- No joke, Cocomelon has over a hundred billion views.
♪ Cocomelon is a fun show ♪
♪ Let's hope that the medical misinfo doesn't blow ♪
Beewoop!
♪ Work out, work out, it's time to work out now ♪
Look at those lunges.
♪ Yes, yes, yes I like to work out ♪
♪ Good, good, working out is good for you ♪
All right, working out is good for you.
I'm with this segment.
♪ See, see, Teddy likes to work out ♪
♪ One, two, three, exercise, you see ♪
Dad, it's not exercise if you do it for the Teddy.
- [Sam] (snorts) You got me with that one.
(men laughing)
(chuckles) I wasn't prepared for that.
(TV beeps)
♪ You see I'm working out ♪
♪ Yay, yay, yay ♪
- Yeah. And the the kid's not working out either.
The dad's lifting him too.
♪ Hands, hands, it's time to wash your hands ♪
Washing your hands is good.
So first get your hands nice and wet,
then get the soap, lather, sing happy birthday, 20 seconds,
la la la la la, and then rinse.
♪ See, see, Mousie likes to ♪
Oh, don't put soap on the mouse! It's gonna get all gross.
♪ Bed, bed, it's time to go to bed ♪
♪ Yes, yes, yes I like to be in bed ♪
♪ Good, good, sleeping is good for you ♪
Sleeping is really important for growth.
So if you want to grow tall,
make sure you're getting enough sleep.
Growth hormone peaks when you sleep well.
♪ See, see, Lamby likes to sleep ♪
They have the healthiest stuffed animals up in this joint.
Lifestyle habits on point.
♪ Sleep, sleep, sleep, I like it, wow ♪
This is like propaganda for children.
You make them listen to this all day
so they actually listen to you. (chuckles)
♪ Mommy, mommy ♪
♪ Yes, Cody ♪
♪ I just fell and scraped my knee ♪
♪ Ouchie. ♪
♪ Make my boo boo better now ♪
So sometimes they say like,
"Oh, you should put hydrogen peroxide on a wound.
You should put alcohol on a wound."
Unnecessary.
Just put some really clean water on it.
Or if you have soap,
you could put some mild soap on it as well
but even that is usually unnecessary.
It's about irrigating the wound out,
and then afterwards keeping it covered.
A covered wound heals better.
♪ A bandage and a kiss just right ♪
♪ Will help your boo boo feel all right ♪
See, I wish she would have washed that wound out.
♪ Cody, Cody ♪
♪ Yes, bunny ♪
♪ I hurt my paw, look and see ♪
Is Cody a veterinarian?
♪ A bandage and kiss just right ♪
♪ Will help your boo boo feel all right ♪
♪ Look look, JJ. Owie ow ♪
♪ Make my boo boo better now ♪
Someone needs to teach these children
that you don't need to use bandages
if there's no open wound. (chuckles)
♪ I know it hurts, wipe your tears away ♪
And they should probably get someone to check
if any sutures are needed.
I don't think they're called sutures on stuffed animals.
They're called stitches. (chuckles)
♪ Oh, ouch ♪
♪ Yes, teacher ♪
♪ I stubbed my toe over there ♪
♪ You probably need an x-ray at an urgent care ♪
♪ There there teacher, it's okay ♪
♪ I know it hurts, wipe your tears away ♪
♪ A bandage ♪
She doesn't need a bandage. She didn't cut her foot.
These babies with these bandages. Are they sponsored?
Is this a sponsored bandage Cocomelon bit?
♪ Will help your boo boo feel all right ♪
Did anyone else ever have a crush
on their middle school teachers?
Guilty.
By the way, I found out what that head reflector is.
Doctors wearing the thing again. What is that thing?
What is it doing?
Apparently, back in the day,
doctors used to tilt it so that the light from the room
would get shined directly into the patient's mouth
or whatever it is that they were looking at.
I still don't understand how the convexity concavity
of this mirror made that happen
and why it needed to have a hole in the middle of it,
but apparently, that's what Wikipedia told people.
