03x01 - Episode 1

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{\an8}PREVIOUSLY ON INTERNS

{\an8}We have to use your ward.

{\an8}We don't know the ER.

I haven't worked in months.

Take the less serious cases.

- Where's Arben?
- Don't know.

We have 40 CO₂ victims.

Sir, you need to blow, too.



EMTs, down the hall.

I'm scared.

We don't know if he'll live or die.

Stop, stop, stop!

If you cry,
it doesn't help patients.

- Ever done this?
- Not with CO₂ victims.

As emergency services are here,
you'll work under Fred.

Can I help?

Help!

Why was a patient left alone for hours?

It was Igor Jurozak's patient.

He examined him,
but has no memory of it.

None.

You're pale.


I have to get back.

What are you doing in my ward
disguised as an EMT?

You're a doctor.

You could be jailed. Leave.

Still want to work ER?

- Yes.
- I'll handle it.

Is Igor here?

Igor!

Help!

No one understands why he did it.

Suicide in the workplace
is necessarily

linked to one's work.

He'll die.

You must be strong.

I could tell something was wrong.

I just felt it.

No more emergency patients.

Call all neighboring hospitals.

We're closing.

INTERNS

"IT'S MAD MAX HERE." - ARBEN BASCHA

{\an8}TO DOCTOR JEAN-MARC NORÈS,
TO DOCTOR JEAN MAOUS,

{\an8}TO LIONEL BALZAN

What is it?

I'm here for Milan Kovac.

I'm an emergency doctor.

Wait here.

A doctor for Kovac.

OK, go to the right.

Block G, 5th floor.

The shelter.

OK, thanks.

The doctor?

- Yes.
- Come in.

Come on.

It's 6 hours since we called.

The emergency services don't reply.

I came as soon as I could.
Don't push me, sir.

My brother's in a bad way.

Hello, ma'am.

Milan, I'm the doctor.

I'll take care of you.

Can you hear what I say?

Can you hear me?

Can you open your eyes for me?

Can you grip my hand?

Not easy...

- How long now?
- 6 hours.

We called you then.

Did he vomit more than once?

- No idea.
- You don't know?

What's wrong?

Can you give me some air and light, please?

Thank you.

It'll feel tight on your arm,
that's normal.

I need help.

It hurts.

OK, don't worry.
I'm here to help you.

I'm lifting your T-shirt.

Can they be quiet? I can't hear.

Doctor, you must help us.

Help my son.

Ma'am, let me do my job.

I can't hear.

You need to be quiet.

Is he on meds?

No idea.

Check his things for meds.

I won't search his things.

It's important.

Search his things, or I can't work.

I'll prick your finger. It won't hurt.

Excuse me.

Stay out of my things.

Can you tell him?

Help me...

Yes, don't worry.

I'll take care of you.

- I hurt all over.
- It'll be OK.

I'll look in your mouth now, Milan.
Can you try to open it?

That's great, thanks.

sh*t, a huge abscess.

Your son has a mouth abscess.

A big abscess. Understand?

I found this in his room.

No idea what it is.

What's that?

He's overdosed, he must be hospitalized.
I'll call an ambulance.

What ambulance?

What is this?

Treat him! We called them.

They never came!

- Treat him.
- My phone.

No way, treat my brother now!

Do as he says.

What ambulance?

After 6 hours?

Treat him, we've waited 6 hours!

He must be hospitalized.

Treat him now.

Hurry up, treat him.

Treat him first. Hurry.

Now.

What now?

I need silence.

Step back.

Step back!

He'll die if he isn't hospitalized.
I need my phone.

Gimme my phone!

Ambulance dispatch.

Hello. Alyson Lévêque, EMS.

Go ahead.

I need an ambulance urgently
for a patient OD'ing on meds.

Please hold.

OK, I'll hold.

None free for now.

What?

They're all out.

OK, I understand, but my patient can't wait.

Sorry. Call back later,
or try nearby hospitals.

- Good luck.
- Goodbye.

Well?

