Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 137
Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 137
Question 1
Is it rude to pandiculate in front of your consultant?
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Yes! This is yawning.
From the latin pandiculātus, to “stretch oneself”.
Technically if you were to pandiculate you would add a stretching of the arms and arching of the back to your yawn. [Reference]
Question 2
In America, between 1979 and 1993, 9 people were injured and 18 killed when struck by one type of sporting equipment. What equipment?
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Soccer goal posts
Most cases of post collapse were associated with children playing and climbing on unstable goal posts rather than actually playing soccer. [Reference]
Question 3
Which disease was known as ‘Roman Fever‘ the name originates from the medieval Italian for ‘bad air‘?
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Mal-aria.
The bad air was around stagnant water, the ideal breeding ground for mosquitoes. It was so pervasive in Rome that is was known as ‘R...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five bad air FFFF hot dog headache Malaria pandiculate pimping roman fever william harvey Source Type: blogs
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