Subjects: General

  • Operation Ouch! – S06E05

    Operation Ouch! – S06E05

    The Doctors head into the lab to conduct a terrific tooth testing test to demonstrate why you have different types of teeth in your mouth.

    In Operation Takeover, the Doctors discover the importance and difficulty of being a lifeguard.

    In the Ouch Patients segment, we will follow four children along their daily lives throughout the season to learn what it’s like to be a regular hospital outpatient. In this episode, we catch up with Maisie to see how having celiac disease affects her school lunches, then we check in with Kaden as he goes for his regular 6-week check-up to see how his cystic fibrosis is affecting him.

    Dr. Chris investigates how the tactical medical wing of the RAF provides medical care all around the world.

    In Accident & Emergency, one patient may have broken his kneecap in yet another motocross accident and another patient hurt her wrist after falling out of bed and then falling during a handstand.

  • Operation Ouch! – S06E06

    Operation Ouch! – S06E06

    The Doctors head into the lab with the Dr. Xand Patented Eyebrow Eliminator to demonstrate why humans have eybrows.

    In Operation Takeover, the Doctors discover the importance and difficulty of being a pharmacist.

    During Ouch & About On Call, Dr. Xand explains how your trachea (windpipe) works and explains how our genes make us different from each other, while Dr. Chris explains how our brains work and why we have thoughts.

    The Doctors show us the proper first aid for a bad burn.

    In Accident & Emergency, one patient has broken her finger while jumping on a trampoline and another patient has broken his toe during a jiu-jitsu match.

  • Operation Ouch! – S06E07

    Operation Ouch! – S06E07

    The Doctors head into the lab to demonstrate how brain’s neuroplasticity, grey matter, white matter all come into play when you are learning new things.

    In Operation Takeover, the Doctors discover the importance and difficulty of being a firefighter.

    In the Ouch Patients segment, we will follow four children along their daily lives throughout the season to learn what it’s like to be a regular hospital outpatient. In this episode, we catch up with Bolu as she gets some blood drawn to see how sickle cell anaemia is affecting her blood cells, then we check in with Millie as she does some exercises at home and does physiotherapy at the hospital to help her cope with polyarticular arthritis.

    Dr. Chris visits the Ophthalmology Department to investigate how ophthalmologists, strabismologists, orthoptists, optometrists, and ophthalmic nurses all work as a team to help people with vision problems.

    In Accident & Emergency, one patient has a dislocated ankle and another patient whose knee started hurting when he was playing tag at school.

  • Operation Ouch! – S06E08

    Operation Ouch! – S06E08

    The Doctors head into the lab to demonstrate how your blood flows through valves in a one-way system throughout your body.

    In Operation Takeover, the Doctors discover the importance and difficulty of being a member of the hospital laundry department.

    During Ouch & About On Call, Dr. Xand explains how and why your body produces insulin and what hypermobility is, while Dr. Chris explains why people faint.

    The Doctors demonstrate the proper first aid for someone who is having an asthma attack.

    In Accident & Emergency, one patient has a sore lip after a playground accident and another patient has an itchy rash all over his body.

  • Operation Ouch! – S05E03

    Operation Ouch! – S05E03

    The Doctors head into the lab to examine the gristly stuff in our joints: cartilage. They show us what causes “cauliflower ear” and demonstrate what would happen if we didn’t have any cartilage in our bodies.

    In Operation Takeover, the Doctors discover the importance and difficulty of being a hospital porter.

    In the Ouch Patients segment, we will follow four children along their daily lives throughout the season to learn what it’s like to be a regular hospital outpatient. In this episode, we meet two more Ouch Patients. Holly has cerebral palsy and has regular physiotherapy treatments, and Haiden has Marfan syndrome and is undergoing a heart surgery.

    In Investigation Ouch, Dr. Chris investigates why animal therapy dogs are an important part of a hospital’s efforts to reduce patient stress.

    In Accident & Emergency, one patient has been airlifted from the scene of a traffic accident and another patient has a spring stuck in his thumb.

  • Operation Ouch! – S05E04

    Operation Ouch! – S05E04

    The Doctors head into the lab with a breath by breath gas analysis system and then head outdoors for some fiery experiments to show us how much oxygen is in the air and how much of it we use in our bodies.

