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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - Nine Thousand Surgeons.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was the woman's alcohol level that Gawande had to attend to on a crisp winter Friday?
(a) Just under the legal limit.
(b) 3 times the legal limit.
(c) About twice the legal limit.
(d) A little over the legal limit.

4. How many might attend an M&M at Gawande's hospital?
(a) 55 people.
(b) 75 people.
(c) About 200 people.
(d) Almost 100 people.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who introduced the term "health-care focused factory"?

2. Where did Gawande grow up?

3. What was Dr. Richard Sang's practice before he came to Shouldice?

4. What book did British psychologist James Reason write about errors?

5. How old was the woman that Gawande saw in the emergency room his first day as a surgical resident?

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