Pioneers
The inventor of the polio vaccine.
Who is Jonas Salk?
A patient may be referred to this person for exercises, stretching, manual therapy, or even "dry needling".
Who is a Physical Therapist?
Saddle anesthesia and loss of bowel or bladder function are concerning for this condition.
What is cauda equina syndrome?
A pitcher injures this ligament that requires "Tommy John" surgery.
What is the Ulnar Collateral ligament?
The volume of a dehydrated pediatric patient's first fluid bolus.
What is 20 cc/kg?
Although his methods were mocked, he noticed significant improvement in patient outcomes after sterilizing his surgical equipment with phenol.
Who is Joseph Lister?
A patient may be referred to this specialty for a punch biopsy.
This nerve innervates the biceps, wrist extensors, anconeus, supinator, and triceps.
What is the radial nerve?
The "unhappy triad" of knee injuries involves these structures.
What is an ACL, MCL, and medial meniscus?
Many middle school boys are afflicted with stinky feet, also known by this term.
What is Bromodosis?
Dr. Andrew Fleming returned to his lab to discover that mold had contaminated his petri dishes of staphylococcus, leading to the discovery of this antibiotic.
What is Penicillin?
After an inconclusive abdominal ultrasound, referral to a general surgeon may result in this exam being done.
What is a HIDA scan?
Difficulty understanding written and spoken language is known as this aphasia.
What is Wernicke's aphasia (receptive aphasia)?
A volleyball player presents of shoulder pain and weakness due to this condition that also causes "popping and clunking".
What is a labral tear?
This compulsive psychiatric disorder may leave bald spots on a patient's head.
What is trichotillomania?
He created the first device used to auscultate. It was wooden and monaural.
Who is Rene Laennec?
A dietician may be a helpful collaborator in the treatment of a patient taking this anti-coagulant.
What is warfarin (coumadin)?
This is defined as an alteration in brain function or other evidence of brain pathology caused by an external force.
What is a traumatic brain injury?
Daily Double:
The most commonly sprained ankle ligament.
What is the anterior talofibular ligament?
Arachnodactyly is a common sign of this genetic condition.
What is Marfan's syndrome?
Joyce Nichols was the first woman to become a PA. She studied under Dr. Eugene Stead at this university.
What is Duke?
A mental health professional can assist in the treatment of this disorder that may cause paranoia, fits of rage, and insomnia following a harrowing event or series of events.
What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?
DAILY DOUBLE:
These are the cranial nerves.
What are the olfactory, optic, oculomotor, trochlear, trigeminal, abducens, facial, vestibulocochlear (vestibular), glossopharengeal, vagus, spinal accesory, and hypoglossal nerves?
These two bony lesions can result in femoroacetabular impingement.
What are cam and pincer lesions?
The term for sound made by gas moving through the bowels.
What is borborygmus?