ER (1994–2009): Season 2, Episode 7 - Hell and High Water - full transcript
Doug saves a kid who's stuck in a flooded culvert and becomes a local hero when a TV helicopter films part of the rescue operation.
[theme music]
[coughing]
Where's your little girl?
I don't have one.
'Where's your little boy?'
I'm all by myself.
Are you sick?
No, no, no.
Then why are you here?
[sighs]
‐ For a job.
‐ You don't have a job?
Do you see those
pretty fish over there?
Did you lose your job?
My daddy lost his job.
Huh.
‐ Did you get a new job?
‐ Yes, I did.
Giving big shots
to little girls.
[crying]
‐ Mommy!
‐ Big shots. There you go.
Mrs. Riblet,
weak and dizzy all over.
Be still, my heart.
Do you smell something?
‐ Yeah.
‐ Ma'am. Ma'am.
Smoking's not
permitted in the hospital.
This is my glaucoma medicine.
My grandson grows it.
Oh, no. No, thanks.
Put that there.
You know, why don't
we put these away
so that we don't get busted.
‐ Smells like primo stuff.
‐ Yeah?
God, I miss the '60s.
‐ New computer?
‐ Yeah, CD‐ROM.
I'm connecting us up by modem
to Mount Sinai.
Pooling our resources.
Couple more quick things
to go over.
Dr. Benton goes nuts
if you're late
or you don't answer
a page on the first beep.
He's also got
a pretty bad temper.
I'll remember that.
And never, ever,
ever contradict him
in front of an attending.
‐ Who made brownies?
‐ Uh, Wendy Goldman.
‐ Hi.
‐ Hi.
‐ Damn.
‐ What's wrong?
Uh, I think
I deleted radiology.
Did you back it up?
Was I supposed to?
Try Alt "Q"
that sometimes works.
Hit and run, pulling up,
ten‐year‐old girl.
‐ Where's Ross?
‐ 'A job interview.'
Hit and run, no witnesses.
Found unconscious,
responsive to pain.
'BP 140/90.
Resp low at ten.'
Tubed her in the field.
Multiple facial lacs.
Possible fracture
to right lower extremity.
Get radiology down here!
‐ Trauma two.
‐ What's her name?
Lunch box says Molly Phillips.
(Peter)
'Somebody call her parents.'
Alright, nice and easy.
Keep bagging her.
Here we go, people, on my count.
One, two, three.
Alright, people,
let's learn something.
Carter, how do you check
for spinal cord injury
on an unconscious patient?
Look for absence of
deep tendon reflexes.
‐ Do it.
‐ 'Well, poor little thing.'
Harper, what film
do we want first?
Chest?
I'd do a cross‐table lateral
to rule out a C‐spine fracture.
Deep tendon reflexes
are present bilaterally.
Babinski is normal.
Harper, let's talk head trauma.
What study should we do?
Um..
Come on, Harper, pay attention.
Pressure's falling, 50/30.
What do you hear?
Diminished breath
sounds on the right?
Is that a question
or a statement?
I appreciate
air movement bilaterally.
No pneumo.
No, Carter, that's
upper airway sounds.
‐ I see a tracheal shift.
‐ 'So do I.'
‐ Tension pneumo.
‐ Good call, Harper.
I'll teach you how to do
a needle decompression.
'Carter, run the
blood up to the lab.'
Our new urgent care facility
could use your experience.
Urgent care's a smart move.
Most of our emergencies
are run‐of‐the‐mill stuff.
‐ Sprained ankles, concussions.
‐ Right up my alley.
But you'll spend most of
your time on ear infections
and well‐baby checkups.
‐ Hey.
‐ Private practice is changing.
We're chasing PPO contracts
to compete against the HMOs.
But we won't sacrifice
our commitment to children.
That's what pedes is all about.
We're a family here.
The kids you take care
of today will be the parents
of the kids
you'll see in 20 years.
We believe in
continuity and commitment.
So do I.
So do you want
to join our family?
Yes, I do.
[chuckles]
[theme music]
[music continues]
[music continues]
[monitor beeping]
‐ How's she doing, Peter?
‐ 'She's stable.'
(Peter)
'We're just going
over her films now.'
Nasty break.
Anybody wanna take
a crack at reading it?
Type three tibial and
fibular shaft fracture
with complete displacement.
Thirty percent
chance of nonunion.
Excellent.
Were knee and
ankle films ordered?
I don't believe so.
With tibial shaft fractures
knee and ankle
films are necessary
to rule out injuries
from transmitted forces.
She's right as rain, Peter.
Order the films.
Come with me.
Got a couple of
interesting colles' fractures
'you might wanna look at.'
'You ever seen
a middle ear bone fracture?'