They're coming.

- Sure?
- Yes.

They're leaving now.

Let's go.

It's too crowded here.
Your brother needs air and peace.

Send some people out.

Excuse me, sir.

Move back, ma'am.

You need to let me work.

What now?

They coming or not?

I can't hear a thing.

Hello?

Sorry, Hugo, I'm in deep sh*t here.

I'm on a home visit,
a 19-year-old overdosing on analgesics,

and there's no ambulance free.

Try to calm down.
Where are you?

Rose des Vents.

Come and help me.

He's decompensating,
I'm gonna lose him.

Help me, please.

I have 5 more visits,
I'm running really late.

Alyson, what's wrong?

What the hell's wrong?

They knocked me over.

They threatened me.

Listen to me.

Call the police.

Call them now.

I'm on my way.

Thanks. Hurry.

Poincaré Hospital ER.

Arben?

It's Hugo.

Alyson's patient is decompensating.
No ERV is free.

She's alone and she's losing the guy.

She needs a van.

We haven't had any ERVs since July.

I know that.

Can't you call the EMS?

It might work.

We close at 8 PM in summer.

It's Mad Max here,
a post-COVID apocalypse.

- Sorry.
- We need to help, she's in deep sh*t.

The guys threatened her.

The address?

Rose des Vents, Aulnay.
Keep me posted, it's dicey.

I'm on it. I'll call you.

- I'm a doctor.
- Sure.

Be right back.

Excuse me.

- Hello?
- Bad time?

I'm at a movie with my daughter.

- I'm sending an ERV out.
- What?

An ERV.

Hold on, what is this sh*t?

- No way.
- It's a one-off.

Alyson's on an EMS call.

A decompensating patient.

Are you serious? We're closed.

Our ERU is closed.

- We can't go out.
- She's all alone.

- She needs help.
- Stop, Arben. That's final. Gotta go.

Goodbye.

Hello, everyone.

Excuse me, gentlemen.

- Did you call us, ma'am?
- Yes.

I can't work with them here.

Just three people in the room.

No more than three.

Let's go now.

Excuse me.

Let me through.

Excuse me.

- Who are you?
- A doctor.

- Let me in.
- Hold on.

- A doctor?
- Dr. Wagner.

Let him in, he's with me!

Thank you.

Here at last?

I gave him Rivotril.

He convulsed and vomited.

I'm on it.

Thanks.

He's not breathing.

- What?
- He isn't.

Cardiac arrest.

Move the table, please.

Help me, sir.

Bring the IV, Alyson!

Set him down.

Hold this up for me.

- When did he stop?
- Just now.

Prep 1 mg of epi.

- A friend?
- My brother.

He's in cardiac arrest.
We're going to take care of him.

What's going on?

Stop.

- No beat.
- Again.

One...

Two..

Three...

Four...

Five.

- Hello?
- It's me.

Alyson and Hugo can't get an ambulance
for a patient.

We're sending an ERV.

Is Brun there?

No.

He said to send one?

No.

My decision.
I'll need you in trauma.

Chloé?

I'm on my way.

SELF-HYPNOSIS

You took hours.

- Here!
- Arben, hurry.

Excuse me.

You need to step back, please.

Step back.

I think it's Tramadol poisoning.

- I'll take over.
- Thanks.

Been doing CPR long?



It restarted once with 2 mg of epi.

We're at 3 now.

OK, intubate,
with 1 mg of epi.

Got it.



I'll take over.

All good?

Laryngoscope.

Right away.



- Are we good?
- All set.

It's in.

Fill the BVM.

Up to 6 mg.

Stop CPR.

OK, more CPR.





OK, stop.

We have a beat.

We have a beat.

Listen.
His heart's beating.

Listen to me.

We can't take him yet.

We need help.

You're the help!

- He isn't stable.
- Hospitalize him!

We waited all day for you!

The patient!

- Hospitalize him!
- We can't!

Not in his state!

Listen,

evacuate the patient now.

We have to go.

You agree?

