G.O.A.T.
This is by far the greatest surgical specialty.
What is Vascular Surgery?
HELP! I've been stabbed in the neck. The killer may have been going after this artery.
What is the carotid artery.
This is what CPR stands for.
What is cardiopulmonary resuscitation?
Where blood is made.
What is the bone marrow?
Name the surgical specialty that would operate on a patient who has just been in a car accident
Trauma Surgeon
These are the small sacs through which all gas exchange in the body occurs.
What are the alveoli?
HELP! I've been stabbed in the abdomen. The killer was going after this artery.
What is the aorta?
These are the two organs that it is absolutely necessary to provide oxygen to during CPR.
What are the brain and the heart?
Do humans or T-Rexes have bigger brains?
Humans! Humans have a brain the size of a cantaloupe (3 lbs). T-rex's are slightly smaller. Stegosaurus has the brain size of a lime.
Name the surgical specialty that would operate on a patient who needs a knee replacement
Orthopedic Surgeon
Is the pH of the stomach greater than or less than 7?
What is, less than 7. The stomach has a highly acidic environment with pH 1-3. This is capable of dissolving metal!
HELP! I've been stabbed behind the knee. The killer was going for this artery.
More strokes are caused by ischemia (lack of blood flow) or hemorrhage (bleeding) in the brain?
What is ischemia. 85% of strokes are caused by lack of blood flow to brain tissue, not bleeding
This is the area of the brain that would result in loss of balance in a stroke
What is the cerebellum?
Name the surgical specialty that would operate on a patient who needs a coronary bypass
Cardiac surgeon
This organ is the largest of the human body.
What is our skin?
Help! I've been stabbed in the foot! The killer was going after this artery.
What is the dorsalis pedis artery (DP)?
My patient's blood sugar level is 500. This is the medication that they need STAT.
What is insulin. In diabetic patients, insulin helps bring sugar into cells for metabolism. Insulin is made in the pancreas, but patients with diabetes may not be able to produce enough insulin. High blood sugar levels can lead to death.
In a life-threatening limb injury with severe bleeding that cannot be controlled with direct pressure, this device can be applied to stop blood flow and save a life.
What is a Tourniquet?
Name the surgical specialty that would operate on a patient who has lung cancer
Thoracic surgeon
This is dilation of the largest artery in the human body.
What is an aortic aneurysm?
HELP! A vascular surgeon stabbed me in the groin for an angiogram. They stabbed me in this artery.
What is the femoral artery?
What is the abdomen?
What Blood Type can donate to any person?
O-neg is the universal donor.
Name the surgical specialty that would operate on a patient who needs a tumor from the large intestine removed
Colorectal surgeon