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He's Dr Chris. | 0:00:23 | 0:00:25 | |
He's Dr Xand. | 0:00:25 | 0:00:26 | |
And yes, we're identical twins! | 0:00:26 | 0:00:28 | |
Do you know your body does heaps of amazing things every single day? | 0:00:29 | 0:00:34 | |
That is incredible. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:35 | |
And we're going to show you how. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:37 | |
Ah! You've cut him in half. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:39 | |
We've got incredible experiments | 0:00:39 | 0:00:41 | |
-Ah! -BOTH: Wow. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:43 | |
And real-life medical emergencies. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:45 | |
-There's a big chunk of my leg missing. -Ouch! | 0:00:45 | 0:00:48 | |
We'll be turning our bodies inside out... | 0:00:48 | 0:00:51 | |
Oh, yuck! | 0:00:51 | 0:00:53 | |
..to show you what you're made of. | 0:00:53 | 0:00:55 | |
HE BREAKS WIND You should see a doctor. | 0:00:55 | 0:00:57 | |
I'd better go find one. | 0:00:57 | 0:00:59 | |
HE CLEARS HIS THROAT | 0:00:59 | 0:01:01 | |
Dr Xand, hmm? | 0:01:01 | 0:01:03 | |
Coming up today... | 0:01:06 | 0:01:08 | |
On Operation Ouch! | 0:01:08 | 0:01:09 | |
What are you doing in there? | 0:01:09 | 0:01:11 | |
We find out what makes your ticker tick. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:16 | |
This is a real heart. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:19 | |
I'm on the road with the West Midlands Ambulance Service. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:23 | |
We're driving toward the emergency and the call is still going on. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:26 | |
And we show you what to do if this happens. | 0:01:26 | 0:01:29 | |
I think I've broken my arm. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:31 | |
But first... | 0:01:31 | 0:01:32 | |
..we're giving you exclusive access to | 0:01:34 | 0:01:36 | |
an Accident and Emergency department. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:38 | |
-Well, come on. Let's meet the first patient! -All right, all right. | 0:01:38 | 0:01:42 | |
At the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, | 0:01:42 | 0:01:44 | |
seven-year-old Logan has come in with his mum | 0:01:44 | 0:01:47 | |
and a rather unique ailment. | 0:01:47 | 0:01:49 | |
Whoa, what's happened to your cheek? | 0:01:49 | 0:01:52 | |
My cheek looks like a hamster cheek. | 0:01:52 | 0:01:54 | |
So, you're a cheeky little hamster? | 0:01:55 | 0:01:57 | |
-No, I'm not a hamster. -Are you sure? -No. | 0:01:57 | 0:02:00 | |
OK, let's find out how he got that swollen cheek. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:04 | |
-OWL HOOTS -Logan was cosily tucked up in bed | 0:02:04 | 0:02:07 | |
when a pain in his tooth disturbed his sleep. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:11 | |
Uh, hello? Who's this little fella? | 0:02:11 | 0:02:13 | |
Keep up, Xand. It's a hamster. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:15 | |
Anyway, Logan had taken his nasty gnasher | 0:02:15 | 0:02:18 | |
to get fixed by a dentist before. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:20 | |
But the painful problem came back. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:24 | |
Ooh, nice swag bag, Hammy! | 0:02:24 | 0:02:26 | |
What? Focus, Xand! | 0:02:26 | 0:02:27 | |
ZAP! Oh, OK. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:29 | |
Logan didn't feel like himself, and so woke up his mum. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:33 | |
Not only did he have a sore tooth, he had a red, swollen face, too. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:37 | |
Oh, so that's where the hamster comes in? Ouch. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:40 | |
Someone who does understand Logan's torturous tooth | 0:02:40 | 0:02:44 | |
is Dr Alex Trott. | 0:02:44 | 0:02:46 | |
What's been happening, Logan? | 0:02:46 | 0:02:47 | |
It's been sore | 0:02:47 | 0:02:49 | |
and it's turned into a hamster cheek. | 0:02:49 | 0:02:51 | |
Right. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:53 | |
-I've got a shiner here... -I can see. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:55 | |
-..and it's bright pink. -OK. | 0:02:55 | 0:02:57 | |
And inside I've got a tooth and it's got a big, black hole in it. | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
A black hole? | 0:03:00 | 0:03:01 | |
Well, that's a thorough rundown of your ailments, Logan. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:04 | |
Can you open your mouth for me? | 0:03:04 | 0:03:06 | |
I'm just going to have a look with the torch. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:08 | |
Dr Alex needs to spot exactly where all this pain | 0:03:08 | 0:03:11 | |
-and swelling is coming from. -And it's sore up there? -Yeah. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:15 | |
So, what do you reckon, Doc? | 0:03:15 | 0:03:17 | |
OK. It's a dental abscess, but it's quite a nasty one. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:21 | |
So, it's one of these top teeth, I think it's his back baby | 0:03:21 | 0:03:23 | |
