Pediatrics
The most common type of cancer in children
What is leukemia (cancer of the bone marrow and blood; about 30% of childhood cancers)
Surgical specialty dealing with organs such as the liver, kidneys, spleen, gallbladder, etc.
What is general surgery?
The 2 organs/structures (one is an organ) associated with neurology/neuroscience/neurosurgery
What is the brain and the spinal cord?
The number of nurses practicing worldwide (HINT: think a LOT more than surgeons, etc.)
What is around 3 million
Subspecialty of pediatrics dealing with babies and newborns
What is neonatology (or fetal can be accepted)?
Organ transplanted in the first ever successful transplant
What is the kidney?
The length of a neurosurgery residency (HINT: longer than most surgical residencies)
What is 7 years? (around that, again can depend)
The machine that takes over the heart's (and lung) function during surgery?
What is the heart-lung machine?
Nurses make up about this percentage of all health professions students (HINT: probably more than you think)
Explain the "road" to become a pediatric surgeon
college -> medical school -> general residency -> pediatric fellowship -> become licensed/board certified
Surgical tool used to control bleeding during surgery
What is a hemostat?
Part of the brain that stores your memories
What is the hippocampus?
The valve in the heart that transports blood to the rest of the body
What is the aortic valve?
Nurses are often much more involved with _____________ than surgeons or physicians are in a hospital setting.
What is patient care?
Pediatric (child) CPR differs from adult CPR in this way
What is the depth of the compressions (2 inches for adults; 1-1.5 inches for kids)
Substance used to clear an area of bacteria before cutting/starting surgery
What is betadine?
Outer membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord that is cut through during surgery
What is the dura?
What is the most common type of heart disease?
What is coronary artery disease?
The title/name of a nurse who is allowed to treat certain medical conditions without the supervision of a doctor
What is a nurse practitioner?
A birth defect that involves a baby's spine to not develop properly (hint: spine)
spina bifida
What kind of surgery is different in the way that it uses smaller incisions and is minimally invasive?
What is laparoscopy?
The most common type of brain surgery
What is a craniotomy?
Who is the person who controls/monitors the heart-lung machine during cardiothoracic surgery? (think back to trivia!)
What is a perfusionist?
The length of the average nursing shift
What is 12 hours?