Quiz

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Whether you’re looking to prove your expertise, review key takeaways from the conference, or are simply curious about science and healthcare, our quiz is the perfect opportunity to challenge yourself and expand your understanding. From general knowledge questions to in-depth healthcare information, this quiz is designed to examine your level of understanding and potentially highlight areas for further learning.

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Results

#1. Why is a crossmatch needed before a kidney transplant can take place?

To ensure the patient and donor are compatible.

A and B

To prevent the kidney being rejected

#2. If you train to be a nurse, which of these is not one of the 4 key fields you can specialise in?

Fever nursing

Mental health nursing

Children’s nursing

#3. Do a kidney transplant patient and donor need to be ABO blood group compatible?

Yes

Sometimes

No

#4. Radiotherapy is the use of ionising radiation to treat which of the following conditions?

Cancer

Dementia

Heart Conditions

#5. What percentage of nurses are children’s nurses?

28%

48%

8%

#6. What does an antibiotic do?

Kills all infections

Targets specific mechanisms in certain bacteria

Targets specific mechanisms in certain viruses

#7. What does BiPAP stand for?

Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure

Bilevel Pressurised Airway Pump

Bilevel Pressure And Pulse

#8. Which of the following may be diagnosed with a cardiorespiratory sleep study?

Narcolepsy

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA)

ADHD

#9. Asthma is a disease that mainly affects which part of the lungs?

Alveoli

Pulmonary artery

Bronchi and bronchioles

#10. What is a device for accurately measuring blood pressure?

sphynmomamometer

sphygmomanometer

sphyngnomonometer

#11. What is the main reason for randomising patients to their treatment allocation in a clinical trial?

So that patients don’t know which drug they’re taking

Fairest way of deciding who gets which drug

To reduce bias

#12. What is the carbon footprint of an average UK clinical trial?

78 tonnes CO2e

97 tonnes CO2e

34 tonnes CO2e

#13. When was Great Ormond Street (the first children’s hospital in the UK) founded?

1902

1752

1852

#14. Matching for HLA (human leukocyte antigen) molecules is important in transplantation

Maybe

FALSE

TRUE

#15. How are diseases diagnosed by the doctor?

Based on how the doctor feels that day

Based just on the doctor’s opinion and what they can see

Based on the results of laboratory tests, physical examinations, patient history and professional opinion

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