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Previously on ER...
Son of a bitch!
I can be a competent surgeon.
I can learn the techniques,
the mechanics.
But I'll never be a great surgeon.
I'm not writing you that prescription
for the Percodan. You need help.
I'm fine.
Your baby was deprived of oxygen
in the womb.
So there's always the possibility
that there could be brain damage.
¡Back off! ¡Shut up!
¡Shut up! ¡Shut up!
"Ambush"
- Can we get this in one night?
- We have to.
- Change batteries in the Lavaliers.
- He's getting more nine-volts.
- It's got that smell.
- Rob, white balance that.
Tony did it. And he laid down
bars and tones.
Why do all hospitals have this smell?
- Pork buns? Who went for food?
- I brought it.
- Thanks a lot.
- Camera mount in Trauma is keystoning.
Hasn't been leveled yet.
Let's get ready to sh**t.
Everybody on the same page?
Worried about that iris?
- It's fine.
- The tapes are numbered.
Stuart and I will stick to the doctor.
Luis and Rob, follow our lead. Okay?
This is still breaking up.
We don't get a second chance here.
- I hate hospitals.
- Is Dr. Greene here?
I haven't seen him.
- Are you set in the lounge?
- Just need tapes.
- Where's the battery charger?
- It's in the X-ray room.
Trim RF six. It's too hot.
What is that?
Oh, you know. It's backup footage.
Workplace stuff.
Cubbies still losing?
I haven't been watching.
We put up other stationary cameras
at the desk...
- ... and in that yellow room.
- Trauma ?
High-traffic areas. Get some wide
angles to cut with for pace, variety.
Right.
We just leave them running.
Get what we get.
It's on?
By the end of the day,
you'll forget we're here.
See you.
Excuse me.
We'll start with him coming on.
Too late. He's already in Trauma.
Careful.
- He's the one with the glasses.
- I remember.
Gave him mgs
of morphine in the field.
- How bad does the goal post look?
- I scored.
Let's order pre-op labs. CBC, type
and screen, left lower extremity film.
- Ancef?
- One gram IV piggyback...
...and of gentamicin.
- I really broke it, huh?
- No varsity this fall.
- Varsity? I'm years old.
- You're ?
- Guess I don't need a pediatrician.
- You'll be carded till you're .
- You mind staying?
- You need me?
I just wanna get Dr. Greene
discussing the orders.
- You need the back of my head.
- Yeah.
Dr. Greene, how's that pulse?
Distal pulses are two plus and equal.
No arterial injury.
Good evening.
Dr. Carter, you're early.
Open fracture?
- You need me?
- Yes, actually.
I'm sick of assisting Dr. Welby here.
Why don't you finish the history?
You have pain anywhere
besides your leg?
I kind of jammed my stomach.
Got any allergies?
Just hay fever.
Anything for me?
Oh, this is today?
- Don't look in the lens.
- Right.
- Possible surgical belly.
- You're still here?
Thirty-six hours.
We're short a surgeon.
Belly's benign. Call Ortho.
How's it going?
Pissed off about losing you?
We haven't talked.
When was your last meal?
I ate lunch around .
- Cimetidine, mgs IV.
- You got it.
That'll cut the acidity
in your stomach.
If you vomit in the O.R., you'd aspirate
your stomach contents into your lungs.
That's more than he needed to hear.
Whoa! We got a problem.
- What?
- Sorry to interrupt.
A doc says she wasn't
informed about our sh**t.
I'll be right there.
Stuart, are you okay?
Dr. Carter, our mike will pick you up
at normal volume.
You can relax and speak naturally.
Carter wasn't acting.
He's really like that.
They're focusing on Dr. Greene.
But their goal is to get a sense-
Kerry, nice do.
and portray it in a positive light.
It says nothing about "positive light. "
It only talks about their rights
to use my name and image.
Why not take this in the lounge?
Anspaugh and Morgenstern think this
will increase public awareness...
- ... of the health care issues we face-
- I understand.
- Sorry, what's your name?
- Luis.
Luis. I'm not saying you're here
to ambush us or do an exposé...
...but there's nothing to stop them.
- If I don't sign, you're wasting film.
- It's tape. It's cheap.
Hi. My husband and I
are the directors.
- Anna Del Amico.
- Do you have questions?
If we could just speak in the lounge,
we'd get this straightened out.