-molar tooth and that's where the infection is sitting. -OK. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:26 | |
OK. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:28 | |
A dental abscess is a collection of gooey pus that forms in the | 0:03:28 | 0:03:31 | |
tooth or in the gum and is caused by a bacterial infection. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:36 | |
First, it's off to X-ray for a proper look. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:39 | |
Come closer. Your chin on here, you bite on there, | 0:03:39 | 0:03:42 | |
and we'll be done in a minute. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:44 | |
Good boy, really still. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:46 | |
OK, well done. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:48 | |
That's the problem tooth right there. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:51 | |
It needs fixing, so we'll catch up with Logan a bit later on | 0:03:51 | 0:03:54 | |
and find out what happens. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:56 | |
And now to our lab for some amazing body experiments. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
-Eugh! -Whoa. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:06 | |
Just don't try anything you see here at home. | 0:04:06 | 0:04:09 | |
Today it's your body's ticker, the heart. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:12 | |
Xand is having a little lie down. | 0:04:12 | 0:04:14 | |
You could actually try this bit at home. It's quite nice. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:17 | |
But what you can't try at home is hooking Xand up | 0:04:17 | 0:04:20 | |
to an electrocardiogram, which is what I've done, | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
and it's basically a heart monitor. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:25 | |
And each one of these spikes on the display is a separate | 0:04:25 | 0:04:28 | |
beat of the heart. And it doesn't matter what you're doing, even if | 0:04:28 | 0:04:31 | |
you're just lazing around like Xand, | 0:04:31 | 0:04:33 | |
-your heart never stops beating. -XAND SNORES | 0:04:33 | 0:04:35 | |
It beats even when you're asleep, | 0:04:35 | 0:04:38 | |
as Xand seems to be illustrating perfectly. | 0:04:38 | 0:04:40 | |
You can see the spikes and his pulse is around 70. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:44 | |
OK, Xand, demonstration over. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:46 | |
What? What? What demonstration? | 0:04:46 | 0:04:48 | |
I've been awake the whole time. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:50 | |
Now, your heart was beating when you were | 0:04:50 | 0:04:52 | |
a six-week-old embryo inside your mum, | 0:04:52 | 0:04:55 | |
just the size of a raisin. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:57 | |
Your heart is made up of millions of tiny cells | 0:04:57 | 0:05:00 | |
and each one of those cells beats on its own. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:03 | |
And here's one of them. This is a single heart cell. | 0:05:03 | 0:05:07 | |
It just won't stop beating, even without its mates. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:10 | |
Absolutely brilliant, isn't it, Xand? | 0:05:10 | 0:05:12 | |
-Xand? Xand! -What? | 0:05:12 | 0:05:14 | |
It's not nap time! | 0:05:14 | 0:05:16 | |
Now, if you ask more of your body, | 0:05:16 | 0:05:18 | |
say when you exercise... | 0:05:18 | 0:05:20 | |
-Exercise? -Yes, Xand, exercise. | 0:05:20 | 0:05:22 | |
..your heart will step up to help you out. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
Right, give me some nice, big star jumps, please, Xand. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:29 | |
When you exercise, your muscles need lots more blood and oxygen. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:33 | |
To provide this the heart speeds up. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:36 | |
As you can see, Xand's heart rate is much higher now than when he | 0:05:36 | 0:05:39 | |
was lying down. Even at rest, | 0:05:39 | 0:05:41 | |
it beats around 100,000 times a day. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:44 | |
So, you've seen how your heart beats at different rates | 0:05:44 | 0:05:48 | |
depending on what you're doing. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:49 | |
But how does your heart actually work? | 0:05:49 | 0:05:52 | |
How does it get all that blood where you need it, when you need it? | 0:05:52 | 0:05:55 | |
Well, we're going to show you. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:57 | |
Check this out! This is a real heart. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:04 | |
It's from a pig, but don't let that put you off. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:07 | |
It's very similar to a human heart | 0:06:07 | 0:06:09 | |
and it's a pump with no equal. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:11 | |
Blood arrives in the heart all tired and out of oxygen. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:15 | |
The heart pumps it straight to the lungs, where it collects new oxygen. | 0:06:15 | 0:06:20 | |
Back at the heart, it's given a mega pump, | 0:06:20 | 0:06:22 | |
