Head to Toe
From Fake Blood to Real Skills
ALPHABET SOUP (acronyms)
Hollywood House calls
POTPOURRI
100

This organ is located in the RUQ of the abdomen  and can cause pain after a fatty meal

What is the gallbladder?

100

In a Stop the Bleed emergency, this is the first action you take to control life-threatening bleeding before moving on to other interventions.

What is ensuring your safety at the scene?

100

BLS STANDS FOR THIS.

WHAT IS BASIC LIFE SUPPORT?

100

HE'S THE GRUMPY, CANE-WIELDING DIAGNOSTICIAN PLAYED BY HUGH LAURIE.

Who Is Dr. House?

100

In simulation, this person pretends to be a patient so learners can practice communication, history-taking, and clinical skills.

What is a standardized patient?

200

What is it called when you are retaining excessive fluid in your LE

What is Pitting Edema?

200

During BLS training, this technique helps circulate blood and oxygen throughout the body when a person’s heart is not effectively pumping.

What are chest compressions?

200

IF ASKED TO GET A PATIENT'S BP, YOU ARE GOING TO TEST THIS OF THE PATIENT

WHAT IS BLOOD PRESSURE?

200

IN THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE, THIS NEUROSURGEON BECAME THE SORCERER SUPREME.

WHO IS DR. STRANGE?

200

This song's tempo is famous for being used to perform CPR with the lyrics also being appropriate for CPR.

What is "Stayin' Alive"?

300

This structure can tear during vaginal deilvery

What is the perineum?

300

In a vaginal delivery simulation, students assess this “door” to determine how open it is, progressing from closed to 10 centimeters when the patient is ready to deliver.

What is the cervix?

300

This common triage abbreviation describes a patient who reports difficulty breathing or feeling like they cannot get enough air.

What is SOB (Shortness of Breath)?

300

THIS YOUNG DOCTOR FIXES BROKEN TOYS AND STUFFED ANIMALS WITH HELP FROM HER MAGICAL STETHOSCOPE.

WHO IS DOC MCSTUFFINS?

300

THESE WAVES ARE USED TO SHOW STRUCTURES WITHIN THE BODY NON-INVASIVELY.

WHAT IS SOUND WAVES?

400

This is what it is called when you listen to your patient with a stethoscope.

What is Auscultation?

400

In simulation training, this technique uses materials such as fake blood, wounds, bruising, and injuries to create realistic patient scenarios for learners.

What is moulage?

400

POCUS STANDS FOR THIS, AND WE DON'T MEAN HOCUS POCUS

WHAT IS POINT-OF-CARE ULTRASOUND?

400

THIS ACTOR HAS PLAYED A DOCTOR IN BOTH ER AND THE PITT.

WHO IS NOAH WYLE?

400

She may not be a real patient, but she helps future healthcare providers practice bringing new life into the world by simulating labor, delivery, and postpartum care in the sim lab.

Who is Victoria?

500

This is the ratio of compressions to breath given for an adult during CPR.

What are 30 compressions and then 2 breaths?

500

You arrive at a scene where a patient has severe bleeding, is becoming pale and confused, and is showing signs of shock. Before worrying about airway or other injuries, your first priority is to address this immediate life threat.

What is controlling life-threatening bleeding?

500

NSVD ISN'T A NEW ROCK BAND BUT MEANS THIS

WHAT IS NORMAL SPONTANEOUS VAGINAL DELIVERY?

500

THOUGH IT DEPICTED A WAR THAT LASTED 3 YEARS, THIS ICONIC TV SERIES ABOUT ARMY DOCTORS RAN FOR 11 SEASONS- NEARLY FOUR TIMES AS LONG.

WHAT IS MASH?

500

This is the minimum safe distance to place a tourniquet above the wound.

What is 2-3 inches?