Dr. Del Amico is new here.
If she doesn't sign,
we can sh**t around her.
If you're finished, Stuart needs you.
Miss, is this gonna be on TV?
Pre-sold to PBS.
- PBS? Not network?
- No.
Luis.
It's something that Mark agreed to.
- He's excited.
- Think he's up to it?
Yeah, sure. Why not?
Cameras all over, it makes me uptight.
I know.
We'll all be hiding out here.
Mark seems a little shaky right now.
Oh, he's gonna be fine.
I'd be shaky if I had the crap
beaten out of me.
He wanted to do this. That's a good
sign. Maybe he's back on his game.
- Maybe.
- They're here. They're sh**ting.
There's nothing we can do
except stick up for Mark.
Standing by him.
You look like a star out there.
I'm enjoying all the attention.
Don't get used to everybody
taking orders.
I was hoping for a sequel.
Some of us are working stiffs.
Measles in .
Later.
Mr. Schoenberger's in sinus rhythm.
BP's / , pulse is , reps are-
Resps- Sorry.
- Should I start over?
- Sure.
Next time you can just keep going.
Well, his cardiogram is normal.
His shortness of breath
was resolved with oxygen.
He may have had indigestion.
Today was all-you-can-eat at
my favorite Mexican place.
Do you have history of heart disease?
No. My relatives generally
prefer cancer.
- Do you smoke?
- Not cigarettes.
He recently took up cigars.
I don't inhale.
I started a cardiac work-up, ordered
a CBC, Chem- , cardiac enzymes-
That's a little gung-ho for a guy
who ate too many burritos.
He was concerned enough to come in.
That's no reason to order
a million tests.
You can lie back now.
You know where I can get ahold
of any Havanas?
My taste is a little more pedestrian.
I'm happy with one of these.
No wonder you're short of breath.
Seriously? You think it's the cigars?
Those aren't fit to be called cigars.
Lay off the cheapos for a few days
and I think you're gonna feel fine.
- Give up the stogies?
- At least get something decent.
You think this'll be in the movie?
I just dropped by to thank you again
and see how things are going.
You don't have to film this.
- Everything under control?
- Yeah. Yeah, it is.
It seems like a busy night.
Oh, not too busy for a weeknight.
Right. Pretty slow for a weeknight.
- I'm sure it'll pick up later.
- Yeah, later. It should pick up.
You'll get good stuff.
Just making sure things are copacetic,
and thanks again for taking this on.
Sure.
- Stuart, come grab this.
- Excuse me. Who do I give this to?
- You decided to sign?
- Just keep my face off Hard Copy.
The nurses are cooking.
Turn mike to channel three.
The best one was the guy
with the transistor radio.
He said he slipped in the shower
and he sat down.
- Ouch!
- While it was still playing?
"Oops! There it is! "
I asked Mark- Dr. Greene, if he was
going to extract the foreign body.
He said, "No. But I think I'll
tune it to the ball game. "
I got a head lac for Carter.
Has anybody seen him?
Seems like there's a camaraderie
between doctors and nurses.
- What about dating?
- Who, Mark?
You tell me.
- Oh, I'm sorry. I-
- I'll get that.
Actually, we do socialize,
but more as a group.
Dr. Greene comes-
Well, he used to come-
He's been taking it slow.
Since he got b*at down.
I mean, b*at up.
You know about that, right?
It's a myth about doctors
and nurses dating so much.
More nurses date cops, firemen,
paramedics. Now, that cliché is true.
- Especially cops.
- Especially young cops.
Getting back to Dr. Greene-
I need a nurse in .
Okay. Everybody, that was great.
"Lucy, you got some 'splaining to do. "
What?
What about cops and firemen?
- Stay with them. They're miked.
- Jealous?
I just wanna know what you're doing
for them that you're not doing for me.
I'll tell you later
if you bring the cuffs.
- I was gonna get some sleep tonight.
- Don't count on that.
Look at him. I bet he wishes
he could read lips.
Hi there, dumb-ass!
Doug, he's waving.
You got a mike on?
Do you think he could hear me?
Turn it off.
But that's the thing about the ER.
You got to stay on your toes.
- Lily's looking for you.
- On my way.
You're also more on your own.
When I was up in Surgery...
...there was someone looking over
my shoulder, critiquing every move.
