I’m completely obsessed with this show at the moment, and it’s really nice to see that it is mostly medically accurate. Makes me feel like I’m learning something.
@Bodhi Valkyrie i haven't gotten to S5 but is it necrotising fasciitis? Since that's the only disease i can think of that is called "Flesh eating bacteria"
Well, Chicago Med has a rule that they can only use published cases. Of course, they will still have medical inaccuracies but the rule prevents them from having a big amount of them. There are also people in the medical field that review things for the show to look for possible inaccuracies.
When I was a boy scout, we were all trained on CPR, and they basically explained it to us as "breaking ribs means that you're doing it right. They can fix broken ribs later, but they can't fix dead."
The CPR instructor told us that we shouldn't be afraid of hurting the person or not doing CPR perfectly because "you can't kill a dead person" - and they're right, cracking ribs is a sign of doing CPR right, but even less-than-perfect CPR is better than nothing at all.
He should look through the Chicago med s5ep6, where one of the Drs literally locks herself in the patients room to give the child antibiotics even though the parents were not wanting it. Would be interesting seeing his reaction to the ethically wrong decisions made throughout the episode, even maybe with legal eagle to go through the law aspects
Something that medical shows don’t get right is that in a lifesaving scenario where a parent is denying care the hospital will sue for medical custody. I’ve seen it dozens of times ex. Jehovah’s Witness and a transfusion, refusal of a heart surgery, etc
@Tanuja Mahadevan Me and my mom are watching this show. Currently on season 4 right now, we noticed by season 3 that Dr. Manning's favorite line is "We are going to do EVERYTHING that we can-" and it's starting to grow hilariously annoying 😭
As a nursing student, it's nice to see a show that is pretty medically accurate. It reinforces my understanding of my material and helps me pinpoint what's right and what's wrong. Also love the amount of time nurses are shown in this series
My mom and grandfather done CPR to me in 2012 when I was 6yrs old, I had a grandmal seizure, once they got to me I was dark blue and my eyes rolled into the back of my head, as they were doing CPR the people I was with said to my mom "Should we call an ambulance?" My mom went off the wall.. The ambulance worked on me for an hour in our driveway then the flight crew worked on me for about 30min to an hour because no one could get me stable enough to take off, from what I heard I had over 90 seizure in just 2hrs. EMS crews told my mom and grandfather that if they hadn't administered CPR I probably wouldn't have made it, I went into a coma for 4 days. Once I was off of the Ventilator I had Mycoplasma pneumoniae and encephalitis. That was my first seizure. My mom knew CPR from being a respiratory therapist and my grandfather had his CPR license because he was a blaster in the mines
1:26 I liked that he was doing the chest compressions with one hand while holding onto the top bar. While not ideal and you absolutely should use two hands whenever possible, when riding in an ambulance you can very easily fall and lose your balance while driving. Speaking from experience :)
10:55 for the record, his Spanish was perfect! at least what you showed, the pronunciation was correct and the grammar was flawless. he seemed to know what he was doing, and like he only said it in English first for the TV audience
I was just going to comment this. I'm assuming the character has a Hispanic background of some kind or learned the language since he spoke it so well and confidently.
I just finished this show on Netflix. What I love about the show is how they treat disabled patience and giving those patients a voice when most places would look to the caregivers which isn’t always the right thing to do.
Me in my 40’s with cystic fibrosis: Oh, is like to see Dr. Mike analyze this show. Dr. Mike: Most people with cystic fibrosis live somewhere into their 40’s. Me: ☹️
@Amelia Rose And high infant and child mortality is what gives rise to the statistic in the middle ages diet at 30. Once you reached 5 or so, your chances were good to reach 70 and beyond, but because so many died early, the average is so low.
If it makes you feel better, doctors don't know everything. New advancements in medicine happen daily. And your best tool for survival is the will to live and looking forward to each new day. People outlive doctor's expectations all the time.
Question! For the surrogate case what would happen if the parents of the baby wants to keep her on life support but the parents of the surrogate who have power of attorney say take her off?
I'm really loving this show. I just graduated as RN and I love the fact that they explain what they're doing. It's a great review for the NCLEX that I'll have in 2 weeks! The only thing that seems a little odd to me is that everytine they do CPR they don't do many compressions but they defibrillate a lot. Is that right?
