Guest guest Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 1. What is the plural of pleura? [pleurae] 2. Your patient has a blood glucose level of 4.2 mmol/L. Is this high, low, or normal? Convert the reading to milligrams per deciliter. [Normal] [77 mg/dl] [4.2 mmol/L X 18.02 mg/dL = 77 mg/dl] 3. What is Hennebert’s sign and what condition is it indicative of? [Pressure on the TM causes a nystagmus on the same side—suggestive of labyrinthitis] 4. How is Arnold’s nerve stimulated? What effects results from stimulation of Arnold’s nerve? What nerve is Arnold’s nerve a part of? [by stimulating the ear canal (as with a q-tip)] [Causes coughing] [CN X (Vagus)] 5. The ligamentum teres is a remnant of what embryonic structure? [Left umbilical vein] 6. What is the appropriate treatment when an IV infusion of norepinephrine extravasates? [Phentolamine (Regitine)] 7. Who invented the esophageal obturator airway (EOA)? [Don ] 8. What was the first dedicated civilian medical helicopter program in the United States? [st ’s—Denver] 9. Who was the publisher of the first version of Caroline’s Emergency Care in the Street? [The DOT] 10. What company provided the ambulances used in the television show Emergency!? [Modular Ambulance in Grand Prairie, TX] 11. What is the purpose of adding lactate to lactated Ringer’s solution? [it is converted to bicarbonate in the body and acts as a hydrogen ion buffer] 12. Your Spanish-speaking patient is telling you, “Estoy embarazada.” What are they trying to tell you? {She is pregnant] 13. Which company published the now defunct Emergency magazine? [Dyna-Med] 14. What are the three Greek humors? [bile, Phlegm, Blood] 15. What is a reticulocyte? [An immature erythrocyte] 16. What was the name of the ambulance company in the movie Mother, Jugs and Speed and what did it stand for? [Fishbine] [Fish + Bine] 17. DRT is an abbreviation for? [Dead right there] 18. What was the drug Hyperstat used for? [Hypertensive crisis] 19. What was HelaFoam used for? [burns—Betadine foam] 20. When your partner said, “We are going to hang three”, what did he mean? [He is going to place three patients on hanging stretchers] 21. How many grams of glucose are in a liter of D5W? [50 grams per liter] 22. What is a MICN? [Mobile Intensive Care Nurse—nurse in California who can give medical control direction to paramedics] 23. What ambulance was known as “Mobey Pig”? [seattle’s Medic 1] 24. What slang for MICU is used by many fire department EMS operations? [Monkeys in caged units] 25. Who is “Joe and the Deer? [Famous dispatch tape from New York state where gentlemen hits deer with his Cadillac, puts it in car and deer comes back to life and bites him] Score: Ø 95% - Acute psychiatric hospitalization needed Ø 90-94% - Get a life Ø 85-89% - Get a hobby Ø 80-84% - Get a book Ø 75-80% - Average Ø < 74% - Rookie or burnt out Bonus Question: What the the etymology of the word " nausea " ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 " 25. Who is " Joe and the Deer? [Famous dispatch tape from New York state where gentlemen hits deer with his Cadillac, puts it in car and deer comes back to life and bites him] " Was this not a Cypress Creek EMS prank? (Obviously a LOT less dangerous than their recent ones) magnetass sends Trivia Answers 1. What is the plural of pleura? [pleurae] 2. Your patient has a blood glucose level of 4.2 mmol/L. Is this high, low, or normal? Convert the reading to milligrams per deciliter. [Normal] [77 mg/dl] [4.2 mmol/L X 18.02 mg/dL = 77 mg/dl] 3. What is Hennebert's sign and what condition is it indicative of? [Pressure on the TM causes a nystagmus on the same side-suggestive of labyrinthitis] 4. How is Arnold's nerve stimulated? What effects results from stimulation of Arnold's nerve? What nerve is Arnold's nerve a part of? [by stimulating the ear canal (as with a q-tip)] [Causes coughing] [CN X (Vagus)] 5. The ligamentum teres is a remnant of what embryonic structure? [Left umbilical vein] 6. What is the appropriate treatment when an IV infusion of norepinephrine extravasates? [Phentolamine (Regitine)] 7. Who invented the esophageal obturator airway (EOA)? [Don ] 8. What was the first dedicated civilian medical helicopter program in the United