Let's go.

We'll take him in.

Clear the hallway
and leave the apartment, OK?

Coming through.

Here we go.

It's good for me.

OK, Hugo?

Yeah, I'm good.

Lift him a bit.

You OK?

OK, turn.

Let's lift him.

We're good.

Thank you.

No worries.

- Strapped in?
- All done.

Stay with her.

Bring her to the ER.
See you there.

I'm counting on you.

Chloé!

Chloé!

Marcel!

Marcel!

OK, it fits.

Make room.

Make room!

Block the wheels.

Take the oxygen.

Ready? On 3.



Bring the bed closer.

Tell me.

Opiate poisoning.

We nearly lost him twice.



Unventilated for 10 minutes.

Test electrolytes, blood gas, liver, toxins.

Hold the light.

Thanks.

Hold the probe.

He has a huge abscess.

Not an OD, sepsis.

It caused his heart to stop.

At 20?

Maybe a mitral valve
damaged by cocaine.

Blood culture, urinary catheter,


I'll prescribe it.

I'll get the catheter kit.

- Here.
- Thanks.

Let me see.

You OK?

It'll be fine.

You'll be OK.

You must've been scared.

You're sweet.

And you're brave.

It's weird being here.

For me too.

Hurt anywhere else?

Shoulder, back, arm, everywhere.

It hurts here.

They messed you up.

- A paracetamol IV?
- No need.

It's wiser.

You need to rest.

- You OK?
- I'm fine.

- How do you feel?
- I'm OK.

I was scared.

Good evening.

Sorry, this is Hugo.

Meet David.
This is Hugo.

I mentioned him.

Yes, Hugo...

Your mom heads the ICU, right?

Exactly.

David, ophthalmologist.

- Hello.
- At the Val d'Or clinic.

Nice.

Want to head home?

She should stay overnight.

I think I'll stay.

Alright.

As you want.

Can I stay too?

Of course.

I'll get the paracetamol.

- Got the tox results?
- Not yet. ALT is normal.

What is all this?

Marcel!

Go on, explain.

Male, 20,
tramadol OD with dental abscess

and septic endocarditis.

And?

What?

How long in hypoxia?

It's hard to say.

- 5? 10? 15 minutes?
- No idea.

No one knows anything?

How much epi?



Did I say fetch him?

No other choice.

OK, fine.

Where do we put him?

Follow me.

Come on!

Take a good look.

Look over there, say.

Or here.

And there. Notice anything?

And here.

Look around.

Notice anything?

And in the corridor.

Take a look.

Same thing here.

No, you notice nothing?

Here, in the corridor?

Nothing at all?

No one's here.

Because it's closed.

Because the carers are tired.

We're tired, you're tired, I'm tired.

Nurses and the EVS team, all tired.

We had a health crisis.

A real tragedy.

This closure was discussed
and voted by all of us!

It was to protect us.

So respect that. It's my responsibility!

This isn't the Wild West.
You can't just take a van out.

With no driver.
Who drove?

Maëlle.

Maëlle, a nurse?

Think that's normal?

It's not normal no ERU responded
and he spent 6 hours waiting.

We protect patients.

He wouldn't be in that state
with our ERU open.

We were protecting Alyson too.

So it's not a legend.

Here too?

Hi.

How is she?

Stunned from the shock.

Just minor bruises.

- Good evening.
- Good evening.

I'm David, Alyson's boyfriend.

Hello.

I've heard about you.

You overdid the benzos.

- Fibrillating in trauma!
- sh*t!

- Who goes?
- You.

I'm Chloé.

Yes, I know.

Shock him!

Charging.

Come on, Marcel.

Ready? Clear!

First shock!

Charging.

Clear!

Second shock.

Charging. Clear!

Third shock!

- Cordarone?
- Yes.





Charging!

Clear!

Fourth shock!

Cardiac arrest. CPR.



Lower the bed.

Prepping epi.

Say when it's in.



Carry on, Hugo.

Stop.

Arben, take over.