- Here the residents are responsible-
- Carter, help me!
I can't get him rolled.
- I think I'm gonna puke again!
- I know. I know.
- I feel much better.
- Good, good.
- Oh, yeah.
- I'm gonna change.
Compazine for our friend, please.
Twenty-five milligrams, PR.
- Excuse me.
- What does that mean? "PR"?
Per rectum.
Do you have to clean this up?
Oh, no.
Housekeeping to Suture Room.
- I don't know what you're looking for.
- Just keep it conversational.
Come and go normally.
Don't be afraid to interrupt.
Talk right to me. I'll be right
next to the camera.
First, explain how long you've been
here, what an Attending does.
My name is Mark Greene
and I've been working here...
...since I finished med school.
I've got the Gl bleeding
in Curtain admitted.
Thanks, Kerry.
Describe how an emergency room
serves the public.
For a lot of people, we're-
The paramedics have a -year-old
in respiratory distress.
The neighbor says he has cancer.
Prep Trauma and find Carter.
The labs are back on Schoenberger.
Take a look.
- The smoker?
- The CK-MB's are high.
- Did he go home?
- He's getting ready to go.
We have a respiratory distress
pulling up.
I'm on it.
Mr. Schoenberger,
we got your tests back...
...with a result we didn't expect,
indicating a possible problem.
- What do you mean?
- Stick around for one more test.
Troponin T. It's just for clarification.
We can do it on the blood
we've drawn.
- Better safe than sorry.
- While you're waiting...
...we're gonna stick you
back on a monitor.
An elevated CK-MB indicates
heart muscle damage.
- A heart att*ck?
- Right.
I'll get another EKG.
Can it mean something else?
It's probably an Ml.
The other tests will confirm.
And then what?
Well, regardless
of the other results...
...an elevated CK-MB
means he's had an Ml.
I'm just giving him a little time
to adjust to that possibility.
And, of course, since I missed it...
...I'm buying some time
to cover my ass.
A -year-old man
in respiratory distress!
He was diagnosed with esophageal
cancer six months ago.
I watched him while Krista
was at the store.
- He hasn't been breathing that good-
- Out of the way!
He's tachy at .
Pressure's / .
Resps increased.
He's got a lot of secretions!
Let's get him on high-flow O- .
Prep an intubation tray.
On my count. One, two, three.
Help him. He can't breathe.
Stand back, sir, please!
Suction these secretions.
Hang two liters of saline.
- Pulse ox is .
- Should I intubate?
With this mass,
we'd have to crike him.
I don't want to use extraordinary
measures if he has a DNR.
Do you know anything about his wishes?
He's the best bass player ever.
You can't light that in here.
Chuny, keep suctioning.
- Grab blood gas.
- Got it.
Pulse ox down to .
Prep a crike tray. Let's give him
of clindamycin, IV.
Get the slate.
- Excuse me.
- What's his name?
- Boz.
- Boz, can you hear me?
You're having trouble breathing.
Do you want help?
- Antibiotics are up.
- I gotta get in here.
I'm gonna hold up the slate,
and you write on it.
Boz, do you want
a cricothyroidectomy?
I can cut a hole in your neck to help
you breathe. Do you want that?
If you can't write your answer,
I have to put the tube in.
Do you want to be criked?
Don't let him die!
Give him the crike!
I can't get this!
Okay. Crike tray!
Do it! Do it!
No, no. You do not want to know.
I wouldn't ask if I didn't.
I have done this too long
not to know.
This job, people don't
wanna hear about.
Why? Because of what you clean up?
This is nothing.
Believe me, this here
is just a little picnic.
You ought to see
what some of them do.
A body is only so big.
You couldn't hardly believe
all that comes out if it.
You get used to it, though.
Like every mama and daddy
gets used to...
...changing a baby's diaper.
But the blood and the gore...
You know what the gore is, right?
That's the part
you don't talk about...
...when you go home
and they ask you how your day was.
No, no.
It doesn't bother me.
You see, I'm a religious person.
And I believe human beings...
...were created in God's image.
So whatever I'm cleaning up
must be just fine.
You believe?
I don't know.
You mean, believe in God?
You couldn't do my job
if you didn't.
You could maybe be a doctor
or a nurse or make a movie.
Not my job.
I'll tell you something else-
We need you.
This guy stopped breathing.