which scoots it all around the body. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:25 | |
And there's no chance of it going the wrong way, thanks to the | 0:06:25 | 0:06:28 | |
heart's special valves. | 0:06:28 | 0:06:29 | |
And if you add up all the blood each of these beats | 0:06:29 | 0:06:32 | |
pushes around the body it comes to | 0:06:32 | 0:06:34 | |
7,200 litres a day. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:37 | |
That's enough to fill 93 bathtubs. | 0:06:37 | 0:06:40 | |
We've only got one bathtub! | 0:06:40 | 0:06:41 | |
And if you fill it with blood, where am I going to have my bath? | 0:06:41 | 0:06:44 | |
-HE SNIFFS -You need a bath. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:46 | |
Now, to show you how it manages to do that | 0:06:46 | 0:06:48 | |
we're going to cut our pig's heart open. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:51 | |
Looking inside the heart is absolutely amazing. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:55 | |
The muscle here is very thick. | 0:06:55 | 0:06:57 | |
This makes the heart really strong | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
and that's how it's able to pump blood right around your body. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:03 | |
But it couldn't do it without one important bit of the heart - | 0:07:03 | 0:07:06 | |
the valves, and you can see them here. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:08 | |
Their job is to make sure the blood goes in the right direction. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:11 | |
To see how the heart does its incredible job, | 0:07:11 | 0:07:14 | |
we've set up our real heart, | 0:07:14 | 0:07:16 | |
using plastic tubes as blood vessels | 0:07:16 | 0:07:18 | |
and green water to do the job of your blood. | 0:07:18 | 0:07:21 | |
OK, Chris, lift your bucket up a little bit. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:24 | |
First the heart fills with blood. | 0:07:24 | 0:07:26 | |
It does this every time it beats. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:28 | |
-Whoa, look at that! -Look at it fill! | 0:07:28 | 0:07:30 | |
OK, and squeeze now. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:32 | |
Xand's hands are doing what the heart does by itself | 0:07:32 | 0:07:35 | |
thousands of times a day. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:37 | |
And the heart is clever, because everything's going into that | 0:07:37 | 0:07:40 | |
bucket and nothing's going back into Chris' bucket. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:43 | |
The heart only pumps blood in one direction. | 0:07:43 | 0:07:46 | |
And that's thanks to the valves, | 0:07:46 | 0:07:48 | |
not to Harry Styles. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:50 | |
But there's one question that still remains. | 0:07:50 | 0:07:52 | |
How powerful is the heart and how far can it squirt blood? | 0:07:52 | 0:07:56 | |
I've filled the heart. | 0:07:56 | 0:07:58 | |
Now, you hold that bit. I'm going to get the bucket. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:01 | |
Give me that. Quick, quick! Get the bucket. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:03 | |
-OK, see if you can get it... -About a foot? | 0:08:03 | 0:08:06 | |
-Yeah, about half a metre. Go! -OK, go! | 0:08:06 | 0:08:08 | |
-Yay! -That's not bad, but I think we can go further. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:12 | |
-Let's refill the heart. -OK, quick, fill it up again. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:15 | |
But Xand's squeeze is not nearly as strong as a heartbeat. | 0:08:15 | 0:08:18 | |
Just aim it all in the bucket. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:20 | |
-Ready? -OK. Three, two, one. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:23 | |
XAND GROANS AND LAUGHS | 0:08:23 | 0:08:25 | |
Xand gets quite a lot beyond the bucket... | 0:08:26 | 0:08:29 | |
You just didn't get any in the bucket. | 0:08:29 | 0:08:31 | |
But I still think that's impressive, about two and a half metres. | 0:08:31 | 0:08:34 | |
Two and a half metres is pretty good, | 0:08:34 | 0:08:36 | |
but a live heart actually beats powerfully enough | 0:08:36 | 0:08:39 | |
to squirt blood more than ten metres. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:42 | |
Ten metres? That's more powerful than my best water pistol! | 0:08:42 | 0:08:46 | |
Luckily, Xand's not ten metres away. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:48 | |
Now, we're getting Ouch & About with our mobile clinic. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:59 | |
Today we're at a theme park | 0:08:59 | 0:09:01 | |
to help solve your medical mysteries. | 0:09:01 | 0:09:04 | |
If you're anxious about an ailment, | 0:09:04 | 0:09:06 | |
or curious about a condition, | 0:09:06 | 0:09:08 | |
then the Ouch-Mobile is the place for you. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:11 | |
That is incredible. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:12 | |
Chris is preparing the clinic ready for his first patient. | 0:09:12 | 0:09:15 | |
And Xand is out in the park to answer your burning questions. | 0:09:15 | 0:09:19 | |
At the clinic, Chris is open for business. | 0:09:19 | 0:09:22 | |
Next patient, please. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:23 | |
First in is nine-year-old Shoma with a question about some | 0:09:23 | 0:09:27 | |
frightful findings on his feet. | 0:09:27 | 0:09:29 | |
I've got a bunch of verrucas on my foot that won't go away. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:33 | |
Well, what have you got to say about this, Chris? | 0:09:33 | 0:09:35 | |
This sounds like a rare case of | 0:09:35 | 0:09:37 | |
And breathe. | 0:09:40 | 0:09:42 | |
Now, let's have a look. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:44 | |
Yeah, one, two, three... | 0:09:44 | 0:09:47 | |
There's a little cluster of them, here. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:49 | |
Now, that's the big daddy verruca, there, | 0:09:49 | 0:09:53 | |
then more up here. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:54 | |
That's an impressive nine verrucas | 0:09:54 | 0:09:56 | |
on one foot. | 0:09:56 | 0:09:58 | |
How do you get verrucas? | 0:09:58 | 0:10:00 | |
So, verrucas are viruses. So, you get them from walking around | 0:10:00 | 0:10:03 | |
where other people with verrucas have walked. | 0:10:03 | 0:10:06 | |
The virus has got quite a cool name. | 0:10:06 | 0:10:08 | |
-Want to know what it is? -Yeah. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:09 | |
It's called the: | 0:10:09 | 0:10:11 | |
Can you say that? | 0:10:11 | 0:10:12 | |
Nice one, Shoma. | 0:10:14 | 0:10:16 | |
The virus causes your skin to grow in an uncontrollable way, | 0:10:16 | 0:10:20 | |
leading to these lumps. | 0:10:20 | 0:10:22 | |
But the good news is, they often go away on their own. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:25 | |
The important thing if you have a verruca is to not spread it | 0:10:25 | 0:10:28 | |
to other people. So, when you go swimming you've got to | 0:10:28 | 0:10:30 | |
wear a verruca sock. When you play PE you've got to keep your shoes on. | 0:10:30 | 0:10:34 | |
And don't worry if you have verrucas, | 0:10:34 | 0:10:36 | |
they'll probably soon disappear by themselves. | 0:10:36 | 0:10:39 | |
Away from the clinic, Xand is Ouch & About in the park. | 0:10:39 | 0:10:43 | |
Now, let's see if there are any medical mysteries | 0:10:43 | 0:10:45 | |
or maybe people have got some questions for me. | 0:10:45 | 0:10:48 | |
Why does your heart beat fast on roller-coasters? | 0:10:48 | 0:10:51 | |
When you're frightened, | 0:10:51 | 0:10:52 | |
your body releases a hormone | 0:10:52 | 0:10:54 | |
called adrenaline and that makes your heart beat faster, | 0:10:54 | 0:10:58 | |
cos your body thinks it might have to run away. | 0:10:58 | 0:11:01 | |
Like if a tiger attacked you, you'd get a load of adrenaline, | 0:11:01 | 0:11:04 | |
your heart would beat fast and you'd run away faster. | 0:11:04 | 0:11:06 | |
That's what your body's doing, preparing to run away, | 0:11:06 | 0:11:09 | |
even though you're strapped into a roller-coaster. | 0:11:09 | 0:11:12 | |
Xand, look what I did today! | 0:11:12 | 0:11:14 | |
Oh, no! That's terrible. What happened? | 0:11:14 | 0:11:16 | |
Well, I was going on the ride and I hit my leg on the side of the ride. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:19 | |
-Ah, was it painful? -Yeah. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:20 | |
When you get a bruise, you break the blood vessels under your skin. | 0:11:20 | 0:11:23 | |
What you're seeing is bleeding under the skin. | 0:11:23 | 0:11:25 | |
All that stuff that looks black is actually red blood | 0:11:25 | 0:11:28 | |
and it'll gradually change colour as it heals. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:31 | |
Back at the Ouch-Mobile, there's a new case in the waiting room. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:34 | |
Hi, Dr Chris. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:35 | |
It's ten-year-old Mohammed and he's got something incredible to show us. | 0:11:35 | 0:11:39 | |
Mohammed, why have you come to the Ouch-Mobile today? | 0:11:39 | 0:11:42 | |
I can fold my ear and stick it in this hole here. | 0:11:42 | 0:11:45 | |
You can fold your ear in what? | 0:11:45 | 0:11:47 | |
Diagnose this, Chris. | 0:11:47 | 0:11:48 | |
So, this sounds like a very rare case of | 0:11:48 | 0:11:51 | |
Well, I can't wait to see it. | 0:11:55 | 0:11:57 | |
Wow! | 0:11:57 | 0:11:58 | |
That is the most bendy ear I've ever seen. | 0:11:58 | 0:12:01 | |
OK, Mohammed, give it a little wiggle | 0:12:01 | 0:12:03 | |
and make it pop out. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:05 | |
Well, let's see that again. | 0:12:05 | 0:12:07 | |
How come I can do that with my ear? | 0:12:07 | 0:12:10 | |
Well, inside your ear you've got some very bendy stuff called | 0:12:10 | 0:12:14 | |
cartilage and it's the same stuff that's in your nose. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:17 | |
So, I don't think there's anything wrong with your cartilage. | 0:12:17 | 0:12:20 | |
It's just nice and soft and you've got bendy ears. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:22 | |
Job done for today. | 0:12:22 | 0:12:24 | |
Still to come... | 0:12:27 | 0:12:29 | |
