Medical Advancements

Question 1

What percentage of individuals in Italy have chronic disease?

Answer 1

42%

Question 2

When was the second international poliomyelitis conference?

Answer 2

In Copenhagen, 1951

Question 3

When and by whom was the iron lung invented?

Answer 3

Dr. Philip Drinker 1931

Question 4

Describe how the iron lung works

Answer 4

-Vacuum is created inside the container through air intake
- air enters from the nose and mouth
- air is pumped into the container
-chest collapses and lungs get rid of air

Question 5

When and by whom was the first intramuscular polio vaccine?

Answer 5

Jonas Salk 1955

Question 6

When and by whom was the first trivalent oral polio vaccine?

Answer 6

Albert Sabin 1961

Question 7

Who is usually treated first with vaccines during an epidemic?

Answer 7

1. healthcare operators
2. most vulnerable to prevent further contagion and deaths: pregnant women, elderly, children, chronic patients

Question 8

When was the first kidney dialysis made available to the public?

Answer 8

The first out- of-hospital dialysis treatment center was in Seattle 1962