I'm on my way.
I'll catch you later.
Sure you will.
The ones I can remember
are from my first year.
After a while you get protective.
You don't let them get to you.
What does it take these days
to break through your armor?
Doesn't happen. But there was
this one girl my first year.
I got used to this
as a county facility.
I treated a lot of homeless people,
people from the projects.
One day this girl came in,
traffic accident...
...in a coma, brain dead.
And I realized I knew her.
She was the sister of a guy
I had gone to med school with.
One night, she tried to show me how
to slam dance, just fooling around.
I realized that trauma isn't something
that happens to other people.
It could happen to you.
That's right.
- Does it change things when it is you?
- What do you mean?
When you yourself are traumatized
as a doctor...
You have a splint on your wrist.
I heard that you had
an incident recently-
Is that what you' re doing here?
- I'm sorry.
- I didn't agree-
Everybody worries about safety.
Is that why you picked me?
- We don't want you uncomfortable.
- You don't have to talk about it.
- Good.
- But we are here.
We're committed to making this.
We want you to say
what's on your mind.
I have nothing to say. I agreed
to let you follow me around.
No more comments or interviews.
We are professionals.
We're not here to att*ck you.
Agi.
Damn!
- That's his daughter?
- No, it's his wife.
Esophageal cancer.
It's a horrible death.
Dr. Greene criked him.
He's running out of surgical options.
Are you sure you wanna speak
to the wife? She's young.
It may be difficult to get her
to understand the situation.
No, I'd like to try.
Normally, we wouldn't have an intern
take this on. But Carter's been around.
Technically, I'm not an intern.
I'm second-year.
No, you're an intern.
- I am?
- You can't switch your specialty...
- ... without starting over.
- I've done a year.
In Surgery. This is Emergency
Medicine. I thought you understood.
We'll discuss this later when
we're not in the middle of all this.
Where do you start?
When you have to counsel family
about something like this?
It's tricky. People are hearing
a lot of complex information.
An Emergency resident, or intern, has
to establish a rapport with-
- Excuse me, doctor.
- No, not at all.
I was just coming in to see you.
He's going to be admitted.
You better call Transport.
They can take forever.
We should talk about your husband's
condition. Excuse me.
Chuny, can I see that chart
for a second?
If I go too fast, or if you have
any questions, please stop me.
I know he's had laser treatments to
enlarge the opening of the esophagus.
For all the good it did.
A feeding tube can be inserted-
The cancer eats right through it.
There's an option, the J-tube-
We're not screwing around with that.
The sucker's on his aorta. He's dead.
If you feel that way, you might want
to have your husband sign a DNR.
- It's a "Do Not Resuscitate" order-
- Yeah.
I got it.
There was one by his bed,
but Rog sort of freaked.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
We tried to ask him.
I was just out buying garlic
and herbs. Boz's food.
But all he can do now
is smell it anyways.
I hold it under his nose
and he smells.
Wanna hear about our sex life?
If there's anything I can answer,
or if there's anything you need...
Yeah. I'm on Librium.
Can you write me a refill?
The mother wants
to call Animal Control.
Well, this ought to be fun.
- I've had JoJo for nine years.
- He's vicious.
- He's never bitten anyone.
- He hasn't been around children.
Could you give it a rest?
- See who's lying here?
- Did you call Animal Control?
Just take a breath.
This is our daughter!
Dr. Ross is just gonna take a look.
You're supposed to call
Animal Control with bites.
Can you pull that light over here?
I know, sweetheart. Hang on.
Did you see how the bite happened?
My son did. I'd run out to get
the phone, the dog just went for her.
- How bad does it look?
- It's deep.
She'll need intravenous antibiotics.
- Intravenous?
- Yeah. That's not a canine bite.
- What?
- It's from an immature h*m* sapien.
That's one who still has
his primary incisors.
Todd?
Did you bite your sister?
- It's okay.
- Why would you do such a thing?
You know you love your sister.
- He gets a hug for this?
- Wait here.
If you and I can speak
out in the hallway...
How did you get burns on your
hands and lips?
- I already told her.
- She was making popcorn, it exploded.
Her resting pulse is
and she's tremulous.
You should lay off the cr*ck.
I don't do that stuff.
- You want a tox screen?
- Do you wanna stop doing cr*ck?
Go away, man.