    In Operation Takeover, the Doctors discover the importance and difficulty of being a 999 emergency call handler.

    During Ouch & About On Call, Dr. Chris explains why most surgeons don’t get nervous when operating on children and what it’s like to treat someone with septic arthritis, while Dr. Xand explains why some people are “double-jointed.”

    Dr. Chris investigates how patients are getting their vital signs monitored with Formula 1 technology.

    In Accident & Emergency, one patient has lots of gory grazes after a bicycle accident and another patient has a twist in her wrist after falling off a stool.

  • Operation Ouch! – S05E05

    Operation Ouch! – S05E05

    The Doctors head into the lab with a gleeker to show us how our body produces saliva, what it’s made of, and why we need it.

    In Operation Takeover, the Doctors discover the importance and difficulty of being a member of the hospital maintenance team.

    In the Ouch Patients segment, we will follow four children along their daily lives throughout the season to learn what it’s like to be a regular hospital outpatient. In this episode, we check in with leukemia patient Ruby as she goes to the hospital for some chemotherapy treatment via a lumbar puncture and blood and platelets transfusions, and then check in with dialysis patient Tola as he shows us how is kidney disease affects his diet.

    In Investigation Ouch, Dr. Chris investigates the Emergency Department of the hospital and discovers how the doctors and nurses train for treating emergency patients.

    In Accident & Emergency, one patient has been airlifted to the hospital after falling on his neck during a rugby game and another patient got her foot caught in the wheel of her Mom’s bicycle.

  • Operation Ouch! – S05E06

    Operation Ouch! – S05E06

    The Doctors head into the lab to take a look at the cells of the cones and rods in your eyes and explain the difference between central vision and peripheral vision.

    In Operation Takeover, the Doctors discover the importance and difficulty of being a patient arts & entertainment coordinator.

    During Ouch & About On Call, Dr. Chris explains what makes the blood vessels burst in Henoch-Schonlein purpura and how an infusion pump works, while Dr. Xand explains why we cry.

    In the Ouch Patients segment, we will follow four children along their daily lives throughout the season to learn what it’s like to be a regular hospital outpatient. In this episode, we meet the first two Ouch Patients. Ruby is a leukemia patient who receives regular chemotherapy treatments and Tola is a dialysis patient who is awaiting a kidney transplant.

    Dr. Chris investigates what stem cells are and how researchers have developed an amazing way to make blood from stem cells that won’t be rejected by transfusion patients.

    In Accident & Emergency, one patient has been airlifted to the hospital with a deep cut in her chest and another patient has fallen and smacked his head on a goalpost.

  • Operation Ouch! – S05E07

    Operation Ouch! – S05E07

    The Doctors head into the lab to find out how your immune system works by examining lymph nodes and leukocytes (white blood cells).

    In Operation Takeover, the Doctors discover the importance and difficulty of being a member of the domestic services team.

    In the Ouch Patients segment, we will follow four children along their daily lives throughout the season to learn what it’s like to be a regular hospital outpatient. In this episode, we check in with Haiden as he undergoes heart surgery to treat Marfan syndrome; then we check in with Holly as she goes to the clinic for some physiotherapy to help her cope with cerebral palsy.

    Dr. Xand heads to the Autism Show to investigate how autism spectrum disorder affects the senses of people with autism.

    In Accident & Emergency, one patient has cut her nose on some exercise equipment and another patient’s toe was crushed when a bench fell on it.

  • Operation Ouch! – S04E06

    Operation Ouch! – S04E06

    The Doctors head into the lab with a pair of kidneys from a pig where they show us how the nephrons in our kidneys filter our blood and what happens if you don’t drink enough water.

    The Doctors also go “Ouch & About” in the Ouchmobile, where Dr. Xand meets a girl with keratosis pilaris and a boy with an interesting scar on his tummy from a hernia, while Dr. Chris explains what boogers are made of.

    Plus, Dr. Chris investigates how some organisations are helping sight-impaired people who have depth perception problems live a normal life.

    In Accident & Emergency, one patient has a stone in his ear and another patient has twisted his leg.