Emergency Medicine
What does CPR stand for?
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
This imaging uses high-frequency sound waves to create images of organs.
Ultrasound
The heart has this many chambers.
4
This nerve is responsible for vision.
Optic nerve (cranial nerve II)
This disease in the 14th century killed millions and drastically impacted European society.
Black Death or Bubonic Plague
What is the most simple suturing technique ?
Simple Interrupted Suturing
Name an imaging technique that uses no radiation at all?
MRI or Ultrasound
This valve separates the right atrium and right ventricle.
Tricuspid valve
This part of the brain connects the two hemispheres.
Corpus callosum
In traditional Chinese medicine, these two forces must be balanced for health.
Yin and Yang
This is the compression-to-breath ratio for one person doing CPR on a child.
30:2
What color does air appear on an x-ray
This number measures the pressure in your arteries when your heart beats.
Systolic blood pressure
This type of stroke is caused by a blockage of blood flow to the brain.
Ischemic stroke
This 20th-century scientist discovered the structure of DNA.
Watson and Crick
When performing CPR, you should switch roles every how many minutes to avoid fatigue?
Every 2 minutes
What is it called when areas appear black on ultrasound because they do not send back any sound waves.
Anechoic
This part of the heart receives oxygenated blood from the lungs.
Left atrium
This test measures electrical activity of the brain.
EEG
This 19th-century English nurse greatly improved sanitation and patient care during the Crimean War.
Florence Nightingale
What is the name of the hospital where Grey’s Anatomy series is set?
Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital
This scientist couple pioneered the use of radioactivity in medical diagnosis and treatment.
Marie and Pierre Curie
This heart valve is best auscultated at the left upper sternal border.
Pulmonary valve
This is the medical term for sudden, temporary loss of brain function due to poor blood flow.
Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
The famous anatomical drawings during the Renaissance were created by this artist and scientist.
Leonardo da Vinci