Hey fellow RN! Typically you try to do compressions in increments of 30, or over 2 minutes. Modern defibrillators let you slap the pads on the patient's chest and it will periodically tell you when to stop, analyze rhythm, deliver a shock, and resume compressions. Paddles are used in every TV show but they're old school. So yes, they should be doing compressions a bit more
My dad has a cystic fybrosis in his DNA and my mom has it also.(it means both of my parents don’t have cystic fibrosis but the childeren have a chance of getting it) My 2 brothers died, one died at the age of 5 the other at the age of 11. My sister died at 4 months. I’m the only one who doesn’t have it. I’m studying in a lab. I’m trying to find a cure using Crispr Cas. It’s hard, a lot of pressure and a lot of studying. But we’ll get there.
I had a classmate who had cystic fibrosis, they passed away when we were in the 8th grade - we were told that basically they had coughed so hard it sent them into cardiac arrest. Not sure if that's something that can happen, regardless, it was so upsetting.
At school, we had a paramedic come in and give us training. She told us that quite often, they expect ribs to be broken after CPR. My STEM teacher told me during training like this (she is not a professional) that where you are doing the chest compressions, ribs should never be broken.
Me who's watched literally EVERY, SINGLE, episode of Chicago Fire (10 seasons), Chicago Med (7 seasons), and who is on season 2 of Chicago PD (9 seasons): Nice, very nice. I'm obsessed with the series.
Chicago Med is actually a really good show and I feel like it stays a good show for a good few seasons. There is some romantic drama of course but I feel like it doesn’t destract from the super interesting medical problems!
SPOLILERS: "A few seasons" I took a break after a few big events, (ONE PERSON LEAVING) (ANOTHER PERSON JUMPING OFF A ROOF) (HER STABBING HERSELF AND RHODES LEAVING)
The show seems real, because they have real doctors and real surgeons on set all the time, the actor who plays dr. Rhodes has been practicing real surgical procedures, in order to perfect his techniques and his hand movements. Each of these actors have lessons, they even joke they have a medical school on set lol:) one of the doctors who teaches them even said the actors are better students than his own residents and was begging them to go to med school😅 incredible people, they work hard to make it as real as possible
Love the show, however, since I work in a level one trauma center blood bank, I find it interesting that Chicago Med has such an awesome blood supply that everyone( men and women) can get O neg blood in an emergency. Also love how every other patient gets put on ECMO even before the pandemic.
10+ year nationally certified ASL interpreter here! 🙌 Thanks for the shout-out! FYI - It's not "translator" ... we are interpreters. ;) Translators do written translations on paper. Interpreters interpret real-time conversations. ❤
“Back so soon?” “I missed you guys.” Is a whole chronically ill kid mood. The front desk attendants know me by name and multiple medical professionals in the building know me by face (or wheelchair at least). That was an extremely accurate moment that I appreciate lmao.
I know what u mean because I spend a lot of time on the gi floor and all the nurses and doctors know me and my mom works at the hospital as well so I’m pretty well known and whenever I’m there the nurses know to give me puke bags when I arrive 😂
I appreciated Dr Mike's face expressions when something was serious and lethal shows that ur empathetic and a human being. Thank u for that. Need more doctors like u
My mum was a cf nurse and her patients were amazing, so strong in mind. So sad when they passed away but taught us so much about living your life in the best way possible and nothing is impossible.
I remember during my last CPR training, the teacher told me that sometimes the person's ribs break but if their heart isn't beating, they are clinically dead and you can't get any worse than dead so it's better to break a few ribs to bring a person back to life than to do insufficient chest compressions and waste time and energy watching someone's life leave their body. Point was taken.
there's def relationship drama now (but i think there's a good balance between focusing on cases, relationships and the characters on their own). one thing i like is that they actually show a lot of the hospital staff (like nurses, psychiatry, pathology etc), and a wide range of cases by tying some storylines into the pd or fire shows.
6:18 My experience with doctors that know me and know CF, they are open to us helping to make the decision because we know ourselves so well. I've recommended which antibiotic I have needed to go on or even the plan of treatment while in the hospital. In a way, we have been CF specialists all our life and can tell what works and what doesn't.
6:55 My Mum had an (undiagnosed) brain aneurysm approximately the size of a golf ball which burst at home in 1990 (she was 36). Fortunately Dad was home at the time because the rupture soon caused a stroke and she couldn’t move, so yelled out to him (meaning he then called a freaking ambulance straight away! But still... the fact that she survived and recovered from that burst aneurysm with only minor symptoms from the stroke still blows my mind tbh 🤯 (no pun intended lol).
