Doctor Reacts To Wild 9-1-1 Medical Scenes

9-1-1 is a hit drama on FOX about first responders handling emergencies in Los Angeles. So many of you in the comments have requested I react to this, so with zero knowledge of what I'm about to get into, let's go! Boy, what a rollercoaster this series is. These are absolutely some of the most ridiculous scenarios I've ever seen in a medical show, and there is a LOT wrong here. Regardless, we still talk about newborn babies, shark attacks, a boa constrictor choking a woman, unplanned births during yoga class, car accidents, a YouTube prank gone wrong, tanning booths, a nail incident, and, as always: chest compressions.

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[kallmekris]

This show is more chaotic and dramatic than Dr. Mike, and that's saying a lot

[Firnienarya]

Dr. Mike realizing that the people in the show don't actually want to break ribs irl is hilarious lmao.

[MrGamelover]

As unrealistic has this show can be, the fact that almost all their cases are based on something that actually happened is incredible.

[ImaBlack]

My father was a paramedic and he was always calling out inaccuracies on medical shows. Even after he's gone, my mother and I still do this. We say that Dad ruined medical dramas for us, but we always have a good laugh.

[MissMiseryGloom]

As horrifying as this show is I'm glad he finally figured out that they can't actually crack the actor's ribs doing chest compressions. XD

[ongitsnicckky]

So, my dad is a firefighter, and he watched this and literally all he was doing is criticising the firefighters for making diagnosises on the spot and doing things wrong lol

[cthulhuwizard]

The bit about the baby that was "flushed". She wasn't flushed, the mother ran up to a level that's under construction and there was this large open pipe and she dropped the baby into it, I'm impressed nothing else insane happened.
But the part where the guy on the ambo said "if this baby dies, it's on you", that wasn't to the mother, that was to the police officer who held the ambulance so the mum could board.

[QueenOfTheZombieApocalypse]

Weird as it sounds, I’ve known a number of very experienced EMTs who purposefully make dark humor jokes in the field with patients. It’s because the more relaxed the first responders appear to be, the more calm the patient is. If they are relaxed/joking a bit with the patient the assumption is “oh! They see things like this everyday I am going to be fine”. If the EMT seems stressed then the patient is more likely to panic.

[estellelafrance]

hi! 911 dispatcher here (: we actually almost never check for a pulse because most callers are panicked and will feel their own pulse and think its the patients! if someone is uncounscious and doesnt look like theyre breathing, we most likely start cpr and see if the person has the reflex to push them away. if not, compressions it is! fun fact for yall today

[valeriefstewart]

Lesson that I took from the last 5 seconds of this video: Running is deadly. Noted. Thanks Mike! lol

[CatBehaviourPhD]

I know this show isn't realistic, like basically all medical dramas, I still love it. It's weirdly refreshing to see a decent portrayal of trauma and stuff like that in first responders. Despite all the weirdness, I do like it!

[spartus]

10:41 as an EMT I was taught to cover with a cup and moist bandage both eyes so when they look around with an non hanging eye the hangy one wouldn't move more.

[bridgerdunn]

DR mike is like the Gordon Ramsey of doctors. Telling everybody’s show why they are wrong and unrealistic 😂

[gmillsy]

“Nope he’s gone”
As a life guard that hilarious to me because I’ve known life guards who have continued CPR for 45 minutes and to go “nope he’s gone” after 10 seconds is ridiculous

[appalachiancat]

I had a paramedic tell me I had deep vein thrombosis as I was being transported. The ER doctor just checked to make sure i didn't have that and sent me home. I had osteomyelitis and spent the next six months on IV antibiotics after I was correctly diagnosed by my PCP two months later. They do need to keep their theories to themselves.

[OmiNope]

You know your content is good when you get someone who is scared of anything medical related, to watch your channel hours on end.(yes me) Your doing a great Job Dr. Mike! Thank you for the education

[brynnbutler]

the premise of each story starts this way:
person calling: *says something that sounds bad and like a tragedy but not too strange or weird*
dispatch: *asks a clarifying question*
person: no you don’t understand *reveals twist*

[aliepatchik]

I lost my absolute mind when Mike yelled "HE'S ON DRUGS" "How do you know?" "LOOK AT HIM" plus Sam wheezing in the background just SENT ME

[babygirllynn]

Although the show can be inaccurate and bit ridiculous I still love it because some of the cases are based on actual 911 calls of course the situation is embellished or dramatized but it’s still very interesting to see how crazy things can happen in real life. I also love the characters they definitely bring more to the show. This reaction was so funny because Doctor Mike was laughing at all the inaccuracies.

[Beeliveshere]

I find so much joy in this show, despite knowing it is absolutely ridiculous and so medically innacutate, but I love it to pieces either way (and the characters give me so much joy)