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Government Process
100

This was an Olympic sport from 1900 to 1920

What is the Tug of War
100

This human organ can fully regenerate itself

The human liver

100

This term, strongly disliked by the Division, is used to describe when no emergency service vehicles are available within an area to respond to calls

What is Red Alert?

100

63,500

What is the approximate number of surgeries completed in a CSF in 2024/25

100
Name two functions of MCU

What is the unit that 

1)coordinates all incoming correspondence and 

2)Premier/Minister/MLA requests for Briefings,

3)Input requests to other Departments and organizations

200

This part of the human body is more than 60 000 miles long

What is the human circulatory sytem

200

This is the name of the integrated clinical information system used by AHS.

What is Connect Care

200

This report developed daily by ACA provides a snapshot of available space in the Acute Care Health system in Alberta

What is the Daily Acute Care Capacity Report

200

307

What is the number of air ambulance landing sites in the province

200

This unit is responsible for the management of all Ministry policy that will be going to Cabinet Committee/Cabinet in coordination with Policy Coordination Office

What is the Policy Coordination Unit

300

The name for a fear of other peoples opinions

What is Allodoxaphobia

300

This medical term means difficulty swallowing.

What is dysphagia?

300

This "wait" of the surgical wait time is defined as the wait between when a patient has been assessed as needing surgery and the actual surgery taking place

What is Wait 2

300

900,000

What is the most recent milestone for the number of Albertans who have registered to be an Organ/Tissue donor

300

This unit/government service should be included as part of all Minister Decision materials including BN's and Decks

Communications!
400

This inanimate object has 336 dimples 

What is a golf ball

400

A patient has ST-segment elevation on their ECG and crushing chest pain. This is referred to as what?

What is STEMI – ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction?

400

These projects, once finalized, will provide overarching metrics and reporting on the areas overseen by 2 of our branches and feed into the overall reporting structures

What are the EHS and AC Performance Frameworks

400

98

What is the number of recommendations in the AEPAC Final Report and EMS Dispatch Review

400

2 of 4 steps for the correct process for requesting HLT review

What is:

1) have your ED brief ADM/ADMO, 

2)Email request with clear request of what is needed from Legal with all documents attached, 

3) Send to ADMO AR email with a cc to IM and OM, 

4) identify clear rationale if it is needed sooner than the 2 weeks standard HLT turn around time.

500

This popular BBQ topping was once sold as medicine

What is ketchup

500

This term describes a fast heart rate above 100 beats per minute.

What is tachycardia?

500

This initiative supports reducing the time paramedics wait with patients at the Emergency Department

What is Return to Service

500

101

What is the number of Emergency Departments in Alberta (according to AHS)
500

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