child's Play franchise and possesses a doll.
Who is Chucky?
A person is confused, overheated, and has altered mental status after prolonged exposure to extreme heat in their heavy costume on Halloween. What life-threatening condition must be suspected?
What is heat stroke?
This candy brand makes fruit flavored chewy candies known for its slogan about being sour first and sweet afterward.
What are Sour Patch Kids?
This term describes an abnormally low blood glucose level.
What is hypoglycemia?
These blood components help form clots to stop bleeding.
What are platelets?
This killer from Friday the 13th is strongly associated with a hockey mask.
Who is Jason Voorhees?
A person has a seizure in front of you. Name one important thing you should do to protect them.
What is clear nearby hazards and protect their head? (Other answers can apply)
This tricolor candy was once marketed under the name chicken feed.
What is candy corn?
This condition occurs when the body's immune system mistakenly attacks its own healthy tissues.
What is an autoimmune disorder?
This is the name of the smallest bone in the human body, found in the middle ear.
What is the stapes?
In the silence of the lambs, this imprisoned psychiatrist and serial killer assists Clarice Starling.
Who is Hannibal Lecter?
Someone collapses, is unresponsive, and is only gasping occasionally. What should a responder recognize, and what immediate action is indicated?
What is suspected cardiac arrest; activate emergency response, begin CPR and get an AED?
This candy is known for its fizzy, sour center hidden inside a hard outer shell.
What are Zotz?
This medical term describes a condition in which tissues receive inadequate blood flow.
What is ischemia?
This type of white blood cell can develop into plasma cells that produce antibodies.
What are B lymphocytes?
In The Exorcist, what is the name of the young girl who becomes possessed?
Who is Regan?
A person with a known severe peanut allergy eats a Reese's cup and starts to struggle to breathe. What type of emergency is this?
What is anaphylaxis?
This old-fashioned candy is known for its black and white licorice pieces.
What is Good & Plenty?