Stayin Alive
What two rhythms will an AED shock?
V Tach, V Fib
How much trans fat should you eat per day?
NONE
What does insulin do?
Extra 600 points--what type of diabetes attacks a cell in the body and what cell is attacked and what organ is it in?
Let's sugar enter the body's cells
Type 1, beta cells, pancreas
Zika is most concerning for whom?
What condition does Cody Miller, American breaststroker, have that causes his chest to dent inward?
Pectus Excavatum
What is the pacemaker of the heart called? (200) Where is the above answer located? (200) What does the AV node do (why need it?) (400)
Pacemaker=SA Node, found in right atrium near where the superior vena cava dumps in
AV node: slows time until between atrial and ventricular contraction, allowing ventricle to fill
What does high sodium intake do? (Why do doctors recommend low sodium diets?)
High sodium raises blood pressure
Type 1 diabetes sometimes presents in an extreme state--what is the classic symptom of that state?
Extra 300 points: What is the "extreme state" called--diabetic -----------
fruity breath
ketoacidosis
Must get questions correct to progress:
200 pts: What is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted disease in the US?
300 pts: Most people with this disease have what symptoms?
400 pts: What percentage of sexually active women between the ages of 14 and 24 have this disease? (within 5%)
500 pts: What is the feared complication of this disease that can cause infertility in women?
Clamydia
NONE
5% of sexually active women between 14 and 24 have clamydia
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
What is air and liquid in the pleural space called?
Hydropneumothorax
What are the arteries that feed your heart called?
What happens if one of these gets partially clogged (some blood getting through)?
What happens if one of these gets fully clogged (no blood through)?
Coronary Arteries
Partial--myocardial ischemia
Complete--myocardial infarct
Why is chemical processing of food done (200), and what is the problem that it causes (200)?
Chemical processing can extend the shelf life of food. Chemical processing often contains high fructose corn syrup and trans fats, which raise inflammation, increase LDL and lower HDL
Three parts, 1st part (100)--what is the test called that gives us a better idea of someone's blood glucose over long term?
2nd part (200)--how long does that test give us an estimate of blood sugar?
3rd part (300)--how does the test work to give us that long term estimate?
HbA1c, 3 months, looks at how much glucose sticking to red blood cells, which circulate for about 3 months
100 pts: What was the name of the person who discovered penicillin?
200 pts: In what year did he do this?
Alexander Flemming
1928
What is it called when you stick a camera to look for something aspirated?
Brochoscopy
What is the average age for the first MI in females? (within 2 years) (200pts)
What is the average age for the first MI in males? (within 2 yrs) (200pts)
70.1 years females
65.3 years males
What is the nickname for the main class of cholesterol lowering drugs (300 pts)?
How do they work (200 pts)?
Statins
They cause the liver to gobble up LDL
Four parts: have to get first question right to move to next
100 pts: which type of diabetes is most common?
200 pts: what percentage of people over 65 have this type of diabetes? (within 10%)
300 pts: what is diabetes that occurs in pregnancy called?
400 pts: we typically recommend that people walk at least 2600 steps to lower their risk of developing diabetes about 30%, how long does it typically take to walk 2600 steps?
Type 2 accounts for over 90% of people with diabetes
CDC: in 2023 approx 29% of people over 65 have type 2 diabetes
Gestational diabetes occurs during pregnancy
20 min
400 pts: Untreated STDs cause infertility in ____ women each year? (within 1000)
BOTH
24,000 women EACH YEAR
What is clubbing and who first described it?
Change in fingers in response to low O2. Hippocrates
What is ejection fraction? Need fraction (500)
A normal ejection fraction is typically above? (within 10%) (extra 200 points)
Amount of blood pushed out of ventricle/Total amount of blood in ventricle
>55%
23%
What is "Dead in Bed" syndrome in the setting of Type 1 Diabetes?
What has caused this syndrome to decline dramatically?
Kids found dead in the morning because they took too much insulin and went to bed--caused massive hypoglycemia which caused an arrthymia and killed them
Insulin pump keeps this from happening
Must answer questions correctly in order to get to next question:
100 pts: What disease has been eradicated from the world?
200 pts: What disease is the WHO hoping to eradicate next?
300 pts: What is similar between these diseases that allows for eradication, when many other infectious diseases do not?
800 pts: Who is credited with giving the first smallpox vaccine, and in what year? (Must get first and last name and year within 2 years)
Smallpox
Polio
Not zoonotic
Edward Jenner 1796
Lungs look normal on a CXR, but the radiologist swears there is a pulmonary problem, what are they likely looking at?
Pulmonary Hypertension, Right Heart Failure