Blood Vessel, Heart and CV Cases It was 5:00 PM on a hot summer afternoon. Eight
ID: 136891 • Letter: B
Question
Blood Vessel, Heart and CV Cases It was 5:00 PM on a hot summer afternoon. Eight-year-old Jim Morris, wading in the warm current off Florida's Gulf Coast, swam easily toward his sister Amy and his uncle Robert. But the kids' fun in the shoulder-deep water was cut short by Jim's shouts of" Get it off me! Get it off me!" Amy's screams sliced through the peacefully rolling breakers like a knife, "Help! A shark has bitten off my brother's arm! Call 911!" Nearby swimmers heard the cries as Uncle Robert yelled, "Help us get the shark. It swallowed the arm The swimmers converged on the spot, grabbing the six-and-a-half-foot bull shark by the tail and holdinjg on for dear life. The twitching shark was hauled ashore barehanded by the group of men and shot. They pried open the shark's mouth while Robert pulled Jim's right arm out from between its jaws. As the arrived to stabilize Jim for transport to nearby Coastal Hospital. His arm was packed in ice and taken boy's blood soaked into the white sand, lifeguards began CPR and applied a tourniquet. Paramedics along. In the emergency room, Dr. Elaine Rogers, the physician on duty, quickly ordered multiple transfusions to restore the boy's blood supply as the ER team began stabilizing his vital signs. Dr. Rogers began assembling the operating room team that would attempt to reattach Jim's arm. She called Ronan McBane, a microvascular surgeon, at his home. "Ronan, we have an arm cleanly severed above the elbow due to a shark bite. It looks like it was just chopped off, with not much shredding of the tissue. The sharp-edged teeth of the shark bit through the boy's arm so cleanly it almost seems to have been severed by a cleaver. The boy is eight years old and, although he is still in pretty bad shape, we think that since the arm was recovered and is in reasonably good condition, we have a good chance at success." Further conversation convinced Ronan that reattachment was possible. Twelve hours of surgery reconnected the organs of the arm, including the blood vessels. Blood flow was restored to the arm, and Jim was sent to recovery. The doctor advised his parents that the arm was saved, but Jim would not regain total function of the arm. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. What is the major cardiovascular issue for Jim with the severed arm? Think simple and obvious. Type answer as 1 clinical term in lowercase letters. (1 point) Why did the paramedics apply a tourniquet to the severed arm? Type your answer in your own simple words. (1 point) What major artery in this region would have been severed? Type your answer as the 1 word name of this artery in lowercase letters. (1 point) This artery divides to form what major artery on the thumb side of the forearm? Type your answer as 1 word in lowercase letters. (1 point) This artery divides to form what major artery on the pinky side of the forearm? Type your answer as 1 word in lowercase letters. (1 point) If Jim had been 80, instead of 8, years old, would you expect the surgery to have been as successful- yes or no? Type your answer as 1 of the 2 word choices given in lowercase letters. (1 point) Explain your answer to question 7. Use your own simple words to answer this question. (2 points) 7.Explanation / Answer
First case of mr.jim