States? [st 's-Denver] 9. Who was the publisher of the first version of Caroline's Emergency Care in the Street? [The DOT] 10. What company provided the ambulances used in the television show Emergency!? [Modular Ambulance in Grand Prairie, TX] 11. What is the purpose of adding lactate to lactated Ringer's solution? [it is converted to bicarbonate in the body and acts as a hydrogen ion buffer] 12. Your Spanish-speaking patient is telling you, " Estoy embarazada. " What are they trying to tell you? {She is pregnant] 13. Which company published the now defunct Emergency magazine? [Dyna-Med] 14. What are the three Greek humors? [bile, Phlegm, Blood] 15. What is a reticulocyte? [An immature erythrocyte] 16. What was the name of the ambulance company in the movie Mother, Jugs and Speed and what did it stand for? [Fishbine] [Fish + Bine] 17. DRT is an abbreviation for? [Dead right there] 18. What was the drug Hyperstat used for? [Hypertensive crisis] 19. What was HelaFoam used for? [burns-Betadine foam] 20. When your partner said, " We are going to hang three " , what did he mean? [He is going to place three patients on hanging stretchers] 21. How many grams of glucose are in a liter of D5W? [50 grams per liter] 22. What is a MICN? [Mobile Intensive Care Nurse-nurse in California who can give medical control direction to paramedics] 23. What ambulance was known as " Mobey Pig " ? [seattle's Medic 1] 24. What slang for MICU is used by many fire department EMS operations? [Monkeys in caged units] 25. Who is " Joe and the Deer? [Famous dispatch tape from New York state where gentlemen hits deer with his Cadillac, puts it in car and deer comes back to life and bites him] Score: Ø 95% - Acute psychiatric hospitalization needed Ø 90-94% - Get a life Ø 85-89% - Get a hobby Ø 80-84% - Get a book Ø 75-80% - Average Ø < 74% - Rookie or burnt out Bonus Question: What the the etymology of the word " nausea " ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 " 25. Who is " Joe and the Deer? [Famous dispatch tape from New York state where gentlemen hits deer with his Cadillac, puts it in car and deer comes back to life and bites him] " Was this not a Cypress Creek EMS prank? (Obviously a LOT less dangerous than their recent ones) magnetass sends Trivia Answers 1. What is the plural of pleura? [pleurae] 2. Your patient has a blood glucose level of 4.2 mmol/L. Is this high, low, or normal? Convert the reading to milligrams per deciliter. [Normal] [77 mg/dl] [4.2 mmol/L X 18.02 mg/dL = 77 mg/dl] 3. What is Hennebert's sign and what condition is it indicative of? [Pressure on the TM causes a nystagmus on the same side-suggestive of labyrinthitis] 4. How is Arnold's nerve stimulated? What effects results from stimulation of Arnold's nerve? What nerve is Arnold's nerve a part of? [by stimulating the ear canal (as with a q-tip)] [Causes coughing] [CN X (Vagus)] 5. The ligamentum teres is a remnant of what embryonic structure? [Left umbilical vein] 6. What is the appropriate treatment when an IV infusion of norepinephrine extravasates? [Phentolamine (Regitine)] 7. Who invented the esophageal obturator airway (EOA)? [Don ] 8. What was the first dedicated civilian medical helicopter program in the United States? [st 's-Denver] 9. Who was the publisher of the first version of Caroline's Emergency Care in the Street? [The DOT] 10. What company provided the ambulances used in the television show Emergency!? [Modular Ambulance in Grand Prairie, TX] 11. What is the purpose of adding lactate to lactated Ringer's solution? [it is converted to bicarbonate in the body and acts as a hydrogen ion buffer] 12. Your Spanish-speaking patient is telling you, " Estoy embarazada. " What are they trying to tell you? {She is pregnant] 13. Which company published the now defunct Emergency magazine? [Dyna-Med] 14. What are the three Greek humors? [bile, Phlegm, Blood] 15. What is a reticulocyte? [An immature erythrocyte] 16. What was the name of the ambulance company in the movie Mother, Jugs and Speed and what did it stand for? [Fishbine] [Fish + Bine] 17. DRT is an abbreviation for? [Dead right there] 18. What was the drug Hyperstat used for? [Hypertensive crisis] 19. What was HelaFoam used for? [burns-Betadine foam] 