Chris is on call in the West Midlands | 0:12:29 | 0:12:31 | |
with a rapid response unit... | 0:12:31 | 0:12:32 | |
-John, have some nice, big breaths. -That's it. | 0:12:32 | 0:12:35 | |
..we show you how to cope with a medical mishap... | 0:12:35 | 0:12:38 | |
Yeah, that feels much better. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:40 | |
..and I meet a dog trained to save lives. | 0:12:40 | 0:12:43 | |
Back in Accident and Emergency, | 0:12:46 | 0:12:48 | |
Logan is waiting for an operation on his abscess. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:51 | |
Ooh, I love a good abscess. | 0:12:51 | 0:12:54 | |
But how did he get that swollen cheek and eye? | 0:12:55 | 0:12:58 | |
It all started one night when a bad pain in Logan's tooth | 0:12:58 | 0:13:02 | |
disturbed his sleep. | 0:13:02 | 0:13:04 | |
He woke up his mum and not only did he have a sore tooth, | 0:13:04 | 0:13:07 | |
he had a red, swollen face | 0:13:07 | 0:13:09 | |
that made him look a little odd. Ouch. | 0:13:09 | 0:13:12 | |
Logan's tooth is badly infected and needs something done about it. | 0:13:12 | 0:13:16 | |
What we need to do, really, is get that tooth out. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:19 | |
So, he's going to need an operation to remove the gnarly gnasher. | 0:13:19 | 0:13:23 | |
But our patient has his own ideas about what's going on in his mouth. | 0:13:23 | 0:13:27 | |
I'm waiting for someone to take the bad soldiers out | 0:13:27 | 0:13:31 | |
and the bad tooth out. | 0:13:31 | 0:13:33 | |
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Bad soldiers? | 0:13:33 | 0:13:35 | |
The bad soldiers were attacking that to make it more bigger, | 0:13:35 | 0:13:39 | |
the good soldiers were fighting the battle. | 0:13:39 | 0:13:43 | |
But who wins, Logan? | 0:13:43 | 0:13:45 | |
The good soldiers win, | 0:13:45 | 0:13:47 | |
because there's only about | 0:13:47 | 0:13:51 | |
41 bad soldiers and... | 0:13:51 | 0:13:53 | |
..57 good soldiers. | 0:13:54 | 0:13:57 | |
Huzzah, brilliant! | 0:13:57 | 0:13:59 | |
Best get you off to surgery, Logan. | 0:14:01 | 0:14:04 | |
First, Logan is put to sleep, so he won't feel a thing. | 0:14:04 | 0:14:08 | |
Performing the operation today is: | 0:14:08 | 0:14:10 | |
He removes Logan's problem tooth using extraction forceps. | 0:14:13 | 0:14:17 | |
At the same time, he spots some other broken teeth in Logan's mouth | 0:14:17 | 0:14:21 | |
and he takes those out, too. | 0:14:21 | 0:14:22 | |
That's OK, though. These are his milk teeth | 0:14:24 | 0:14:26 | |
and replacements will soon grow in. | 0:14:26 | 0:14:29 | |
Surgery done and dusted, Logan's abscess has been fixed | 0:14:29 | 0:14:33 | |
and he's had a few other potential problems solved as well. | 0:14:33 | 0:14:36 | |
We just took out these five teeth and, hopefully, he'll get big, | 0:14:36 | 0:14:39 | |
new, shiny teeth in to replace the ones we've taken out. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:42 | |
Logan just has to make sure that he's cleaning his teeth | 0:14:42 | 0:14:45 | |
really effectively now. | 0:14:45 | 0:14:46 | |
He needs to be brushing twice a day, using a good fluoride toothpaste | 0:14:46 | 0:14:50 | |
and he has to be careful how many sweets he's eating, too. | 0:14:50 | 0:14:54 | |
Our patient is wide awake and the swelling has gone down. | 0:14:54 | 0:14:58 | |
So, that's what you look like normally? | 0:14:58 | 0:15:01 | |
Logan's usually a chatterbox, but it's evening time on the | 0:15:01 | 0:15:04 | |
children's ward, so he has to be extra quiet. | 0:15:04 | 0:15:07 | |
-WHISPERS -Can you tell us how you're feeling? | 0:15:07 | 0:15:10 | |
We'll take that as a good sign. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:12 | |
So good, in fact, he's off home. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:14 | |
Just like a good little soldier. | 0:15:15 | 0:15:17 | |
BOTH: Bye! | 0:15:17 | 0:15:18 | |
In the UK, there are hundreds of rapid response | 0:15:21 | 0:15:24 | |
medical teams on standby... | 0:15:24 | 0:15:26 | |
And they have to get to the scene of an emergency in minutes. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:29 | |
We're on call with the UK emergency services, showing you what | 0:15:31 | 0:15:35 | |
it's really like on the front line saving lives. | 0:15:35 | 0:15:37 | |
This state-of-the-art rapid response vehicle can get to the | 0:15:41 | 0:15:45 | |
scene of a medical emergency in minutes. And today, I'm going | 0:15:45 | 0:15:48 | |
out in it to show you what it's like to be a life-saving paramedic. | 0:15:48 | 0:15:52 | |
If you have an accident, this fast medical service is ready to help | 0:15:54 | 0:15:58 | |
24 hours a day. | 0:15:58 | 0:16:00 | |
You never know what we're going to find when we get there, | 0:16:00 | 0:16:02 | |
but I've got my camera and, of course, Eric's in the back with his. | 0:16:02 | 0:16:06 | |
So, we've got it covered from all angles. | 0:16:06 | 0:16:09 | |
On call with me is paramedic Jan Vann. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:12 | |
She can do 20 emergency callouts in a day. | 0:16:13 | 0:16:16 | |
And a new case is just in. | 0:16:18 | 0:16:19 | |
We're driving toward the emergency and the call is still going on. | 0:16:20 | 0:16:24 | |