I don't think taxpayers are interested
in buying Doris a tox screen.
Let's update her tetanus,
dress the burns...
...and have her checked in
the surgical clinic in two days.
She also has an upset stomach.
- What have you eaten today?
- Nothing.
Nothing. Not even popcorn?
You gotta eat right
and stop the dr*gs.
- It's none of your business!
- See you next time.
You didn't see any reason
to confirm her drug use?
- Dr. Greene's a busy man.
- Yes.
- A lot of responsibility, pressure.
- He sure does. That's the chart.
How does he handle it?
You're gonna have to ask him that.
Sir? Sir, we have
a bed for you now.
We'll get to you
as soon as possible.
- Soul food.
- Ask Lydia. It's her birthday.
Did you see my doctor?
Where's the doctor?
The doctor will see you soon.
I need a doctor.
Peter! Hey! Peter!
Peter! Wake up!
Double trauma coming in.
Teenager, a victim of a g*ng b*ating.
And a bystander who tried to stop it.
They're both critical.
- Have you seen Mark?
- No. I'll meet him in Trauma .
So how did they find out?
I don't know. Police report, gossip.
It doesn't matter.
I'm not talking about it.
That's good policy, man.
- What's the score?
- It's - .
Cubs behind, bottom of the seventh.
You can't get mad at them on camera.
They go for that stuff like sharks.
They wanna make a tearjerker with me
as the pathetic, victimized doctor.
That's not what I mean.
I was watching that director.
She was looking at you.
She's watching you.
Trying to get personal and stuff.
You go for that too, the intense,
kind of brainy type.
She's married to the camera guy.
- The old guy?
- Yeah. They're a pair.
May-Decembers. Never hold up.
You guys talking about the filmmakers?
We don't trust them.
They're bloodsuckers.
Should you be doing that
in front of the camera?
- Is that on?
- Doug, Mark! Got a double trauma!
Help my brother.
Fourteen-year-old, blunt trauma
from baseball bats.
- Bats?
- They jumped him.
Pulse . BP / .
We got a -year-old victim of a
-foot-fall onto a concrete surface.
Brief loss of consciousness
at scene, cleared en route.
Now alert and oriented.
Occipital hematoma.
BP palp. Pulse .
Flaccid paralysis in all four
extremities with loss of sensation.
Call Neurology
and get X-ray down here.
On my count. One, two, three.
CBC, type and cross four units.
Lateral C-spine, chest
and pelvis. Let's move.
Can you feel anything anywhere?
No. Not a bit. Is that okay?
He's got good breath sounds,
diminished tidal volume.
- BP's palp.
- We need a path here.
It could be spinal shock.
Let's rule out
intra-abdominal bleeding.
Let's set up.
Let's get a lap! Move!
What else should we order,
Dr. Del Amico?
- High-dose steroids.
- And why?
Improves motor function and sensation
after spinal cord injuries.
Spinal cord?! Wait.
- Would somebody shut that guy up?!
- We're trying to assess your injuries.
How much do you weigh?
Call me Theo, all right?
I'm .
It's negative.
I'm gonna go check on the kid.
All right. Start dopamine at mcgs.
We're out of the woods.
Theo, we need to check your motor
responses. Okay, Dr. Del Amico?
Sir, can you squeeze my hand?
What's wrong with me?
Can you shrug
your shoulders, please?
We wanna talk to him.
See if he's okay.
Chairs. You have to sit in Chairs.
It ain't got nothing to do with you.
- They tailgated me all the way here.
- Where's Chico, huh?
I'll go see if your friend's okay.
Just wait here, okay?
- Is my brother gonna be okay?
- Mannitol, grams.
Blown left pupil.
He's hyperventilating.
Intracranial hemorrhage.
- Call for a stat head CT.
- Decorticate posturing. GCS, .
It was in the field.
Randi's got a situation at the desk.
Don't bring that kid to CT right now.
- Why not?
- His homeys are there.
They came here?
Those bastards!
You stay away from him, okay?
- Take it outside!
- Just stay away!
Your brother's a ranker.
You almost k*lled him!
What more do you want?!
You know? Call the cops!
They're murderers!
They did it. You pushed that guy
right over the rail!
You didn't even know that man!
He was just trying to help,
and you pushed him over!
All he wanted was a chance!
At the moment, his
C- nerve, the one...
