Ep 6: Top 10 - Hollywood medical mistakes

About this episode

This episode discusses the top 10 medical mistakes commonly portrayed in Hollywood films and TV shows.

Whether it's a dramatic police shootout, saving a life on the operating table, or the action hero proving that it'll take more than a few bullet wounds to stop justice, Hollywood drama is thrilling to say the least. But if you followed all the medical advice on TV and in movies, you might not live very long. In this episode we bust down 10 of Hollywood's favourite medical plot points which are... well... not such a great idea in reality.

Topics covered

• Hollywood
• medical mistakes
• TV drama
• comedy

Keywords

• medical advice
• plot points
• reality vs fiction

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Hollywood

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