Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

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Anyone been watching?

Watching the last one now. So scary to think what could go wrong with you.
And that first woman with her mouth almost wired shut, so scary

I just watched yesterday's on iPlayer. They must have uploaded a faulty episode cos there were no subtitles but as well as the usual narrator there was also another voice every so often who clearly want supposed to be there. It was saying things like 'the surgeons are standing over the patient' like it was instructions for what was to be shown!

Have been catching up, I love shows like this. Will post properly, I just need to drink my beer then watch Ep5&6!

The royal college of surgeon have said that the next generation have worse fine motor skills that are really important in surgery due to the change in childhood hobbies.

Purple me that sounds like the explanation thing they put on for blind people. Can’t remember the proper name.

Oh wow really that's not good

Ah think that’s audio description you can turn it off.

Oh my god you must be right! I was sat there thinking it must be a dud! Don't know how I turned that on!!

I don’t think this will “out me” I hope not anyway, but the brain surgeon is my friend. He is amazing. I’m so proud watching.

I LOVE this programme. Thank God these skilled brave people exist. You need nerves of steel!
I found some quite sad. The younger chap from the army who had grade 4 cancer
Despite their best efforts.i think he's the chap who had brain surgery whilst awake.
They perform miracles and we'd be screwed without the brave pioneers.

@Dobbythehouseelk is that Ismail? I’m not surprised you’re proud, he seems like an amazing man. So skilled and compassionate and so humble too.

If anyone was opening up my skull I’d want him!

Oh no, I think I’m confused.

I thought you were all talking about the live surgery program. C5. Where my friend did brain surgery live on tv.

Ah no this is BBC, 2 I think - it’s called Surgeons - At The Edge of Life.

I missed the first bit of the latest prog: how did the woman fall? Was the fall caused by the bleed or vice versa?

@DobbyTheHouseElk he's lovely!

The skull fracture and resulting haematoma was caused by the fall. Didn’t hear why she had fallen though.
Brilliant series of programmes. Amazing people, and not just the surgeons, but all the people involved. Liked that they showed the decontamination unit, the work in those units is hard, often unpleasant, repetitive and tedious because of the minute detail and constant quality checking that is essential. But without that attention to detail, then the surgeries would not happen or be so ‘safe’, relatively speaking. Those workers deserve their due. Well done, all.

Toddlerteaplease I think I’ve made a mistake. Wrong program. My friend was on surgery live on c5. He’s a neurosurgeon though and was on tv recently.

Feel really stupid now,

Yes fadedred I did think that it looked like really boring work but important as well. They do deserve their due

The brain surgery was absolutely mesmerising. So incredible to think surgeons can do that. And the surgeon was so lovely and calm and respectful.

I've been watching it (theatre HCP). During long cases they generally don't change scrub staff/surgeons, we can grab a drink either by taking a 'haemostatic pause' where we can descrub for a few minutes grab a quick drink and re scrub if the patient is stable or we can ask the runner to have a drink with a straw and they place it under your mask. If you're desperate for the loo you can swap out as a scrub nurse but we don't tend too as you have to count everything before you go. You learn to not drink much prior to starting a long case.

It always amazes me just how much stamina surgeons have, I work in Ortho/Trauma and we ofter have to wear lead gowns under our sterile gowns, theatres are climate controlled but when you have scrubs, a heavy lead gown, sterile gown, facemask and visor, hat, two pairs of gloves on and your under large hot theatre lights it can be very uncomfortable, especially during long cases.

I was part of a 'live kidney donor' case when I was a student, a father gave his daughter a kidney. It always amazes me when they reattach the 'plumbing' how the kidney pinks up and within minutes it produces urine.