Intro Healthcare Science Medical Show - Grey's Anatomy: Episode one

Elijah Simon

Ms. Ashworth

Intro to Healthcare Science 4th Period

Grey's Anatomy: Episode One

Grey's anatomy is a drama series documenting the life of a group of doctors within a hospital. The show takes place within the fictional hospital, “Seattle Grace”. As the show evolves and seasons go by, the show illustrates the process of becoming a surgical doctor.

Beginning with episode one, the main character, Meredith Grey is introduced. Meredith Grey, daughter of Ellis Grey is an inspiring surgeon. She begins her first day of work as an intern. Interning is an important step in becoming a surgeon. As As intr, they follow belong side a surgeon resident. They assist the surgeon, but they don’t really get much hands on work. The work that is hands on though, is closely monitored by a licensed surgeon. An example of hands on work done by an intern, George O’malley, as he performs an appendectomy. An appendectomy is the surgical removal of the vermiform appendix. This procedure is normally performed as an emergency procedure, and in the case of this women, she was suffering from acute appendicitis. The tools used in the surgery were a scalpel, pickups, clamps, and a suction tool. The scalpel a small and extremely sharp bladed instrument used for surgery. Surgical clamps are instruments or appliances having parts brought together for holding or compressing something. The suction tool is used to clear the airway of blood.

Surgeons keep in contact with one another through pagers. This technology is seen throughout the episode, and sends off a beeping noise whenever a doctor is attempting to call or “page” you. At any time, an intern can be paged. The job of a surgical is seen to always be on call throughout the first episode. This is because at any moment in time, a patient can come in or something can go wrong.

George O’Malley, after failing his appendectomy, complaining about how hard it is to be a surgeon, says that a much easier profession choice would've been Geriatrics. I immediately remembered discussing geriatrics in class, being the care of elder people.

Coming to the close of episode one, four branches or specialized surgeon fields are brought up, being: general, pediatric, cardiac, and