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After discussing this with Tracey she suggested I should post this.

I have just finished watching a UK detective programme called Broadchurch. Brilliant except:-

The detective had a heart problem, A Fib and Arrhythmias. In the seventh episode he was asked if there was anything that could be done for him. He replied that they (presumably the cardios) had suggested a pacemaker but they were not sure that he would survive the operation. (Surgery in American).

So wrong. When I had my pm I had no idea it was surgery, I just thought it was a procedure. Anyway I recovered well.

I hope this will not put anyone off having a pm as it makes life good, corrects many problems and often is a life saver.

I think the script writers did not research the medical facts.

Alma Annie

2 Comments

Hi Annie

by IAN MC - 2013-09-10 04:09:31

I 'm glad that Broadchurch has made it down under. It was a really great series but,like you, I was yelling at the TV when some of the heart stuff came on.

... but , eh we shouldn't let facts get in the way of a good story ! .....on the other hand it does give people a totally inaccurate perception of heart disease which is probably a bad thing

By the way we 'be been getting lots of news coverage on the Australian elections
..... enjoy your new leadership !!

Ian

Surgery in America

by donr - 2013-09-12 09:09:45

I'd bet that it depends on where you live. The US is a BIG place & depending on where you live, many things are called different things.

F'rinstance? What's the difference between:

1) a traffic light, stop light, RYG light, stop & go light?

2) EKG & ECG?

3) A roundabout & a traffic circle?

4) A thicket, copse & hammock?

5) A cabinet, milkshake & chocolate milk?

6) There & yonder?

7) lunch, dinner & supper?

8) A yawl & y'all?

9) Oil & All?

10) A Pin & a Pen?

11) A procedure, surgery or an operation?

12) A soda, soft drink, phosphate or "Coke"?

13) County commission or sheriff's posse?

14) A creek, run, rill, crick?

15) A boil & a Risin?

Depends on whether you live in Georgia, Massachusetts, northern Illinois, southern Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kansas, Nebraska, North Carolina, or South Carolina.

This list could go on for pages. These are just a few terms for many of the same things - sometimes, different things that sound the same to an outsider. I have heard them used during my travels around the USA.

Don't even go into the differences among English as spoken by the Mother country, The US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Bermuda, South Africa, etc. etc. etc.

Don

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