Subjects: General

  • Operation Ouch! – S02E02

    Operation Ouch! – S02E02

    The Doctors head into the lab to explain why we puke and show us what happens in your body when you vomit, then they head to the park to show us the proper First Aid for a splinter.

    Also, Dr. Chris meets three brothers who all have hemophilia while Dr. Xand hops on a motorcycle in the middle of the night to help deliver some urgently needed blood to a hospital.

    In Accident & Emergency, one patient has some serious scrapes from a mountain bike accident and another hurt his finger during a game of football with his Granddad.

    We also meet a very flexible man known as “The Twister,” learn a body trick that will make you appear to levitate, and the Doctors show us how our skin repairs itself when we get a cut.

  • Operation Ouch! – S02E03

    Operation Ouch! – S02E03

    The Doctors head into the lab where Dr. Chris uses a digital opthalmoscopic slit lamp to get a really close look at Dr. Xand’s eye and show us how it reacts to changing levels of light. They also cut up an eyeball to show us what’s inside. They then head to the park to show us the proper First Aid for a bump on the head.

    Plus, Dr. Xand goes to the hospital pool with a boy with arthritis for some hydrotherapy while Dr. Chris investigates why we have body fat, how it is measured, and why too much body fat is unhealthy.

    In Accident & Emergency, one patient has a mysterious rash and another has an infected finger.

    We also meet a man with a very strong neck, learn a body trick that will make your friends think they’re falling through the floor, and the Doctors show us how our body heals itself after a burn.

  • Operation Ouch! – S02E04

    Operation Ouch! – S02E04

    The Doctors head into the lab where Dr. Xand shoves a trans-nasal oesophagoscopic camera up Dr. Chris’s nose and down his throat to show us how the epiglottis prevents the things you swallow from ending up in your lungs. They then head to the bathroom to show us the proper First Aid for a nose bleed.

    Plus, Dr. Xand visits a sensory deprivation chamber to show us what happens to your brain when your senses are hampered.

    In Accident & Emergency, one patient has a very swollen ankle and another has a ripped ear lobe.

    We also meet a man who can contort his face into some amazing expressions, learn a body trick that will prevent your friends from controlling their fingers, and the Doctors show us why bruises happen.

  • Operation Ouch! – S02E05

    Operation Ouch! – S02E05

    The Doctors head into the lab to show us what ear wax is and why we have it. They then head to the park to show us the proper First Aid to treat a sting.

    Plus, Dr. Xand investigates how doctors create replacement body parts out of bioplastic.

    In Accident & Emergency, one patient has swallowed a hair clip and another may have broken her toe when she got her foot stuck in a chair.

    We also meet a chap with an incredibly bendy body, learn why it’s so hard to not lick sugar off your lips, and the Doctors show us shy it’s so easy to get a nose bleed and how your body heals one.

  • Operation Ouch! – S02E06

    Operation Ouch! – S02E06

    The Doctors head into the lab where they use a liver to show us how enzymes break down the food you eat into the chemicals your body can use. They then take a walk down the street to show us the proper First Aid to treat a bruised foot.

    Plus, Dr. Chris collects snot samples from random people in the city and at the seaside to investigate how our snot helps protect our lungs from air pollution and what happens inside our lungs when we breathe in too much pollution.

    In Accident & Emergency, one patient has a sore fat lip that may be the result of a food allergy and another needs surgery on his nose after a collision during a football game.

    We also meet a woman who can pull a car with her hair, learn why it’s so hard to not lick sugar off your lips, and the Doctors show us how your body heals a sprain.

  • Operation Ouch! – S02E07

    Operation Ouch! – S02E07

    The Doctors head into the lab with some special lights to show us that some things in our body shine or glow brightly due to fluorescence and how you can write secret messages using your wee. They then head to the park to show us how to warm your muscles up before playing a game of football and the proper First Aid for a whack on the eye.

    Plus, Dr. Chris visits the Speech Therapy Clinic where a girl is learning how to speak after many surgeries to repair her cleft palate. Meanwhile, Dr. Xand investigates why head lice like our heads so much and how to get rid of them and then visits and entomologist to investigate some of the other things that like to live on and in our bodies.

    In Accident & Emergency, one patient has a pencil stuck in her ear and another has a cut on her head.

    We also meet identical quadruplet sisters and the Doctors show us how your body fights back against spoiled food.

  • Operation Ouch! – S02E08

    Operation Ouch! – S02E08

    The Doctors head into the lab where they use a sheep’s stomach to demonstrate just how much your stomach can expand when you eat a big meal and how the acid produced by your stomach’s parietal cells breaks down the food you eat. They then head into the living room to show us the proper First Aid for treating a carpet burn.

    Plus, Dr. Xand visits the orthodontist’s office to see how braces are installed and how they work, then he observes a surgery to remove excess teeth. Meanwhile, Dr. Chris investigates how our cochlea work and how they can be damaged by loud noise or just naturally damaged as we age. He then takes a hearing test with a young boy to see who has better hearing.

    In Accident & Emergency, a patient with polyostotic fibrous dysplasia has yet another broken bone and another has a hole in his head after a bicycle accident.

    The Doctors also explain why we get blisters and how to prevent them.

  • Operation Ouch! – S02E09

    Operation Ouch! – S02E09

    The Doctors head into the lab where they use a bio-detection dog to show us how these specially-trained dogs can be used to detect serious illnesses just by sniffing people’s breath. They then head into the hallway to show us the proper First Aid for a finger that’s been jammed in a door.

    Plus, Dr. Chris meets a woman who makes very realistic looking body parts and injuries and he asks her to make it look like he has a serious burn on his hand.

    In Accident & Emergency, one patient has a cut and puffy cheek and another has a chickpea stuck in his ear.

    We also meet a world-champion toe wrestler, learn a body trick that will make it seem like your arms are floating on their own, and the Doctors show us how your body deals with a cold.

  • Operation Ouch! – S02E10

    Operation Ouch! – S02E10

    The Doctors show us some of their favourite segments from past episodes of Operation Ouch!

    The Doctors head into the lab to show us what happens when we sneeze… and it’s not what most people think! They then head to the park to show us the proper First Aid for a sprained ankle.

    Plus, Dr. Xand enters a cryogenic chamber to find out how our bodies react to extreme cold.

    In Accident & Emergency, one patient has severe belly pain because he’s constipated and another has a potentially serious neck injury.

    We also meet a woman who can contort her body to fit into unbelievably small spaces, learn a body trick that will make it difficult for your friends to stand up, and the Doctors show us how your body heals a scratched eye.

  • Operation Ouch! – S03E01

    Operation Ouch! – S03E01

    The Doctors head into the lab where they use a set of pig intestines to illustrate just how gutsy you are and how the mesentery prevents all those intestines from getting tangled inside you. They also explain what your small intestine and large intestine do and how much energy is contained in your farts.

    In “Ouch & About,” the Doctors go mobile in the Ouch Mobile. Dr. Xand meets with one patient who has eczema and another patient who has a birthmark on his face that’s shaped like Britain, while Dr. Chris explains why you get a brain freeze when you eat ice cream too quickly and how you sprain your muscles.

    Plus, Dr. Chris visits a Nurse Training Room to investigate how student nurses train with dummies to learn how to treat illnesses, we learn the proper First Aid for treating a jammed finger, and Dr. Xand goes on call with emergency services.

    In Accident & Emergency, one patient has a nasty cut on her nose after a fall and another has burned his hand.