Emergency Medicine
This lifesaving procedure involves chest compressions and rescue breaths.
CPR
This imaging technique uses strong magnets and radio waves to create detailed images of soft tissues.
MRI
This is the term for high blood pressure, a common condition managed in family medicine.
Hypertension
The part of the brain that controls balance and coordination.
Cerebellum
This ancient Chinese practice uses needles to stimulate specific points on the body.
Acupuncture
Before starting CPR, what should you do first?
Check the scene for safety
This imaging technique combines CT imaging with a contrast dye injected into blood vessels to visualize arteries, commonly used to detect blockages.
CTA
This number measures the pressure in your arteries when your heart is resting between beats.
Diastolic blood pressure
This type of stroke is caused by bleeding in the brain.
Hemorrhagic stroke
This concept in traditional Chinese medicine refers to the vital life energy flowing through the body.
Qi (Chi)
This type of suture material dissolves over time and does not need removal.
Absorbable suture
What imaging technique is best to see soft tissue like the brain?
MRI
This valve separates the left atrium and left ventricle.
Mitral valve
This lobe of the brain is primarily responsible for processing auditory information.
Temporal lobe
In ancient times, this method involved draining “bad blood” from a patient and was widely practiced.
Bloodletting
This is the compression-to-breath ratio for two-person pediatric CPR.
15:2
This color on a CT scan usually shows bones
White
When listening to heart sounds, the “lub-dub” rhythm corresponds to what?
Closing of heart valves
The nerve that provides sensation to the face and controls chewing muscles.
Trigeminal nerve (cranial nerve V)
This Persian physician wrote The Canon of Medicine, a key medical text in medieval Islamic medicine.
Avicenna (Ibn Sina)
In a “cannot intubate, cannot ventilate” scenario, this emergency procedure provides a surgical airway.
Cricothyrotomy
The first X-ray ever taken was of what body part ?
Wilhelm Röntgen’s wife's hand
This heart valve is best auscultated at the right upper sternal border.
Aortic valve
The condition characterized by repetitive seizures.
Epilepsy
The Sushruta Samhita includes early descriptions of this cosmetic surgical procedure.
Rhinoplasty (nose reconstruction)