Subjects: Medicine

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.

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.

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.

The Doctors head into the lab where where Dr. Xand draws some of Dr. Chris’s blood and puts it in a centrifuge machine to show us the different components of our blood. Then, they cut into a pig femur to show us where blood comes from.

The Doctors also go “Ouch & About” in the Ouchmobile where Dr. Chris meets a boy with a poliosis and a girl with scleral melanocytosis, while Dr. Xand explains why your mouth waters just before you vomit.

Dr. Chris meets a boy with epilepsy who is going to have surgery to have a small piece of his brain removed in an attempt to prevent future epileptic siezures.

In Accident & Emergency, one patient has an agonisingly painful ankle and another patient has had her hand trampled by her horse.

Plus, we learn a mindbending trick and Dr. Xand goes on call with an emergency medical team.

The Doctors invite an opera singer into their lab to demonstrate the power of the diaphragm. They use a pig’s innards and some balloons in a bottle to show us what a diaphragm looks like and how it works.

The Doctors also go “Ouch & About” in the Ouchmobile where Dr. Xand meets a boy with a double crown and a boy with a facial scar, while Dr. Chris explains why some twins are very different from each other.

Plus, the Doctors work with their Dad to perform some DNA analysis to investigate who stole Dr. Xand’s strawberry milk.

In Accident & Emergency, one patient has a staple in his finger and another patient has a cut in her eyebrow.

We also learn a mindbending trick and Dr. Chris goes on call with an emergency medical team.

The Doctors head into the lab where they’ve set up a poo factory to explain how our bodies make poo and why we sometimes get diarrhea.

The Doctors also go “Ouch & About” in the Ouchmobile, where Dr. Chris meets a boy with psoriasis and a girl with pseudoachondroplasia, while Dr. Xand explains why verrucas are so infectious.

Plus, Dr. Xand investigates how figure skaters manage to do all those spinning tricks without getting dizzy and falling over.

In Accident & Emergency, one patient has a broken arm and another patient has a terribly painful toe.

We also learn a mindbending trick and Dr. Xand goes on call with an emergency medical team.

The Doctors head into the lab where they test the hypothesis of new research into why the skin on our fingers and toes go wrinkly in the bath.

The Doctors also go “Ouch & About” in the Ouchmobile, where Dr. Xand meets a brother and sister duo with a squint in opposite eyes and a set of brothers who have very stretchy collagen, while Dr. Chris explains why we get shorter during the day.

Plus, Dr. Chris investigates some research into how much exercise is safe for children with heart conditions to perform.

In Accident & Emergency, one patient has a mystery headache and another patient has a dislocated jaw.

We also learn a mindbending trick and Dr. Xand goes on call with an emergency medical team.

The Doctors head into the lab for another body experiment to explain why you cough and why you should always cover your mouth when you cough.

In “Ouch & About,” the Doctors go mobile in the Ouch Mobile. Dr. Xand meets with one patient who seems to be taking a long time to lose his baby teeth and a set of twin patients who want to know why they’re not identical, while Dr. Chris explains what causes hiccups and why your lips get chapped in the winter.

Plus, Dr. Xand observes a cochlear implant surgery and explains how they help deaf people hear, we learn the proper First Aid for treating something nasty in your eye, and Dr. Xand goes on call with emergency services.

In Accident & Emergency, one patient has a LEGO piece stuck up his nose and another has a bump on her head that may have resulted in a concussion.

The Doctors head into the lab with Mr. Bigmouth to illustrate how you taste your food and how a cold, and even your age, can affect your sense of taste.

In “Ouch & About,” the Doctors go mobile in the Ouch Mobile. Dr. Chris meets a brother and sister with teeth problems and a boy whose little fingers are both bent, while Dr. Xand explains why our fingernails sometimes turn black and why our faces turn red when we’re upside down.

Plus, Dr. Chris comes face-to-face with his own skull as he investigates how 3D printing technology is revolutionising medicine, we learn the proper First Aid for a bleeding gash on your head, and Dr. Xand goes on call with emergency services.

In Accident & Emergency, one patient has cut her hand on some glass and another has a cut above his eye.

The Doctors head into the lab with a pig bladder and an ultrasound machine to show us how much liquid your bladder can hold and how you empty it with the micturition reflex.

In “Ouch & About,” the Doctors go mobile in the Ouch Mobile. Dr. Xand meets a girl with blepharitis and a boy with a hypopigmented birthmark, while Dr. Chris explains why hair doesn’t grow back on scars and why your funny bone tingles when you bump it.

Plus, Dr. Chris investigates how robots are used in hospitals for tasks like getting rid of tumours, we learn the proper First Aid for hypothermia, and Dr. Chris goes on call with emergency services.

In Accident & Emergency, one patient has a sausage finger after slamming it in a car door and another has swallowed a coin.