Subjects: Medicine

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.

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.

The Doctors head into the lab where they use a pig heart to show us how much blood your heart pumps and how hard it pumps the blood.

In “Ouch & About,” the Doctors go mobile in the Ouch Mobile. Dr. Xand meets with one patient who has a bunch of verrucas on his feet and another patient who can fold his earlobe and stick it into his ear canal, while Dr. Chris explains why your heart beats faster when you’re frightened and what happens when you get a bruise.

Plus, Dr. Xand visits a girl and her specially-trained dog to investigate how the service dog’s sniffing helps the girl control her Type 1 Diabetes, we learn the proper First Aid for treating a broken arm, and Dr. Chris goes on call with emergency services.

In Accident & Emergency, one patient has a “hamster cheek” because of a dental abscess and another sliced her finger open.

The Doctors head into the lab to show us how our body’s largest organ, our skin, protects our insides from the outside world.

Also, Dr. Chris goes on duty in the Allergy Clinic to show us what allergies do to our bodies and how people are tested for food allergies 

In Accident & Emergency, one patient has a “banana arm” after a fall and another has a hot oil burn on her foot.

We also meet the man with the world’s loudest burp, learn a body trick that makes it seem like you can read your friends’s mind, and Dr. Chris goes on call with a emergency ambulance team.

The Doctors head into the lab to show us why it’s important to brush our teeth every day, then they head into the kitchen to show us the proper First Aid for a minor burn.

Also, Dr. Xand visits the podiatrist to get some verucas removed from his foot while Dr. Chris investigates how scientists at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory are turning urine to create electricity.

In Accident & Emergency, one patient has a screw up his nose and another has a deep gash on her chin.

We also meet a man with hypertrichosis, learn a body trick that will easily prevent your friend from bending down to pick something up off the floor, and the Doctors show us how our broken bones repair themselves.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Doctors head into the lab to experiment with their urine.

Also, Dr. Chris visits the Dermatology Clinic where he learns why you shouldn’t pop a pimple, how eczema is treated, and more about the body’s largest organ, the skin. Plus, Dr. Chris investigates how venom is extracted from venomous snakes and is used to make antivenom to treat snake bites.

In Accident & Emergency, one patient got a hole in his forehead after crashing his new bicycle while not wearing a helmet and another has a periorbital haematoma (a black eye) after bumping his head on a windowsill.

We also meet a contortionist who can bend her body to fit in unbelievably small spaces, learn a body trick with which you can trick your friends’ tastebuds, and Dr. Xand goes on call with an emergency ambulance team.