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Nursing and treating patients during the Troubles | Matron, Medicine and Me
Nurses who worked during The Troubles speak of the difficulty and necessity of ignoring politics when people are injured and...
Ovaries and eggs | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young
Alice explains how many eggs a woman has from birth.
Ovulation and menstruation | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young
Alice explains what happens during ovulation and menstruation.
Oxygen and 'free radicals' | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young
Alice talks oxygen and how anti-oxidant foods can help us with dangerous oxygen by-products called 'free radicals'.
Physiotherapist struggles with her own health | Saving Our Nurses
Esther worries about her own health in relation to doing a good job.
Polyhydramnios and pregnancy | The Midwives
A pregnant woman is suffering from polyhydramnios where there is too much fluid in the womb, which could become life-threatening.
Post birth complications | The Midwives
A doctor helps the student with the delivery using a ventouse, a suction cup placed on the baby's head.
Postnatal mum weighs up having a blood transfusion | The Midwives
A sick mother who hasn't had energy to hold her baby is offered a blood transfusion to improve her condition.
Practicing a cervical sweep on a doll | Saving Our Nurses
Concerned about her practical skills, a new Midwife practices a cervical sweep exam with a doll.
Pre-eclampsia requires intervention | The Midwives
Doctors have to intervene when the attempt to induce birth puts too much stress on the baby.
Pregnant woman discharges herself | The Midwives
A woman who is recommended to stay in the ward to be monitored disagrees with the midwives and discharges herself.
Pregnant woman has heart defect | The Midwives
A woman has been admitted to hospital with extreme heart palpitations at 32 weeks and was advised not to have...