There is a Hospital with five operating theatres (operating rooms) arranged in a row and there is a case going on in each one of them.
Each theater does only one type of specialty and there are five different specialties (Not in any particular order , they are: Orthopedic, Neuro, Trauma, Paediatric, Cardiac ).
Each theatre has only one Anesthetist ( Chang, John , Mumtaz , Solan , Prasan)
There are five different types of fluids , and each theatre is using a different one at the moment (Saline, Blood, Dextrose, Plasma, Colloid)
There are five different types of airway, and each theatre is using a different one at the moment.( standard tracheal tube, armoured tracheal tube, curved tracheal tube (RAE) , face mask airway, laryngeal mask airway)
There are five defibrillators (defibs), one in each theatre. Unfortunately , only ONE of them is in working order. The other four are not in working and each one of these has a different fault ( Broken switch ; No batteries ; Broken paddles ; Missing wires)
Now the question !
A surgeon has collapsed in the coffee room. You must get the defibrillator fast. Which theatre has the working defibrillator ? There are 15 clues below which will allow you to definitely work out in where the working defibrillator is.
Note:
Not attempting to save the surgeon is not acceptable.
Do NOT use your medical knowledge , e.g. which fluids for a pediatric case etc. This is a riddle , not a medical exam !
The solution to the riddle involves no guessing. You can definitely solve it with the 15 clues provided below:
1. Mumtaz works in the Neuro theatre. 2. Prasan has the defibrillator with the broken switch. 3. Solan is using Dextrose. 4. When looking at the theatres from front, the Paediatric Theatre is on the left of the Trauma Theatre. 5. The Anesthetist in the Paediatric theatre is using Saline. 6. The Anaesthetist using the standard tracheal tube has the defibrillator without wires. 7. The Anaesthetist in the Cardiac theatre is using a Face Mask Airway. 8. The Anesthetist in the middle theatre is infusing plasma to the patient. 9. John is working in the first theatre. 10. The Anesthetist who is using the laryngeal mask airway is working next to the theatre that has the defibrillator with broken paddles 11. The Anesthetist who has the defibrillator with no batteries is working next to the theatre using the face mask airway. 12. The Anesthetist using the armoured tracheal tube is giving blood to the patient . 13. Chang is using the curved tracheal tube. 14. John is working next to the Orthopedic theatre. 15. The Anesthetist using the laryngeal mask airway is working next to the theatre where colloid is being given to the patient.
Which theatre has the working defibrillator !!!!!
Time yourself ...Good Luck to the surgeon.
Once you have worked out which theater has the working defibrillator is, click on one of the theaters below to go and get it :
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