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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pathology: The Aspect of Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the woman on the stretcher sent after Konner and his colleagues saw her in ER?
(a) An operating room.
(b) To the morgue.
(c) An intensive care unit.
(d) Back home.

2. What did patient Francis Giannetti discover when he came into the hospital with leg cramps from jogging?
(a) Alzheimers.
(b) Thyroid issues.
(c) Brain cancer.
(d) Heart disease.

3. Who took over the anesthesiology after Dr. Ramirez was finished bagging and intubating a patient?
(a) A nurse-anesthesiologist.
(b) A nurse.
(c) The patient's mother.
(d) The surgeon.

4. What distinguished Peter Byron's patient care?
(a) He was incompetent and his heavy drinking obscured his medicine.
(b) He went out of his way to take care of his patients and their families.
(c) He was brusque and aloof.
(d) He was gentle and non-disruptive.

5. How does Konner say anesthesiologists view surgeons?
(a) As dangerous.
(b) As daredevils taking all the risks.
(c) As drama queens always stealing the show.
(d) As actors in their drama.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is intubation?

2. What had Konner been before starting med school?

3. What difficulty did patient Edwards have as a result of surgery?

4. What does Konner say patients almost always want doctors to do?

5. How had Barb's midwife treated the condition that formed the complications?

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