Canada's First Ministers Have Implemented Measures to Reduce Excessive Wait

question 7

Multiple Choice

Canada's first ministers have implemented measures to reduce excessive wait times for five priority health care services. Which of the following are among the five services?

• A) Gynecology and cardiac surgery
• B) Cardiac surgery and joint replacement surgery
• C) Diagnostic imaging and obstetrics
• D) Joint replacement and general surgery

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Definitions:

Left Ventricle

The chamber of the heart that pumps oxygenated blood through the aorta to the rest of the body.

Pulmonary Trunk

A major blood vessel that carries blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs for oxygenation.

Superior Vena Cava

A large vein carrying deoxygenated blood from the upper half of the body to the heart's right atrium.

Pulmonary Vein

A blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the left atrium of the heart.