"People don't just run in and go IM THE DOCTOR NOW!" this was such a funny line to me cause my mother had to do that when i almost died in the hospital that was treating my pneumonia. my actual doctor was nowhere to be found when they gave me penicillin (which im deadly allergic to). Nobody was doing anything while I almost died so she started shouting orders at them. Luckily they did as told and I [obviously] lived
I can kind of relate. When my mom had me (I'm the oldest) she got Epidural late. So, when she had my brother she said as soon as she got in the hospital 'ok, I'm in labor, Epidural!'
Hi - Have you ever watched Chicago Hope? It came out in 1994 when ER did. I found it to be a much superior show. Starred Mandy Patinkin, Adam Arkin & Hector Elizondo plus a host of other great actors. Great stories...how accurate it is I'm not sure
*Gasp* Shout out to Cystic Fibrosis! My mom has just celebrated her 9th year of having healthy lungs! I had a moment of joy when he mentioned the vibrator vest. When I was little, I would give my mom long hugs while she was using her vest, and we would giggle over the funny way our voices quivered while talking with the vest running.
I'm in love with this show. This video has also helped me. I'm 12 years old and wanting to be a doctor when I'm older this video gave me information to give me a head start for when I start. Thank you ❤
Always amazed by doctors & nurses in pressed, tailored scrubs, perfect hair & makeup. Every person model-looking. Nope, give me the original ER, more realistic people.
Just to clarify, his Spanish was not broken, even though scripted, it was pretty perfect for an English speaker, not to mention the correct translation. Also, Chest Compressions.
@Giovanna DB I'm a native Spanish speaker and I can certify his Spanish was perfect, what's your basis? Edit: let me be clear with this, just because he's speaking with an accent, it doesn't make his Spanish incorrect or broken, he conveyed the message and it could be interpreted perfectly fine.
Yeah, glad this was a good one. The first episode of this show I saw they did CPR on a patient that coded in front of them for what seemed like 10min before calling time of death. He had literally just arrested in front of them, granted from hypernatremia, but still.
Do more reacts to episodes of this great show please, house & greys anatomy has gotten multiple episodes, can we get you doing more of ER & Chicago Med too? Like a past & present opinions I think be interesting watch :)
Until I saw Dr. Mike had done Chicago Med, I was going to suggest it. I have watched a ton of medical shows, love them, from ER to St. Elsewhere, onto Gray's Anatomy (one of the dumber shows). Chicago Med, thus far (into season 2) is the best I have seen. For one thing, it features nurses, whereas the others don't as much or at all. Nurses make the hospital function and the fact they are left out in Gray's Anatomy, Good Dr. and New Amsterdam is horrifying. Surgeons do not prep patients, do not get involved in patient's personal lives. When would they have time to operate? This is by far the best show of the Chicago trilogy; and right now, the best medical show on tv.
The first time I had to give chest compressions I felt ribs breaking and it felt weird. I got the heart started for medics to transport the patient. Compressions are tiring and I'm always thankful when I see the medics show up.
I love how dr.Mike just explains every thing that they say for example what’s a chest compression I think it’s called lol I have always wanted to be a doctor and he helped me learn WAY WAYYYY more stuff about doctors and stuff that doctors use and what there called so thx doctor Mike❤️
Just found Doctor Mike and am watching the back episodes. Such a sincere, enjoyable person to watch. Knowledgeable, kind, and ....he has a great sense of humor.
Dr. Mike! I NEED you to react to this show again! Specifically the clip that just came out about the car that crashes into the ER. I just saw this clip and I have to know how realistic it is! If you have the time pretty please give me your thoughts?
Brooooo. I’m so happy he did this!!! These are my favorite sister shows and I have been curious how accurate it was. Thanks for the info man! Obviously some of it is a little dumb, but ya know! Thanks!!!
I just finished watching Chicago Med and then saw your video! I thought a lot of the medicine was accurate as well! Glad you liked it :-). I believe the new season comes out next month!
Interesting about the intubation dilemma. When I was doing internships as a student, we were always taught to push hard for patients to accept intubation if PH is low. I don't recall ever seeing anyone reject it. Happy about it? No, but people usually are so uncomfortable form their illness, that the outlook of feeling better is enough to not cause any kind of conflict. Good show overall with a ton of accurate info. A bit dramatic, but there would not be much of a show if the characters were as two dimensional to the viewers, as real world hospital staff usually is to the patients. If we had the types of arguments and intrigues in our workday as they have here, we would have been kicked to the curb on the first day.
Being intubated was the worst experience I went through. I was awake for some of it. It was uncomfortable and hurt r like a mother ducker when they pulled it out. Felt like razors in my throat. Just like they show on TV… they tell you to blow. It’s so relieving when they do pull it out. I had ICU delirium where I was hallucinating too. I signed a DNR after that. Never do I want that again even though I know it saved my life.