‐ Hey, how'd the interview go?
‐ Great.
‐ 'No, what did they say?'
‐ They said I was great.
(Hathaway)
'Did you get the job?'
Ninety grand a year
and nobody dies.
Hallelujah, auf wiedersehen.
I'll see you around.
‐ You okay?
‐ Sure.
This what you really want?
Do I have a choice?
(Harper)
'Molly?'
'Molly, do you know
where you are?'
'You're in the hospital.'
You were hit by a car.
We're taking
very good care of you.
You like my ring?
I know you're scared,
but I'll stay with you.
'We called your parents.
They'll be here very soon.'
Okay.
Let's extubate her.
‐ Carter?
‐ What's her tidal volume?
(Oligario)
'Five hundred cc's,
gases are good.'
Alright. Excellent.
(Harper)
'Hey, we're gonna
take this tube out.'
Squeeze my hand.
Make sure the cuff is down
before you extubate her.
'Good.'
'Now what I want you to do'
'is pretend like
you're about to blow out'
your birthday candles.
Take another deep breath.
When I say go
blow out real hard, okay?
'Go.'
[grunting]
‐ Nice.
‐ Good job. Good job.
Okay, let's send her
for a head CT.
I'll be in exam two.
‐ What's your name?
‐ What?
What's your name?
I'm Harper.
This is John.
Hi, Molly.
[monitor beeping]
Other eye. Yeah.
Your optic discs
are perfectly normal.
Are you sure that
you have glaucoma?
My medicine must be working.
How long have you
been lightheaded?
Oh, I wouldn't have
call it lightheaded.
It's more like I float.
How long have
you been floating?
About two weeks.
And how long have you
been smoking marijuana?
About two weeks.
‐ Having trouble?
‐ Ha, ha. I lost radiology.
‐ That's bad.
‐ No kidding.
You have a file recovery disk?
No.
Hmm, let me have a go at it.
Hmm, there are a couple
of damaged clusters
but everything looks intact.
Jerry, could you keep
Mrs. Riblet's valuables
while she gets a CT?
‐ Help yourself, honey.
‐ Uh, sure thing.
Can't I stay
and watch "Geraldo?"
‐ And disappoint radiology?
‐ What are you doing here?
Mozart ring a bell?
Fantasy of the opera,
"The Magic Flute?"
‐ No.
‐ The charity ball?
‐ You promised you'd go.
‐ That's tonight.
Yeah, the tickets
cost my company 300 bucks
so here's your costume
"Don Giovanni."
No, no, no,
no, it's tights.
‐ I'll just wear a tux.
‐ No.
Pick me up at 7:00. That'll
give you an hour to change.
Yeah, right.
What are you going as?
Carmen.
Don't be late.
Yeah.
I think you're gonna need this.
Hmm.
Mrs. Wilson is being admitted
with coffee ground emesis.
Patient has been
admitted 14 times
in the last three years
with the same symptoms.
I'd like you to
order all her charts
and write a summary
of all her discharge notes
by tomorrow.
‐ You got the computer fixed?
‐ Yeah, Linda Farrell.
You smell like dope.
Where have you been?
With a patient.
Are we hooked up
to Mount Sinai?
Yeah, beating
the crap out of them.
‐ What are you doing?
‐ Playing "Doom II."
‐ How long does it take to play?
‐ Months.
I've done thoracotomies
that were less bloody.
He just doesn't understand
the educational value.
Die, bastard, die!
Come on!
(male #1)
'How are you feeling?'
Okay. I knew you'd come.
Oh, sweetie, sweetie,
of course we would.
I wanna go home.
Your daughter will be here
at least several days.
Excuse me.
Will both of you stay with me?
Of course, sweetheart.
And daddy?
You'll come back
to live with us.
‐ Well..
‐ We'll talk about that later.
How could you let her
ride her bike in the rain?
‐ Don't blame me for this.
‐ Who else let her do it?
I do the best I can.
'Maybe if you spent
more time with her'
and less time
at the office with Sarah.
Um, the plastic surgeon
will be here soon.
If either of you
have a photo of Molly
it would help him repair
the laceration on her cheek.
Same picture.
Lake Geneva,
it was a great vacation.
I just need one.
Hey, pumpkin.
You handled that very well.
I had practice
in my own family.
[Major Lance singing
"Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um"]
♪ Walking through the park ♪
[tire burst]
[groans]
♪ Out of the crowd
as his head lowly bowed ♪
[grunting]
[grunting]
♪ I asked this man
just what did he mean ♪
♪ When he moaned
if he'd be so kind ♪
♪ And he'd just go ♪
♪ Um um um um um um ♪
♪ Um um um um um um ♪
♪ Um um um um um um ♪
♪ Um um um um um um.. ