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Medical Field Errors in TV and Film.
Posted on 10/30/17 at 11:11 am
Posted on 10/30/17 at 11:11 am
I chimed in on the firearms thread and it got me thinking. I'm in the MEdical Field, and laugh at this shite all the time. I'd gladly earn a check and be a medical consultant on projects. Hell just pay me what I already make.
a. OLD Bear Ventilators in ALL critical care scenes. Could be in a setting of some cutting edge facility where "the top transplant surgeon in the country" did the procedure. While they recover, the OLD Bear (billows style)ventilator churns in the background.
b. The sound of a bear ventilator when there is an actual modern ventilator sitting in the scene. Or worse, the sound of a ventilator when the patient is wearing a nasal cannula.
c. The patient has a nasal cannula wrapped and tightened around the back of his head. Not over the ears and under the chin as they should be placed.
d. Endo tracheal (breathing) tube hanging a full foot out of the patients mouth before the connection. All it takes is a pair of scissors to cut the tubing.
e. Critical procedure times. I understand they have to fit it into a show, but come on. Cracking open a chest. "Set up for a thorachotomy... (One. Two. Three.) I'm in."
f. Always checking the drip chamber on any IV fluid or medication and giving it a flick? WTF does that do?
What else do you have?
a. OLD Bear Ventilators in ALL critical care scenes. Could be in a setting of some cutting edge facility where "the top transplant surgeon in the country" did the procedure. While they recover, the OLD Bear (billows style)ventilator churns in the background.
b. The sound of a bear ventilator when there is an actual modern ventilator sitting in the scene. Or worse, the sound of a ventilator when the patient is wearing a nasal cannula.
c. The patient has a nasal cannula wrapped and tightened around the back of his head. Not over the ears and under the chin as they should be placed.
d. Endo tracheal (breathing) tube hanging a full foot out of the patients mouth before the connection. All it takes is a pair of scissors to cut the tubing.
e. Critical procedure times. I understand they have to fit it into a show, but come on. Cracking open a chest. "Set up for a thorachotomy... (One. Two. Three.) I'm in."
f. Always checking the drip chamber on any IV fluid or medication and giving it a flick? WTF does that do?
What else do you have?
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Posted on 10/30/17 at 11:17 am to LSU alum wannabe
the obvious would be shocking someone who is flatlining
Posted on 10/30/17 at 11:19 am to LSU alum wannabe
CPR.
Everything about it.
Everything about it.
Posted on 10/30/17 at 11:20 am to LSU alum wannabe
One time on Greys Anatomy this doctor was all like "I need 100 cc's of blah blah blah" but the nurse clearly brought more than that.
Posted on 10/30/17 at 11:43 am to LSU alum wannabe
Non rebreather masks with a flat bag.
Simple masks on everyone and they're barely used in hospitals.
Shocking patients with paddles. I've been in healthcare for 10 years and have never seen any.
Simple masks on everyone and they're barely used in hospitals.
Shocking patients with paddles. I've been in healthcare for 10 years and have never seen any.
Posted on 10/30/17 at 11:46 am to LSU alum wannabe
House
All of it.
All of it.
Posted on 10/30/17 at 11:54 am to LSU alum wannabe
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Always checking the drip chamber on any IV fluid or medication and giving it a flick? WTF does that do?
Flicking it imparts energy into the fluid, breaking the surface friction of the drop. That's what it does. Why they do it is a different question. Probably because some other movie did it 60 years ago.
Posted on 10/30/17 at 12:01 pm to Jester
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Why they do it is a different question.
Opportunity to impart visual, dramatic tension. Never let technical details get in the way of a good story.
Posted on 10/30/17 at 12:07 pm to Jizzy08
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the obvious would be shocking someone who is flatlining
True.
Or never showing true flatline but a popped lead. Doesn’t anyone tell them just put the pads on the mattress? Every mattress in the world is in asystole. Lol
Posted on 10/30/17 at 12:08 pm to LSU alum wannabe
X-rays and other imaging, almost every time they have them hanging wrong. I've seen chest x-rays (CXR) upside down even. Was watching reruns of Battlestar Galactica and they had 3 CXR side by side, all AP/PA views but turned 2 of the 3 wrong.
And yeah, the defibrillator paddles used to revive the dead Defibrillator means ending the fibrillation (irregular heartbeat) has zero to do with jump starting a body.
And yeah, the defibrillator paddles used to revive the dead
Defibrillator means ending the fibrillation (irregular heartbeat) has zero to do with jump starting a body. 
Posted on 10/30/17 at 12:10 pm to tigerfan84
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Shocking patients with paddles.
I’ve seen it. But I’m older. You are correct though. I can count on one hand. The pads were always available. And shocking someone with paddles in a big lab coat is ballsy. That thing is hanging all over the mattress.
Posted on 10/30/17 at 12:18 pm to LSU alum wannabe
My wife is in the medical field and points these out all the time. I have to shut her up so she doesnt ruin the show for me.
Posted on 10/30/17 at 1:17 pm to LanierSpots
Guess what they have these same errors for every position, medical field isn't special. Just enjoy the entertainment. The rest of us don't care.
This post was edited on 10/30/17 at 1:18 pm
Posted on 10/30/17 at 1:32 pm to LSU alum wannabe
Not wearing face masks or gloves in obvious situations.
Posted on 10/30/17 at 1:43 pm to Dam Guide
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Guess what they have these same errors for every position, medical field isn't special. Just enjoy the entertainment. The rest of us don't care
Simmer down Debbie downer. Dang.
Posted on 10/30/17 at 1:52 pm to LSU alum wannabe
I like when doctors will sit with ONE of their patients, holding their hand or something for hours on end.
(what the hell, get back to work)
I know it's used to show - this Doc really cares...but it's a GIANT hospital...you don't have one patient.
(what the hell, get back to work)
I know it's used to show - this Doc really cares...but it's a GIANT hospital...you don't have one patient.
Posted on 10/30/17 at 1:56 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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sit with ONE of their patients, holding their hand or something for hours on end.
This. Or any doc doing chest compressions themselves.
Also fricking in a hospital during the day. There is literally people crawling over every inch of the place. And a camera covers every public area. You’d have to be cat burglar stealthy do get a nooner in in a hospital.
Posted on 10/30/17 at 2:10 pm to GetCocky11
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CPR.
Everything about it.
I believe the TV Trope entry for CPR says its stands for "clean, pretty, and reliable" on TV shows. Would that were the case in real life.
The shocking someone who is flat lining has always bugged me.
Posted on 10/30/17 at 3:08 pm to LSU alum wannabe
40 mg of Lorazepam STAT! Was on something I seen yesterday.
Posted on 10/30/17 at 5:16 pm to LSU alum wannabe
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