And it's just come in that it's a 75-year-old man. | 0:16:24 | 0:16:27 | |
Jan is the first medic on the scene to see Don. | 0:16:27 | 0:16:30 | |
-Hello, Donald. -Hello. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:32 | |
-Have you got any pain anywhere? -In me hip. | 0:16:32 | 0:16:34 | |
Right, we need to try and get you onto your back | 0:16:34 | 0:16:36 | |
so I can assess whether we think you've broken it or not. | 0:16:36 | 0:16:39 | |
Right, I'm going to pull on your trousers. | 0:16:39 | 0:16:42 | |
It's clear Don's had a nasty fall and to make him more | 0:16:42 | 0:16:45 | |
comfortable, Jan wants to move him onto his back. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:48 | |
Give us your arm, then, so I can do your blood pressure. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:51 | |
Are you happy to go to the hospital today and maybe get an X-ray, yeah? | 0:16:51 | 0:16:54 | |
Yeah. Anything. | 0:16:54 | 0:16:55 | |
To help Don with his injury, Jan gives him some pain relief. | 0:16:55 | 0:16:59 | |
This goes over your face | 0:16:59 | 0:17:00 | |
and you breathe it in and it makes this funny noise. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:03 | |
Don, have some nice, big breaths. | 0:17:03 | 0:17:05 | |
Don's getting some Entonox, also known as laughing gas. | 0:17:05 | 0:17:10 | |
That's the hissing you can hear, | 0:17:10 | 0:17:12 | |
so he should start feeling like he's in a bit less pain. | 0:17:12 | 0:17:14 | |
I've called for an ambulance to back us up | 0:17:14 | 0:17:16 | |
cos we're going to get him into the hospital and | 0:17:16 | 0:17:18 | |
get him an X-ray on his hip. | 0:17:18 | 0:17:20 | |
We think he may have broke it. We can't treat that at home. | 0:17:20 | 0:17:23 | |
He needs to be seen at the hospital. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:24 | |
With a suspected broken hip, the ambulance crew arrive | 0:17:24 | 0:17:27 | |
with some special equipment. | 0:17:27 | 0:17:29 | |
The ambulance team are using a really cool piece of kit called | 0:17:29 | 0:17:32 | |
a scoop. And it comes in two halves, which you can slide together | 0:17:32 | 0:17:36 | |
under the patient. They meet in the middle and then it's like he's on a | 0:17:36 | 0:17:39 | |
bed, and they just pick him up and scoop him straight to hospital. | 0:17:39 | 0:17:42 | |
Don, how do you feel? | 0:17:42 | 0:17:44 | |
-A little bit easier now. -A bit easier? Good. | 0:17:44 | 0:17:47 | |
-Ready? -Ready, set. | 0:17:47 | 0:17:49 | |
Jan did a great job helping Don with his pain | 0:17:49 | 0:17:52 | |
and making him more comfortable. | 0:17:52 | 0:17:54 | |
Now he's off to hospital, they'll X-ray him | 0:17:54 | 0:17:56 | |
and see if they can do anything to treat the cause of that pain | 0:17:56 | 0:17:59 | |
in his hip. | 0:17:59 | 0:18:01 | |
And if you ever have an emergency, there are hundreds of similar | 0:18:02 | 0:18:06 | |
crews around the country, ready to help. | 0:18:06 | 0:18:08 | |
Theirs are just bigger. | 0:18:19 | 0:18:21 | |
But all bones need looking after. | 0:18:21 | 0:18:23 | |
Cycling in the park, brilliant exercise | 0:18:27 | 0:18:29 | |
and a brilliant way to get some sunshine. | 0:18:29 | 0:18:32 | |
But of course, cycling can also be dangerous! | 0:18:32 | 0:18:36 | |
You could cycle into a hedge and hit your head. | 0:18:38 | 0:18:41 | |
That's why I'm wearing this snazzy helmet. | 0:18:43 | 0:18:46 | |
Or you could fall off and get a nasty graze on your knee. | 0:18:46 | 0:18:49 | |
CRASH! | 0:18:49 | 0:18:51 | |
That's why I'm wearing these snazzy leggings. | 0:18:51 | 0:18:54 | |
And finally, of course, you need to | 0:18:54 | 0:18:56 | |
make sure your bike is properly maintained. | 0:18:56 | 0:18:58 | |
You wouldn't want to squeeze your brakes and... | 0:18:58 | 0:19:00 | |
Uh-oh, my brakes! | 0:19:00 | 0:19:02 | |
-Ah! -My brakes! | 0:19:02 | 0:19:04 | |
Ahh! | 0:19:04 | 0:19:06 | |
THUD! | 0:19:06 | 0:19:07 | |
-Oh... -Oh. | 0:19:07 | 0:19:09 | |
Well, thanks to my helmet, I don't have a head injury. | 0:19:09 | 0:19:12 | |
Me neither. And thanks to these leggings, I haven't got any grazes. | 0:19:12 | 0:19:15 | |
But on the downside, | 0:19:15 | 0:19:17 | |
I think I've broken my arm. | 0:19:17 | 0:19:19 | |
Sounds like an injury alert. | 0:19:19 | 0:19:21 | |
You guessed it, | 0:19:44 | 0:19:45 | |
the answer is B! | 0:19:45 | 0:19:46 | |
Here's how it's done. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:48 | |
So, Chris, put your arm against your body, gently as you can. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:51 | |
-It really hurts if I move it. -And then what we can do is use Chris' | 0:19:51 | 0:19:55 | |
jumper to support the arm itself. | 0:19:55 | 0:19:57 | |
-So, if I go very gently, trying not to move the arm. -Ow. | 0:19:57 | 0:20:00 | |
Now, remember, we're showing you what to do in an emergency. | 0:20:00 | 0:20:04 | |
Never do this on your own, unless it IS an emergency. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:07 | |
Always try and find an adult. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:08 | |
How's that? Can you now relax your arm? | 0:20:08 | 0:20:10 | |
-Yeah, that feels much better. -Yeah, more comfortable, isn't it? | 0:20:10 | 0:20:13 | |
