Hollywood isn’t generally your go-to for accurate health information. House is one of the few shows experts deem medically accurate, according to Insider. In a recent YouTube video, Mikhail Varshavski D.O., better know as Doctor Mike, weighed in on whether the show’s depiction of quarantine is actually legit.
This particular episode focuses on a patient who is presumed to have smallpox. In reality, this is highly unlikely since the disease was eradicated. The show explains that smallpox only exists in a few medical labs—a point that is true, according to Doctor Mike.
In the show, doctors order a smallpox test for every family member. This would never actually happen, says Doctor Mike. The patient undergoes testing to rule out a wide variety of other illnesses, like measles, which is the right call.
Later in the video when a patient suffers cardiac arrest, House automatically bypasses chest compression and reaches for the defibrillator, which is inaccurate.
“Even House fails us with the chest compressions,” he says. “You don’t shock flatline either, House. You know better than that.”
Doctors discover that the patient has Rickettsialpox, an illness caused by mite bites. House then takes off his protective gear—while standing next to the patient’s hospital bed— after learning she doesn’t have smallpox.
“I still wouldn’t take off my gear like that! My God, this is ridiculous. Infection control, people. This would never happen in any hospital.”
If you want to see more of Doctor Mike’s thoughts, check out his video below.
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