...between the fourth and fifth
vertebrae, is still functioning.
Meaning he can move his diaphragm
and shrug his shoulders.
But if the swelling continues,
then he becomes a C- .
He will lose the ability
to breathe on his own.
How is the sh**ting going?
Are you getting everything you need?
Yeah, I think so. It's been good.
I noticed that you might be missing
the importance of women-
Excuse me.
Women working in the ER.
It's changed dramatically over the last
few years. All kinds of diversity...
...among medical workers. It's crucial
to how Emergency Medicine evolves.
I'll mention that to Agi and Stuart.
What was that you were pointing to?
- Here?
- Yeah.
This is a fracture of the fourth
and fifth cervical vertebrae.
What does that mean?
That Mr. Williams,
who tried to be a Good Samaritan...
...and stop a young man he didn't know
from being beaten to death...
...is now paralyzed
from the neck down.
- Kerry, may I interrupt?
- David, come on in! Come in.
- I'd rather-
- This is Dr. Morgenstern...
...our too-modest
Chief of Emergency Services.
If you're here about our little
altercation, it's settled.
- The police subdued the perpetrators-
- The police?
David, you're diaphoretic.
- Is something wrong?
- Chest pain.
- Radiating?
- To the jaw, started minutes ago.
Oh, my God. Lie down. Lie down.
Let's get you on a monitor.
Here you go. Gently.
You get out. Out!
Get out! Out!
Lydia! Lydia! Grab me
some atropine, nitro...
- ... and a -lead EKG!
- Oh, my God!
Pulse ox monitor and start a line.
Here you go, David.
We're gonna take good care of you.
How about there?
No. Nothing.
Anything at all?
No, ma'am.
Will the feeling come back?
That's what the doctors
are trying to find out.
- Felt that.
- Good. Mark it.
Sir, we'll have to watch you
very closely.
If the swelling continues,
we'll have to put you on a ventilator.
I got a hold of a babysitter at your
house, your wife's at school.
Right. It's Thursday.
She won't get in until midnight.
We'll get a message to her.
Get that babysitter
on the phone, now.
Malik! Malik! Hold on!
- I'll bring it back!
- I need it now.
- Kerry, I was about to-
- It's David Morgenstern.
It's the kid that got
b*at up earlier.
It may be his spleen.
Is it the kid with the head trauma?
You have to get in line.
- I need a CT.
- Drill the burrholes up in the O.R.
- Where are you going?
- I'm bagging him.
Not anymore. Go.
- Dr. Benton.
- Thank you.
He's a little disappointed
I left Surgery.
I'm Miss Corday. Could you
point me towards Casualty?
Sorry. "Trauma. "
I mean Trauma.
Trauma's that way.
You need help?
- I'll call out if I get lost.
- You okay?
Kid was trying to get out of a g*ng.
You're in the ER. Get them on the
elevator alive, you've done your job.
How do you think he'll do?
A blown left pupil, probably
means a chronic vegetative state.
If he doesn't bleed to death first.
How bad's he look?
His ST's are sky-high in two, three,
and F. His father had an Ml at .
Yeah, I'll hold.
- I wonder if we could talk now.
- Later.
He's throwing multifocal PVCs.
Should we give him lidocaine?
Cath lab's ready for us.
Let's get him up!
I wonder if you're aware
of my situation-
- I got the babysitter.
- Later, Carter.
Excuse me, Lily.
Is this the Williams' sitter?
This is Dr. Greene from the Emergency
Room at County General Hospital.
Do you understand me?
How far away are you from where
Mrs. Williams goes to school?
Good. Get a neighbor to watch
the baby and run there...
...as fast as you can, and get her.
Tell her it's an emergency
and every minute counts.
Put her in a cab. We're about
a -minute ride away.
You got all that?
Any questions? Good. Go.
Is he losing his ability to breathe?
The rate his pulse ox is falling,
I'll need to intubate.
You need the wife here
to sign a consent?
He's paralyzed, probably
for the rest of his life.
Right now he can speak.
It would be nice if he and his wife
could talk, while he still can.
Theo, can you take
a deep breath for me?
- I'll go get Dr. Greene.
- Good idea.
Excuse me. I'm Miss Corday.
I was bleeped down for a consult.
Are you a doctor?
Oh, don't mind them.
These gentlemen are making a movie.