So, once he's feeling better, we can get him to hospital. | 0:20:13 | 0:20:15 | |
He's going to be more comfortable moving. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:17 | |
We can get him X-rayed and see what's going on. | 0:20:17 | 0:20:20 | |
So, now it's this lot's turn to have a go. | 0:20:20 | 0:20:22 | |
Ow! Ah! | 0:20:24 | 0:20:25 | |
SCREAMING | 0:20:25 | 0:20:27 | |
That's really good. So, try and be very gentle with that arm. | 0:20:27 | 0:20:30 | |
How's that feeling? Can you relax that arm now? | 0:20:30 | 0:20:32 | |
-Feels pretty good? -Yeah, it feels a lot better. | 0:20:32 | 0:20:35 | |
Obviously, most of the time, when you've got a broken arm | 0:20:35 | 0:20:37 | |
you don't need to call an ambulance. You can get in a car | 0:20:37 | 0:20:40 | |
and go to A&E yourself. | 0:20:40 | 0:20:42 | |
So, if you think you might have broken your arm, | 0:20:42 | 0:20:44 | |
support it to stop it moving using your hand or clothing or cushions, | 0:20:44 | 0:20:48 | |
and tell an adult or call 999. | 0:20:48 | 0:20:51 | |
Are you sure it's broken, Chris? | 0:20:52 | 0:20:54 | |
Better safe than sorry, Xand. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:56 | |
Your body is amazing, but sometimes it needs fixing. | 0:21:06 | 0:21:10 | |
All over the country there are special teams of professionals | 0:21:10 | 0:21:13 | |
trained to tackle medical mysteries, and not all of them are human. | 0:21:13 | 0:21:17 | |
Dogs have 200 million smell receptors, | 0:21:18 | 0:21:21 | |
making them really superior sniffers. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:24 | |
And dogs' noses don't get much better than Shirley's here, | 0:21:24 | 0:21:28 | |
because Shirley's nose is a bit of a lifesaver. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:30 | |
Shirley's nose has been trained to help Rebecca. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:35 | |
Rebecca has Type 1 diabetes. | 0:21:35 | 0:21:37 | |
This means that her body doesn't produce a chemical called insulin. | 0:21:37 | 0:21:41 | |
And amazingly, Shirley's incredible nose can sniff out | 0:21:41 | 0:21:44 | |
when there are problems. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:47 | |
Insulin's job is to make sure you have just the right amount of... | 0:21:47 | 0:21:50 | |
-WHISTLE BLOWS -..sugar in your blood. | 0:21:50 | 0:21:52 | |
When your body doesn't produce insulin, | 0:21:52 | 0:21:54 | |
blood sugar gets out of control. | 0:21:54 | 0:21:57 | |
So, if your blood sugar is too high, you inject insulin. | 0:21:57 | 0:22:00 | |
WHISTLE BLOWS | 0:22:00 | 0:22:01 | |
And if it's too low, you have to eat something sweet. | 0:22:01 | 0:22:04 | |
How many times a day do you have to take insulin? | 0:22:04 | 0:22:07 | |
Four times. One for breakfast, | 0:22:07 | 0:22:10 | |
one for lunch, dinner | 0:22:10 | 0:22:12 | |
and night-time. | 0:22:12 | 0:22:15 | |
But Rebecca's blood sugar varies depending on what she's up to, | 0:22:15 | 0:22:19 | |
and Shirley can spot it. | 0:22:19 | 0:22:21 | |
This is something that humans could never do. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:24 | |
She's able to detect changes in Rebecca's | 0:22:24 | 0:22:26 | |
breath as soon as they happen, | 0:22:26 | 0:22:28 | |
and, usually, that's before Rebecca | 0:22:28 | 0:22:30 | |
has even the slightest idea that anything's wrong. | 0:22:30 | 0:22:34 | |
So, this is definitely a dog that thinks there's something going on? | 0:22:34 | 0:22:37 | |
-Yeah. -When Shirley smells a problem, she licks Rebecca | 0:22:37 | 0:22:40 | |
and her blood can be tested. | 0:22:40 | 0:22:42 | |
2.8. | 0:22:45 | 0:22:46 | |
Then she can inject more insulin or get help | 0:22:46 | 0:22:49 | |
before things get dangerous. | 0:22:49 | 0:22:50 | |
What would have happened before you had Shirley? | 0:22:50 | 0:22:52 | |
I would have had the ambulance once or twice a week. | 0:22:52 | 0:22:55 | |
So, since you've had Shirley, | 0:22:55 | 0:22:57 | |
how many times have you had an ambulance? | 0:22:57 | 0:22:59 | |
Erm, like once in three years. | 0:22:59 | 0:23:01 | |
Shirley's on call for Rebecca 24/7, | 0:23:02 | 0:23:05 | |
checking on her right through the night. | 0:23:05 | 0:23:08 | |
Rebecca leaves for school in the morning, while Shirley catches | 0:23:08 | 0:23:10 | |
up on some sleep, but she soon wakes up for duty. | 0:23:10 | 0:23:13 | |
Do you actually feel happier that Rebecca's safer | 0:23:17 | 0:23:19 | |
when Shirley's around? | 0:23:19 | 0:23:21 | |
Yeah, very. Shirley's always on the sniff. | 0:23:21 | 0:23:25 | |
And Shirley's sniffing keeps Rebecca safe. | 0:23:27 | 0:23:31 | |
Shirley has completely changed Rebecca's life, | 0:23:31 | 0:23:34 | |
because although Rebecca will always have Type 1 diabetes, | 0:23:34 | 0:23:37 | |
now, thanks to Shirley's super-sensitive sniffer, | 0:23:37 | 0:23:40 | |
rather than calling all those ambulances, | 0:23:40 | 0:23:42 | |
all she gets is lots of big, wet doggy kisses. | 0:23:42 | 0:23:45 | |
Yum! | 0:23:45 | 0:23:47 | |
Let's go back to Accident and Emergency to meet our next patient. | 0:23:50 | 0:23:53 | |
And you're not going to believe this one. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:57 | |
