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Part I - Education of a Knife

1. How old was the patient Gawande saw while on trauma duty who had been shot in the buttock?
(a) 40.
(b) 35.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

2. What was wrong with Lee Tran?
(a) Bronchitis.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) A tumor.
(d) The flu.

3. How many years of training did Gawande require to be a general surgeon?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 1, how many weeks had Gawande been in training?
(a) 4 weeks.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 3 months.

5. How old was the patient who needed a central line?
(a) In his thirties.
(b) In his forties.
(c) Fiftyish.
(d) In his sixties.

6. What type of surgery had the patient who needed a central line had a week earlier?
(a) Heart surgery.
(b) Hernia surgery.
(c) Removal of his appendix.
(d) Abdominal surgery.

7. What type of a local anesthetic did the chief resident use when she put in a central line?
(a) Benzocaine.
(b) Triocaine.
(c) Saxitoxin.
(d) Lidocaine.

8. What color of blood indicates that the central line is inserted properly?
(a) Rusty brown.
(b) Brown.
(c) Red.
(d) Maroon.

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