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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. What percent of patients with heart attacks who are seen in emergency rooms are mistakenly discharged?
(a) Between 1 and 5 percent.
(b) About 25 percent.
(c) Between 2 and 8 percent.
(d) About 10 percent.

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

3. On an EKG, what is the downstroke at the start of a heart beat called?
(a) R wave.
(b) Q wave.
(c) S wave.
(d) T wave.

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

5. How many operating rooms are at Shouldice Hospital?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surgery did Gawande assist with for a seventy-five-year-old woman?

2. What was wrong with the woman who Gawande saw in the emergency room on his first day as a surgical resident?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 1, how many weeks had Gawande been in training?

4. How long might it take in most hospitals to repair a hernia?

5. How many electrocardiograms did a man examine to test his diagnostic skills against a computer?

(see the answer key)

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