In Liverpool Accident and Emergency, six-year-old Gracie | 0:23:57 | 0:24:00 | |
has arrived with her mum and a big bandage on her finger. | 0:24:00 | 0:24:04 | |
I've got a slipped finger. | 0:24:04 | 0:24:06 | |
A slipped finger? | 0:24:06 | 0:24:08 | |
It was bleeding a lot. | 0:24:08 | 0:24:10 | |
Ah, a slit finger! | 0:24:10 | 0:24:12 | |
Sounds like a nasty cut. | 0:24:12 | 0:24:14 | |
I think the doctor's going to make it all better. | 0:24:14 | 0:24:17 | |
That's right, but how did the ghastly gash happen? | 0:24:17 | 0:24:20 | |
Well, Chris, once upon a time in a faraway land... | 0:24:21 | 0:24:24 | |
Erm, Liverpool, Xand. Gracie's from Liverpool. | 0:24:24 | 0:24:27 | |
Go with it, Chris. We're in the fairy-tale land of Liverpool. | 0:24:27 | 0:24:30 | |
Erm, righto. | 0:24:30 | 0:24:32 | |
Princess Gracie was in her castle admiring her mother's jewels. | 0:24:32 | 0:24:36 | |
Hang on, who's that? | 0:24:36 | 0:24:38 | |
A fairy, obviously. And she's flown off with the diamond earring. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:41 | |
Erm, OK. | 0:24:41 | 0:24:43 | |
And Gracie was trying to get it back, when all of a sudden | 0:24:43 | 0:24:46 | |
the earring flew under the roaring... | 0:24:46 | 0:24:48 | |
Xand, that's an electric fire. | 0:24:48 | 0:24:51 | |
Oh, all right, fine. | 0:24:51 | 0:24:52 | |
But as she tried to retrieve the earring her hand got stuck. | 0:24:52 | 0:24:55 | |
Uh-oh! | 0:24:55 | 0:24:56 | |
-And when she pulled it out, her finger sliced open. -Ouch. | 0:24:56 | 0:25:01 | |
There's a bit of a queue in Accident and Emergency. | 0:25:01 | 0:25:04 | |
So, while we're waiting, why don't you tell us | 0:25:04 | 0:25:06 | |
something about yourself, Gracie? | 0:25:06 | 0:25:08 | |
I've never been to A&E before. | 0:25:08 | 0:25:10 | |
-Never been to A&E before? Well done. -I've got pierced ears. | 0:25:10 | 0:25:14 | |
Ah, she likes her bling! | 0:25:14 | 0:25:16 | |
These are my plaits. | 0:25:16 | 0:25:18 | |
-They'd suit you, Xand. -Oh, thank you. | 0:25:18 | 0:25:20 | |
That's enough about you, Gracie. | 0:25:20 | 0:25:23 | |
Time for Nurse Practitioner Julia Maxted to sort that cut out. | 0:25:23 | 0:25:28 | |
Can you just bend your finger, the little end bit? | 0:25:28 | 0:25:31 | |
Lovely, and straighten it again. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:33 | |
First things first, Nurse Julia needs to figure out | 0:25:33 | 0:25:35 | |
if Gracie's cut is so deep it's damaged the insides. | 0:25:35 | 0:25:39 | |
Ooh, you're very brave. | 0:25:39 | 0:25:41 | |
We do that to just check that the ligaments are all working. | 0:25:41 | 0:25:44 | |
A ligament is the tissue that joins a bone to a bone. | 0:25:44 | 0:25:47 | |
Can you feel me touching there and there? | 0:25:47 | 0:25:50 | |
Good girl. | 0:25:50 | 0:25:51 | |
-That's quite a cut you've got there, Gracie. -Yeah. | 0:25:51 | 0:25:54 | |
But the nurse is happy there's no internal damage done, | 0:25:54 | 0:25:56 | |
so she can clean that cut and make sure | 0:25:56 | 0:25:59 | |
there's no dirt lurking deep inside. | 0:25:59 | 0:26:02 | |
Squeeze my hand, as hard as you can. | 0:26:02 | 0:26:04 | |
Whoa, she's strong! | 0:26:04 | 0:26:06 | |
To help the cut heal and join Gracie's flesh back together, | 0:26:08 | 0:26:12 | |
the nurse has some special paper stitches. | 0:26:12 | 0:26:15 | |
And then we just pull the edges of your cut together. | 0:26:15 | 0:26:19 | |
With her finger taped back together, Nurse Julia is using | 0:26:19 | 0:26:22 | |
a hi-tech bandage strapper device...thingy. | 0:26:22 | 0:26:25 | |
A what? It's just a bandage applicator, Xand. | 0:26:25 | 0:26:28 | |
-Yeah, well, it's pretty cool though. -It is. | 0:26:28 | 0:26:30 | |
And the bandage will keep Gracie's damaged digit nice and clean. | 0:26:30 | 0:26:34 | |
You won't be able to help with the washing up or anything like that. | 0:26:34 | 0:26:37 | |
Oh, nice one. | 0:26:37 | 0:26:39 | |
OK. How does that feel? | 0:26:39 | 0:26:42 | |
-All right. -OK? | 0:26:42 | 0:26:43 | |
Gracie will need to keep the tape and bandage on for three days. | 0:26:43 | 0:26:47 | |
It feels better. | 0:26:47 | 0:26:49 | |
Any advice for other budding princesses out there, Gracie? | 0:26:49 | 0:26:52 | |
Be careful with your hands or this will happen. | 0:26:52 | 0:26:55 | |
Wise words. So, leave it to Mum to rescue that earring. | 0:26:56 | 0:27:01 | |
BOTH: Bye! | 0:27:01 | 0:27:02 | |
Next time on Operation Ouch! | 0:27:05 | 0:27:09 | |
We find out what comes out when you cough... | 0:27:09 | 0:27:11 | |
Oh, yuck! | 0:27:11 | 0:27:14 | |
..our mobile clinic will be solving more of your medical mysteries... | 0:27:14 | 0:27:18 | |
Can I have the next patient, please? | 0:27:18 | 0:27:20 | |
..and amazing surgery changes this boy's life. | 0:27:20 | 0:27:23 | |
I've never seen this operation before, so I'm very excited. | 0:27:23 | 0:27:27 | |
BOTH: We'll see you next time for more Operation Ouch! | 0:27:29 | 0:27:32 | |
I think there's something wrong with my hula hoop. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:38 | |
You're not using your hips. | 0:27:38 | 0:27:40 | |
Are you sure it's broken, Chris? | 0:27:42 | 0:27:45 | |
Better safe than sorry, Xand. | 0:27:45 | 0:27:46 |