Maëlle.



Stop.

He's fibrillating.

Watch out.

OK, Marcel? Clear!

Fifth shock.

Charging.

Clear!

Sixth shock.

CPR?

No, wait.

Hold on...

We have a beat.

Stethoscope.

We have a beat.

All good.

We can't keep him here.

We can't.

Understand? We can't!

Understand that?

We're full. I can't push the walls back.

We can't move our cases.

It's no better here.

So...

We have 4 out of 8 beds open, all taken.

So open another.

I wish I could,
but I'm not allowed to.

You're not?

I'm calling Wagner.

Go ahead.









ICU POINCARÉ

Yes?

Hi, Muriel.
Sorry to wake you, it's Brun.

We have an emergency case

and need an ICU bed.

What is it?

Cardiac arrest after med OD

in septic shock
with polysubstance use.

Sorry, Olivier,

I can't open a bed.

- I've no authorization.
- What?

- I can't.
- Let me.

Just a second.

Hello, it's me, Hugo.

Why are you there?

He's barely 20,


and he was kept waiting 6 hours.

It's urgent. We need help.

We're full.
Taking him is too risky, so nyet.

Transfer him.

Listen, we need a bed now.

No, you listen.

The answer's nyet.

OK.

Well, then?

- Nyet.
- What do you mean?

She said nyet.

Just nyet?

Nyet, no way.

I told you.

Come with me.

- Dr. Bascha.
- I'll hold.

OK, you're sure?

Not psychiatry, the ICU.

No.

Bondy, no.

Do I try Ivry?

Try Henri Mondor.

Which one next?

Try Clichy.

St. Denis is full.

Tried Pontoise?

- No.
- Try it.

A colleague told me you have

a free ICU bed.

No idea. An intern, I guess.

That's right.

Got one.

Alright.
You're sure?

- An ICU bed?
- Not the ICU.

- Geriatrics.
- No good.

St. Cloud is out.

Brun, Poincaré ER.
We need an ICU bed.

Can't you free a bed?



That's why you won't take him?

And continuity of care? It's not an option.

I am calm.
And I'm being respectful.

Screw your supervisor!

You can't refuse.

I've been on the phone all night!

No, I'll hold.

Arben, Chloé, take five.

I'll replace you.

Call me if one comes free.

Yes, however late.

St. Cloud and Clichy done.

- Evry, Mondor.
- Nanterre?

Nanterre?

Let's try. Go on, call them.

Well?

Nothing.

No ER, no ICU.
Call this a hospital?

We should've left him?

We did the right thing.

It's not us.

No way!

You're all back?

- OK?
- And you?

So you're in obstetrics?

Steak?

You bet. OK, Arben?

OK, Chloé?

What have we got?

Guys...

Melted on the steaks?

Yeah, awesome.

Seriously?

What?

That's the Poincaré way.

For food, you muddle by.

You need DIY skills here.

What are you doing?

Stocking up?

For your protégés?

Who?

No, forget it.

Come on, tell us.

It's nothing.

Rumors.

Just rumors.

Yes?

I'm in the duty room.

On my way.

A bed in Corbeil.

Excellent.

Still no ERV.

We'll use a van.

I'll leave you to it.

Can they do that?

Is she nice or not?

That's Chloé for you.

Hi.

Hi.

You OK?

Yes. You?

It's late. Get some sleep.

OK up there?

Yes.

Need anything?

No. Thank you.

Try to get some rest.

I'll rest tomorrow.

I'm stopping.

Prep the 5th mg.

It's over.

Olivier...

It's over.

It's over.

Prep 1 more mg.

Stop.

It's over.

- Are you the doctor?
- Yes.

My leg. It hurts. It's swollen.

You tried the ER?

It's closed.

A friend sent me here.

Can you step into the light?

Show me.

Come in.

Thank you.

Follow me.

- Can you manage?
- Yes.

I have room for you.

Hello, everyone.

Hello.

Everything OK?

Sit down here.

May I look at your leg?

Can I see both?