I'm a surgical lecturer
in Orthopedics and Trauma.
There was an adolescent
who decompensated?
Dr. Benton took him up.
Dr. Benton.
You call your surgeons "doctor. "
"Miss Corday" won't get
me very far around here.
Just to the Waiting Room.
I'm Carol Hathaway.
It's a pleasure.
How did he look?
The boy with the positive lavage?
Not good. Blown pupil, deep coma.
This is the kid I saved?
- Yeah.
- Oh, man!
We're keeping our fingers crossed.
Are you still experiencing
the same amount of pain?
Okay, on a scale of one to ,
how would you rate that pain?
Pardon? Eight. Okay, let's
get him on very gently.
They're set up for us
and know we're coming.
- Here we go.
- What the hell?
Hey, what are you doing?
No! I asked you not to.
- You going to the Cath Lab?
- Yes.
Isn't there another patient
who's been waiting?
What do you mean?
Do some patients get preferential
treatment in the ER?
Look at me.
I'm talking to you.
Is this recording?
Are you a doctor? Do you have
experience with myocardial infarctions?
- How is he doing?
- Sinus rhythm-
Then how can you make an
accusation about patient treatment?
Your camera sees a picture
of one man going to the Cath Lab...
...so you assume
preferential treatment?
Do you know ST elevations? Is there
another patient who had V-tach?
- I don't know.
- How's the ectopy?
- Under five per minute.
- What do you want?
What can we tell you?
I'm sorry. I got carried away.
You did.
- What do you got?
- Eighty-two-year-old male.
Shocked twice without success.
Shall I defibrillate?
- Be my guest.
- Charge it to .
- Has he had epi?
- Three minutes ago.
- Go ahead.
- Juice it up.
- Three-sixty. Clear!
- Agi, I need a battery.
Another of lidocaine.
Again, .
- Agi, my camera battery's dying.
- Keep sh**ting.
- Got a rhythm.
- Pulse?
Faint. But it's there.
- We gotta bag him.
- I'm losing power.
How does that feel, doctor?
To bring somebody back?
Oh, that's the... That's the...
- Dr. Benton?
- Yeah?
Elizabeth Corday. Visiting
surgical lecturer and your savior.
- Excuse me?
- You've been on call forever.
- You're free to go. I'm on now.
- I'm sorry.
Are you the doctor who was
taking care of my brother?
- You still down here?
- Yeah. I had to talk to the cops.
- How is he?
- They removed his spleen.
The neurosurgeons are still working.
Does he have brain damage?
Let's call and see if there's news.
Here we go.
I thought I was a goner.
Yeah? Me too.
You'll get a lot of thank-yous from
the female population at Riverview.
- I don't wanna brag, but...
- You a popular guy over there?
Well, I seem to be...
I never was much of a Casanova
in my day.
I didn't go in for all the wild
positions and so forth.
Ladies need that. All the positions.
So I've heard.
And the sweet talk.
I never was much for that either.
I was mostly meat and potatoes.
But now I'm . I'm a man.
I'm breathing.
The odds are -to- in my favor.
I'm getting it anytime I want.
Not too bad, old age.
I'm glad to hear it.
Glad to hear it.
It feels good to save a man who's
performing such a service to society.
Stud service.
Get that in.
He was found outside
the Stones concert.
It looked like he fell
through a sheet of plate glass.
- Easy.
- No, no, no.
- We're just gonna-
- No, no!
- It's okay.
- No! Don't touch me!
- Get Security.
- Security!
- Everything's okay.
- Get away from me.
It's all right. Just relax.
No! Stay away from me!
It's all right.
I'm sick, okay?
Just stay away from me.
- It's okay.
- No, it's not.
I'm sick! I'm HIV-positive.
I've got AIDS.
Just stay away from me!
- Please. No, no, no.
- It's okay. Okay.
Stop!
Okay. All right?
Just lay back and let us help.
- Don't.
- It's okay.
- It itches.
- I know it itches. All right.
Just take it away.
I'll take it away. Okay?
Lay back. It's okay.
Come on.
- We'll make it better.
- Help me.
I'll do what I can.
I'll do what I can.
So when did you decide
to become a surgeon?
Well, that gets into pleasing
my father, rattling my mother...
...and all sorts of boring
family secrets.
The short answer is, my father
is a surgeon, as was his father.