This show portrays a version of the hospital environment where the doctors go above and beyond to maintain the ethics and care for the patient much more than these people working in such conditions are normally seen doing ? Maybe it's that good in America i wouldn't know But otherwise this show is gold
I admittedly flunked out of nursing and took a social service worker course (so I am not a social worker but a similar styled underling) and I admit Dr. Charles sold me for the show. Psychiatry is a difficult field and to do well one needs to know how to connect and speak to people. The writers did a great job of incorporating interview techniques for therapeutic communication in him. For example, the episode where he speaks to a woman on the balcony (avoiding spoilers) has him ask "what would a normal life look like?" Which is a great open question that allows people to describe what they would like to see for themselves and often leads the conversation in better directions
I love this show and am currently watching this and now that I know this is quite medically accurate I feel like I'm actually getting info, also can you react to another episode? Thanks
@Doctor Mike this one was particularly interesting to me. Approximately a quarter of my cranium is titanium, after a subarachnoid haematoma (from an assault). Ironically I was a day from starting uni to do nursing.
Lol I get it, but wasn't he on the bus with the victim/patients, in the ambulance to the hospital giving cpr? I think under a normal circumstances he wouldn't do that. Lol
There’s some new medication for cystic fibrosis and it’s really outstanding 😍 a normal long life is possible!! Love the medicin, pharmacy and constant studies for this ❤️
I have friends who work this show. (I'm from Chicago) They do have a team of medical persons as advisors, as well as extras in the shows. They do put in extra effort towards the efficacy of the show. All three shows actually. Thank you for your critique! It's good to know their hard work is appreciated and recognized.
9:55 i think she gave her the ring then- because he was on the verge of dying. and the nurse wanted to give her some hope. and so she could stay with him- because sometimes only family can stay with a critical patient, and with the ring- it made her a step closer to being family.
Has he done anymore of these? This show has SPIRALED into something else and I would love to see him address some of the more ethically questionable things that have happened, specifically from Torrey DeVitto’s character
I had a biology teacher with a kid with Cystic Fibrosis, he talked about how their daily routine was helping her do a handstand and he would thump on her to help get the fluids and mucus out. Inserting some fun into life threatening conditions probably helps a lot. And it helped us a lot, I think, because he brought it up because we were at genetic conditions in our textbook and it made them more than just words on paper.
Finally started watching this show (just finished all 10 seasons of Chicago fire). When it comes to the scene where the trauma surgeon was speaking in Spanish, I would clarify that his character did his residency in Guatemala, so it would be safe to say he should be pretty fluent in Spanish.
I like the way you've addressed the medical situations -- well done. The issues that always worry me about this show are the doctors who have boundary issues -- particularly the emotional and territorial ones. I was a nonclinical mgr in a small community hospital for many years and know such things could actually close down a hospital if they happened with the frequency they do on the show.
The scen with the girl reminded me of when my ex was in hospital, he was in and out of hospital quite often because of his sarcoidosis, at one point this disease caused problems with his stomach, couldn't eat or anything. Anyways, when he was in the hospital he got thirsty so he used the help button to ask for water, but he accidentally pressed and held the button for a few seconds. Instead of getting one nurse a whole team of doctors and nurses rushed in ready to do whatever to help him. He was just laying in the bed and said "I just wanted some water 😳" apparently (here in Sweden at least), when you press and hold the help button it signals that you need imitate help, like chest pains and so on 😅 so now I know at least what not to do if I'm in hospital 🤣
I would love to see you react to “The Midnight Meat Train” starring Bradley Cooper. You would definitely need to add a clear and concise warning for the fact it’s a straight up gore fest. But with some of the things performed on victims it would be so good to hear the medical side of all the “Not Compatible With Life” situations
I really love this program. That's good because sometimes, you won't be able to remove all the variables according to the scientific way of calling them all the way through, they're just as important as you want them to be. moreover, the diagnosis is relatively difficult. For example, I want to check abdomen. I hope life is always cherishe.
according to Google, most doctors give this show an 85% or 7/10 on accuracy which is much better than Grey's Anatomy, which in the same article only got 4/10
@B&BVlogs goddamn i cant believe a 13 year old just made me feel old before im actually considered old compared to a 13 year old 💀💀 that show isnt that old, it started in 2012
![JayDaYoungan - Goodbye [Official Music Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/s1mSb5yLp18/mqdefault.jpg)
