BBC medical series seeks physio input

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Published: 17 Jul 2008
Author: Louise Hunt

A television company is seeking physiotherapists who are willing to share their experiences of patients who have survived extraordinary accidents and injuries for a new series of Bizarre ER.

The aim of the BBC programme is to show how medical science, healthcare professionals and patients themselves are able to rise to the challenge of coping and adapting to situations that are truly testing.

Maverick Television contacted the CSP to ask for help in finding physios who have appropriate stories to share. These would initially be for research but they may be asked to appear on the programme.

They are particularly interested in stories of unusual wounds, fractures, other injuries and symptoms, a bizarre accident in terms of its impact on the body or the accident itself or something that calls for a form of curious treatment or operation, or a fairly commonplace injury that was sustained in improbable or amusing circumstances. In any of the examples patients should have made a substantial recovery.

An example from the previous series included a man who fell into a concrete mixer, severing his limbs – but who was stitched back together by skilled surgeons who used his toes as fingers.

The company stresses that, in the initial stages, they do not need patient details and would abide by broadcasting rules on confidentiality and consent.

To contribute examples to the series contact the CSP press office