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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - When Good Doctors Go Bad.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When is the M&M at Gawande's hospital?
(a) Mondays at 10 a.m.
(b) Tuesdays at 5 p.m.
(c) Thursdays at 4 p.m.
(d) Wednesdays at 2:00 p.m.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did a man examine a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against a computer?

2. Where did Gawande grow up?

3. What type of surgery had the patient who needed a central line had a week earlier?

4. What was wrong with Lee Tran?

5. How old was the patient Gawande saw while on trauma duty who had been shot in the buttock?

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