(1) Department of Emergency Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Sensitivity tells you how good the test is for finding _________? Positives (people with the disease, people who…
(1) Department of Emergency Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands How effective are “gastric emptying” techniques? (stomach pumping, ipecac, etc.) 50 % (or less) of material removed if…
(1) Department of Emergency Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands How common is it to have a single seizure among the general population? About 5 % What are…
(1) Department of Emergency Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands What are the ABCDEs of trauma resuscitation? A airway intact? B breathing okay? C circulation okay? (& C-spine?)…
(1) Department of Emergency Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands What age group has the most prominent mammalian dive reflex? Children What is the mammalian dive reflex? (3…
(1) Department of Emergency Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands All states screen newborns for which two disorders? PKU & hypothyroidism Most states also screen for what endocrine…
(1) Department of Emergency Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Fall on an outstretched hand most commonly results in what two fractures? 1. Scaphoid 2. Colles’ fracture (distal radius fracture)…
(1) Department of Emergency Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Chiari Malformation, Arnold-Chiari Malformation and Dandy-Walker Syndrome “Please compare and contrast the following…” Chiari & Arnold-Chiari Malformation (Evidently,…
(1) Department of Emergency Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands What is the new name for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis? Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) What is required to make…
