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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. 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 piece of wire in her hand.
(c) Had a fractured ankle.
(d) Had a fractured finger.

2. How many minutes without oxygen could lead to brain damage and perhaps death?
(a) 6 minutes.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 4 minutes.
(d) 3 minutes.

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

4. What was the oxygen saturation of woman who Gawande treats at the beginning of "When Doctors Make Mistakes"?
(a) 98 percent.
(b) 88 percent.
(c) 50 percent.
(d) 90 percent.

5. How do patients leave the operating room at Shouldice after having surgery?
(a) They leave in a wheelchair.
(b) They use a walker.
(c) They walk out of the room.
(d) They are taken on a gurney.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many might attend an M&M at Gawande's hospital?

2. How many hospital patients suffered complications from treatment that prolonged their hospital stay or resulted in disability or death according to a Harvard Medical Practice Study in 1991?

3. How late were clinical sessions lined up until at the surgeons convention?

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

5. At what hotel was Gawande staying for the surgeon's convention?

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