Game 4, Round 4 (Science) -- Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures

Author and emergency doctor Vincent Lam's bestseller and Giller Prize 
winner, "Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures", contains a glossary to 
help readers with the medical terms. The questions in this round are 
based on these terms, though we may not use exactly the same definitions as Dr. Lam. 

1. What is the name given to a trolley containing various types of 
equipment used to respond to emergency situations, such as cardiac arrest? 

    crash cart (or crash trolley) 

2. What term refers to a nurse who is available for assignment on an ad hoc basis? 

    float nurse (accept floater) 

3. You are an emergency room physician. Your patient has just arrived VSA. 
This is not good. Expand the acronym or just explain the situation. 

    Vital Signs Absent
    (That is, no signs of life such as pulse or breathing.  Accept
    any explanation that conveys the sense, including "the patient
    seems/is dead".)

4. What emergency is designated "Code Blue"? 

    imminent loss of life / cardiac arrest / patient stopped 
    breathing (accept any of these or anything that conveys the idea) 

5. What is the purpose of a thrombolytic medication? 

    to break up a blood clot 

6.  What is the name for the condition in which the heart contracts 
in a chaotic, uncoordinated way? 

    (ventricular / atrial) fibrillation (accept V-fib / A-fib) 

7. What does FRCPC after a doctor's name mean? 

    Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada 

8. What does an Accucheck device test? 

    blood glucose levels (accept blood sugar) 

9. Tachycardia refers to an accelerated heart rate; what name is given 
to the opposite condition, an abnormally slow heart rate? 

    bradycardia (accept "brady") 

10. Which heart valve connects the left atrium and the left ventricle? 

    mitral valve (accept bicuspid valve, left atrioventricular valve, 
    or left mitral valve--the last one is technically wrong, but good
    enough)