One of my guilty pleasures is to watch a bit of Holby City, where biochemistry often gets mentioned. They have a remarkable lab in many ways – they can test any substance for anything at all and get an answer within a few hours, although the Doctors and Nurses often declare that they are “backed up” a lot and therefore the lab gets a lot of flak. The main downside of the holby hospital pathology is that whenever someone has a suspected heart attack a doctor immediately orders a cardiac enzymes test. I look forward to the day that they embrace the new millennium and get themselves a troponin assay.

 

Simon

 

From: Clinical biochemistry discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mohammad Al-Jubouri
Sent: 14 July 2016 22:40
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Subject: Re: Clinical Biochemistry on BBC1!

 

Hahaha, not an answer one would expect from a nurse, I would have expected her to say "shall we give him a bit of potassium" :>)

Regards

 

Mohammad


On 14 Jul 2016, at 22:09, Jonathan Middle <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Just watched 'New Blood' (apt title!)

 

Patient recovering from surgery after being stabbed ...

 

Doctor to nurse "his potassium is a bit low"

Nurse to doctor "he could be hypokalaemic" !

 

Best wishes to all!

 

JGM

 

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