Where it all started

Drug Whisperer
The Beat of it All
Keeping the Human Machine from a Hard Reboot
Name That Tune
100


The first clinical perfusion program started here.




Where is the Cleveland clinic?

100

The release of norepinephrine by the nerve impulses causes interaction with these receptors.

What are Alpha receptors?

100

This is the approximate resting membrane potential of a myocardial cell. 

What is -90 mV?

100

Albumin should NOT be used to prime circuits with this type of heparin bonded tubing.


What is ionic bonded?

100

The square root of [(cm X Kg)] divided by 3600 is the formula for.

What is BSA?

200

At Thomas Jefferson Medical College Dr. Gibbon performed the first successful open heart surgery, this was performed in this year.

What is 1953?

200

Parasympathetic stimulation results in this change to the heart rate.

What is decrease?

200

An additional heart sound immediately after the second sound is called this.

What is a  Ventricular gallop?

200

DAILY DOUBLE!

Normal blood osmolarity?

200

When converting from mm to French, 1 mm equals this many Fr units

What is 3 ?

300

The procedure that Dr. Gibbon performed for his first successful open heart surgery was this procedure.

What is an ASD?

300

Class 1 antiarrhythmic agents exert their effects by blocking these kinds of channels.

What is sodium channels ?

300

The position of the 5 pacemaker codes (xxxxx) that would identify the chamber being paced. 

What is position 1?

300

Normal whole body oxygen consumption for a resting adult is.

What is 250 mL per minute?

300

The formula  ??? = (2X DBP) + SBP /3 is used to calculate this.

     

What is MAP?

MAP= Mean Arterial Pressure

DBP = Diastolic Blood Pressure

SBP = Systolic Blood Pressure

400

Dr. Gibbons worked on a CPB machine for years. In the late 1930’s and early 1940’s he maintained cardiorespiratory function on this animal. 

What is a cat?

400

The rate a drug is removed from plasma divided by the concentration of that drug in plasma is. 

What is clearance ?


400

This is the part of the CVP waveform that represents the elevation of the tricuspid valve into the Rt Atrium.

What is the C wave?

400

For every degree Celsius that the body decreases in temperature the oxygen consumption decreases by this percentage. 

What is 7%?

400

??? = CO X [Hgb  X SaO2 X 1.34 + (PaO2 X 0.003)]

This formula is used to calculate:

What is D02? (oxygen delivery)

500

The American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion (ABCP) was established in this year.

What is 1975?

500

These are the microorganisms that are most resistant to chemicals.

What are Bacterial spores ?

500

The position of the pacemaker codes (XXXXX) that identifies the rate modulation would be:

What is Position IV?

500

Under normal resting conditions the brain receives this percentage of the cardiac output.

What is 15 - 20 % ? 

500

This equation

??? = 6.1 + log([HCO3] / (0.03 X PaC02)]

is used to calculate:

What is the equation for Arterial ph?