You have no idea how many links I got. Thank you.
♪ When you go see the doctor for your checkup today ♪
♪ He'll make sure you're healthy in every way ♪
♪ That is what good doctors do in the holistic method. ♪
♪ He'll check your weight ♪
♪ He'll check your height ♪
♪ They'll check your weight ♪
♪ They'll check your height. ♪
♪ He'll check to see that you're growing right ♪
Actually,
a growth chart is one of the most important factors
that we look for when we have a baby, a toddler come in
because a baby that is sick will not grow appropriately.
If a family's not feeding the baby well, we need to know.
You actually see off of the growth curve
a drop-off in the percentile of the weight or height
of the child.
♪ He'll check your lungs ♪
When we check lungs, we listen from the back.
When we check the heart, we listen from the front.
We do not put the stethoscope on patient's faces.
♪ He'll make sure they're working every part ♪
When we do a blood pressure
you actually have to put the stethoscope in your ears,
little Cocomelon baby.
You have to listen for the systolic,
"Boom boom. Boom. Boom."
- [Sam] Why do you do the lungs from the back?
- 'Cause the lungs are in the back.
- [Sam] That answers that question. Moving on. (laughs)
(TV beeps)
♪ He'll check how well you see and hear ♪
♪ When yo go see the doctor ♪
- All right. That was a big no-no.
Cocomelon there was using the otoscope which goes in the ear
in the patient's eye.
If you do that on a medical standardized exam,
you would fail.
The otoscope can actually poke out someone's eye
if they lean forward,
because it has a long elongated tip on it.
A sharp one too.
So you need to use the ophthalmoscope, which is different.
It's a flat scope that you use to look into the eye,
to do a fundoscopic exam.
Fundoscopy!
♪ He'll make sure you're healthy in every way ♪
More cowbell.
(triangle chimes)
♪ When yo go see the doctor for your checkup today ♪
♪ He'll make sure you're healthy in every way ♪
So a lot of times, I don't do those types of exams
on toddlers.
I don't need to move around their legs
to make sure that their legs work.
A lot of times I walk in the room, they're running around.
I'm playing with them, I'll play catch, this and that.
And I could see their extremities move.
I can observe the child,
and that's part of being a good doctor.
(mother gasps)
(baby coughs)
Oh, baby has a cough.
♪ My little baby not feeling well ♪
♪ Check the temperature before you say they have a fever. ♪
♪ You have a fever, mommy can tell ♪
♪ And in a young baby, you should probably do a rectal ♪
♪ Because that is more accurate ♪
♪ My little baby not feeling well ♪
♪ Your nose is running, daddy can tell ♪
Wow. Daddy must be a doctor
if he can tell that the nose is running.
♪ I hear you coughing mommy can tell ♪
I actually don't like giving cough medications to kids.
It's just a lot of times doesn't work well.
You can't use honey in children younger than one year of age
because of the Clostridium bacteria
that can cause the baby to be completely floppy.
It's actually called floppy baby syndrome.
If they're coughing, that means something needs to get out.
And yes, if it's really bad
or they need something prescription, that's something else,
but general over the counter stuff,
I generally not like to use it.
♪ You'll get well soon, I'll make sure you do ♪
Also diagnosing a cough in a young child is sometimes tricky
because if it's clear that a child has a fever,
or it has an upper respiratory infection, or a pneumonia,
okay, you know what the diagnosis is.
But sometimes it's trickier where a baby can have reflux
causing the cough, post-nasal drip causing the cough,
some congenital deformity causing a cough,
even a heart problem can sometimes cause a cough.
There's a lot of investigating that needs to happen
because a one-year-old can just be like,
"Well, the thing that's wrong with me is blank."
(mother sneezes)
(father and baby gasp)
(family laughing)
Why is it funny that a cold is contagious?
Now the mom is gonna go to work and bring the cold there.
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You're gonna have a better time than Cocomelon. Just saying.
Let's get a hundred billion views. Stay happy and healthy.
(upbeat music)