Matters of the Heart
Whenever watch hollywood hospital dramas like Grey's Anatomy or ER, I always spot alot of mistakes.
But they appear not because of insufficient medical knowledge. It is to increase the dramatic factor of the show.
The most glaring mistake is to immediately use defibrillators when resucitating a patient whose heart stopped.
Cue: Cheesy dangerous music.
Doctor pulls out electric chargers and shout 'Charge to 150. Clear' Then shock the patient until the body fly about two metres into the air.
Wrong wrong wrong.
The first thing to do when a patient's heart stop is to inject atropine IV and adrenaline. These two substances stimulate the heart to beat quickly.
I think can press on the patient's chest using CPR too
Scoff. If I could stand the sight of blood plus flesh and bones I would have went and applied for medicine.
Haha
But they appear not because of insufficient medical knowledge. It is to increase the dramatic factor of the show.
The most glaring mistake is to immediately use defibrillators when resucitating a patient whose heart stopped.
Cue: Cheesy dangerous music.
Doctor pulls out electric chargers and shout 'Charge to 150. Clear' Then shock the patient until the body fly about two metres into the air.
Wrong wrong wrong.
The first thing to do when a patient's heart stop is to inject atropine IV and adrenaline. These two substances stimulate the heart to beat quickly.
I think can press on the patient's chest using CPR too
Scoff. If I could stand the sight of blood plus flesh and bones I would have went and applied for medicine.
Haha
posted by Kian Tong at 2:41 AM
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