And my father had no sons.
Are you a resident in the U.K.?
It's a different system altogether.
I'm an FRCS, a Fellow of the Royal
College of Surgeons, and a lecturer.
That's roughly the equivalent
of senior surgical residents.
But not really
because I have six...
I'm sorry. You can't possibly
be interested in this.
Dr. Benton, please rescue me
from these well-intentioned people.
We're talking about surgical service.
Have you seen that young lady
I was talking to?
- The sister of the boy up in Surgery?
- I got some news.
I'll keep my eyes open.
Paralyzed?
For good?
It's too early to say if he'll
have any recovery of function.
- What did he think he was doing?
- He was trying to save a boy's life.
- I know.
- He's very eager to talk to you.
I'm afraid it'll have to be brief.
Just give me a second.
I wouldn't wanna be in those shoes.
Whose? Mark's or the wife's?
Neither.
Sometimes I hesitate with a family
before I give the news.
I'm gonna say something
that will change their lives.
If you don't say it, it'll be okay
for a little while.
I told this one mother
that her son had been k*lled.
And she said, "Is it broken? "
I'm looking at her and I didn't
know what she was saying.
So she said, "His arm, is it broken?
It's his pitching arm. "
And she just walked away.
Did you just let her leave like that?
I called Carol.
I had her take care of it.
That's a true story.
At least...
At least we...
...sh*t those videos of us
on the playground, me and him, huh?
I guess it's a good thing.
I mean, TG'll be able to see what his
daddy looked like or used to be like.
You're gonna be that way again.
You hear me, Theo?
We are not giving up that easy, okay?
His blood gas showed PO- ,
and PCA .
We're standing by with Versed.
Dr. Carter needs you now!
I'll be there in a minute.
I'm afraid we have to interrupt.
Just another minute?
Can you have somebody drive her home?
Stop bossing me around.
I'm staying here.
- Pulse ox is down to .
- He's getting dusky.
Two of Versed.
We can't wait any longer.
Once this sedative takes effect,
I'll intubate your husband.
When you wake up, you're gonna
have a tube helping you to breathe.
Mind if we interrupt?
Miss Cruz's brother
came out of surgery.
The head CT showed no bleeding.
That is really good news. Thanks.
The boy? The boy's gonna be okay?
Yes, sir. Thank you.
You saved my brother's life.
That's good.
Can you feel that, honey?
I'm in.
Is he breathing?
We're breathing for him now.
Dr. Greene, you need to come now!
Excuse me.
- What happened?
- He went into fib. Clear!
He went into asystole.
I've given high-dose epi and atropine.
- Charge, .
- Why didn't you call me?
- I did!
- Two minutes ago.
Clear!
I was following ACLS algorithms.
I thought I could handle it.
- Charge!
- Go ahead and call it.
- Clear! Charge it again.
- Call it, Dr. Carter!
Time of death is : .
Call an Attending when there's
a full arrest! You get help!
- I've run them before.
- That was Surgery. You work here now.
Did I miss anything?
Not that I can see.
Sorry, I didn't think
I was gonna lose him.
- I'll sign the code sheet.
- I'll do it.
Do you want that interview?
- Do you?
- You'll answer our questions?
- If you don't use what you just sh*t.
- The walk away?
The whole thing. Him losing
the patient and me chewing him out.
It wasn't bad.
- Do you want the interview?
- Yes.
Look, I need a death kit in here.
Probably the best part of my job
is that sometimes working here...
...you can repair
some of the v*olence.
Some of the bad things
that happen to people.
Not always.
We couldn't do much for that guy
who was paralyzed.
Probably on a vent
for the rest of his life.
I guess we did save the kid
that he was trying to help.
So his sacrifice wasn't for nothing.
And yes, I was att*cked myself...
...right here in this hospital.
They haven't been able
to catch the guy who did it.
At least, they haven't been able
to charge anyone.
The worst thing about it
isn't what it did to me.
The worst thing is, it meant
that some of the world's v*olence...
...has leaked into our own ER.
This is meant to be a safe place
for fixing people.
Now it's vulnerable.
And as an ER doctor,
that's hard to accept.
It sounds frightening.
Are you scared?
Sure.
Of losing control.
Control of what's outside?
And what's in me.
- Is that enough?
- Yeah.
Then turn it off.