Subjects: Medicine

  • Operation Ouch! – S03E06

    Operation Ouch! – S03E06

    The Doctors head into the lab as their alter egos, Captain Cryogenic and Dokter Warm, to illustrate how your body works to maintain a constant core body temperature.

    In “Ouch & About,” the Doctors go mobile in the Ouch Mobile. Dr. Xand meets a girl with a large compound melanocytic nevus (a large mole) under her watch and an “outie” bellybutton, while Dr. Chris explains why we get “pins and needles” sensations and why we sometimes get a stitch when we run and how to prevent it.

    Plus, Dr. Xand investigates how his face reacts when he lies, we learn the proper First Aid for someone who has knocked out a tooth, and Dr. Chris goes on call with emergency services.

    In Accident & Emergency, one patient has a rather gruesome cut on his leg from a bicycle accident and another patient has a sore tummy.

  • Operation Ouch! – S03E07

    Operation Ouch! – S03E07

    The Doctors head into the lab after Dr. Xand stopped washing for three days to make cheese from body bacteria from Dr. Xand’s toes, armpits, and belly button.

    In “Ouch & About,” Dr. Xand goes mobile in the Ouch Mobile. He meets a girl with a very bendy body and another girl with psoriasis, and explains why we get heat rash and why we shiver.

    Plus, Dr. Chris investigates how a bionic eye is being developed to help blind people see, we learn the proper First Aid for a broken leg, and Dr. Xand goes on call with emergency services.

    In Accident & Emergency, one patient broke his arm while playing football and another patient has fractured her wrist while doing a handstand.

  • Operation Ouch! – S03E08

    Operation Ouch! – S03E08

    The Doctors head into the lab to demonstrate how your body turns the food you eat into energy to power your body.

    In “Ouch & About,” the Doctors go mobile in the Ouch Mobile. Dr. Chris meets a girl with an extra tooth between her two front teeth and a boy with a fungus under his toenails, and Dr. Xand explains why your tummy sometimes flips on a rollercoaster and how antibiotics know which parts of your body to affect.

    Plus, Dr. Chris visits the Asthma Clinic to investigate how many people in the UK have asthma and how it’s treated, we learn the proper First Aid for a broken finger, and Dr. Xand goes on call with emergency services.

    In Accident & Emergency, one patient dislocated her knee and another patient has fractured his arm while playing on the slide.

  • Operation Ouch! – S03E09

    Operation Ouch! – S03E09

    The Doctors head into the lab with a huge ball of string and some pig skin to demonstrate how blood gets absolutely everywhere inside your body via veins and arteries. They also demonstrate what happens when our arteries get blocked.

    In “Ouch & About,” Dr. Xand goes mobile in the Ouch Mobile. He meets a boy with hallux interphalangeus (bendy toes) and a girl with vitiligo (lighter patches of skin). He also heads out into the amusement park and explains why your legs get wobbly legs after a scary park ride and why your face stretches on a fast rollercoaster.

    Plus, Dr. Xand investigates how occupational therapists and physiotherapists help people get their muscles working properly, we learn the proper First Aid when someone has been knocked unconscious, and Dr. Chris goes on call with emergency services.

    In Accident & Emergency, one patient has suffered a nasty knock on his head during a rugby match and another patient has a nasty cut on his head.

  • Operation Ouch! – S03E10

    Operation Ouch! – S03E10

    The Doctors show us some of their favourite segments from past episodes.

    The Doctors head into the lab to show us why it’s important to brush our teeth every day.

    In “Ouch & About,” Dr. Xand goes mobile in the Ouch Mobile. He meets a boy with warts on his hand and foot and anotehr boy with flat feet. He also heads out into the amusement park and explains why some people get sick on the rollercoaster and why your eye gets red when it’s scratched.

    Plus, Dr. Chris investigates how scientists are using urine as a power source, we learn the proper First Aid for someone who’s choking, and Dr. Xand goes on call with emergency services.

    In Accident & Emergency, one patient has a crayon stuck in her ear and another patient has a broken nose.

  • Operation Ouch! – S04E01

    Operation Ouch! – S04E01

    The Doctors head into the lab where they use a pig’s spinal column and some dominoes to show us what a spinal cord looks like and what nerves and the myelin sheath do.

    The Doctors also go “Ouch & About” in the Ouchmobile where Dr. Xand meets a girl with a visible line of Blaschko running down her tummy and a girl with mosaicism, while Dr. Chris explains why we turn red when we’re shy and why a paper cut hurts so much.

    Dr. Xand collects some samples from people’s hands and then takes those samples to a lab to investigate why it’s so important to wash your hands as often as possible.

    In Accident & Emergency, one patient has a candy stuck up her nose and another patient has a sore and swollen ear.

    Plus, we learn how the mindbending Ebbinghaus Illusion works and Dr. Chris goes on call with an emergency medical team.

  • 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.