20. When your partner said, " We are going to hang three " , what did he mean? [He is going to place three patients on hanging stretchers] 21. How many grams of glucose are in a liter of D5W? [50 grams per liter] 22. What is a MICN? [Mobile Intensive Care Nurse-nurse in California who can give medical control direction to paramedics] 23. What ambulance was known as " Mobey Pig " ? [seattle's Medic 1] 24. What slang for MICU is used by many fire department EMS operations? [Monkeys in caged units] 25. Who is " Joe and the Deer? [Famous dispatch tape from New York state where gentlemen hits deer with his Cadillac, puts it in car and deer comes back to life and bites him] Score: Ø 95% - Acute psychiatric hospitalization needed Ø 90-94% - Get a life Ø 85-89% - Get a hobby Ø 80-84% - Get a book Ø 75-80% - Average Ø < 74% - Rookie or burnt out Bonus Question: What the the etymology of the word " nausea " ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 " 25. Who is " Joe and the Deer? [Famous dispatch tape from New York state where gentlemen hits deer with his Cadillac, puts it in car and deer comes back to life and bites him] " Was this not a Cypress Creek EMS prank? (Obviously a LOT less dangerous than their recent ones) magnetass sends Trivia Answers 1. What is the plural of pleura? [pleurae] 2. Your patient has a blood glucose level of 4.2 mmol/L. Is this high, low, or normal? Convert the reading to milligrams per deciliter. [Normal] [77 mg/dl] [4.2 mmol/L X 18.02 mg/dL = 77 mg/dl] 3. What is Hennebert's sign and what condition is it indicative of? [Pressure on the TM causes a nystagmus on the same side-suggestive of labyrinthitis] 4. How is Arnold's nerve stimulated? What effects results from stimulation of Arnold's nerve? What nerve is Arnold's nerve a part of? [by stimulating the ear canal (as with a q-tip)] [Causes coughing] [CN X (Vagus)] 5. The ligamentum teres is a remnant of what embryonic structure? [Left umbilical vein] 6. What is the appropriate treatment when an IV infusion of norepinephrine extravasates? [Phentolamine (Regitine)] 7. Who invented the esophageal obturator airway (EOA)? [Don ] 8. What was the first dedicated civilian medical helicopter program in the United States? [st 's-Denver] 9. Who was the publisher of the first version of Caroline's Emergency Care in the Street? [The DOT] 10. What company provided the ambulances used in the television show Emergency!? [Modular Ambulance in Grand Prairie, TX] 11. What is the purpose of adding lactate to lactated Ringer's solution? [it is converted to bicarbonate in the body and acts as a hydrogen ion buffer] 12. Your Spanish-speaking patient is telling you, " Estoy embarazada. " What are they trying to tell you? {She is pregnant] 13. Which company published the now defunct Emergency magazine? [Dyna-Med] 14. What are the three Greek humors? [bile, Phlegm, Blood] 15. What is a reticulocyte? [An immature erythrocyte] 16. What was the name of the ambulance company in the movie Mother, Jugs and Speed and what did it stand for? [Fishbine] [Fish + Bine] 17. DRT is an abbreviation for? [Dead right there] 18. What was the drug Hyperstat used for? [Hypertensive crisis] 19. What was HelaFoam used for? [burns-Betadine foam] 20. When your partner said, " We are going to hang three " , what did he mean? [He is going to place three patients on hanging stretchers] 21. How many grams of glucose are in a liter of D5W? [50 grams per liter] 22. What is a MICN? [Mobile Intensive Care Nurse-nurse in California who can give medical control direction to paramedics] 23. What ambulance was known as " Mobey Pig " ? [seattle's Medic 1] 24. What slang for MICU is used by many fire department EMS operations? [Monkeys in caged units] 25. Who is " Joe and the Deer? [Famous dispatch tape from New York state where gentlemen hits deer with his Cadillac, puts it in car and deer comes back to life and bites him] Score: Ø 95% - Acute psychiatric hospitalization needed Ø 90-94% - Get a life Ø 85-89% - Get a hobby Ø 80-84% - Get a book Ø 75-80% - Average Ø < 74% - Rookie or burnt out Bonus Question: What the the etymology of the word " nausea " ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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