View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - The Computer and the Hernia Factor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who first proposed that a computer could read an EKG better than a human could?
(a) William Baxt.
(b) Michael Bartholomew.
(c) Lars Edenbrandt.
(d) David Angston.

2. What was wrong with the woman who Gawande saw in the emergency room on his first day as a surgical resident?
(a) Had a 3-inch screw in her foot.
(b) Had a fractured ankle.
(c) Had a piece of wire in her hand.
(d) Had a fractured finger.

3. How long did it take a man to examine a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against a computer?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) A week.

4. How much might it cost in most hospitals to repair a hernia?
(a) Upward of $4,000.
(b) Around $3,000.
(c) Upward of $8,000.
(d) Around $5,500.

5. When installing a central line, how long is the wire that is inserted into the vein toward the vena cava ?
(a) 3 feet long.
(b) 2 feet long.
(c) 15 inches long.
(d) 12 inches long.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do patients leave the operating room at Shouldice after having surgery?

2. What color of blood indicates that the central line is inserted properly?

3. How long after Bryce Shouldice left medical school did he begin performing hernia operations at Shouldice?

4. On an EKG, what is the downstroke at the start of a heart beat called?

5. What country bans surgeons from practicing on animals?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 263 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample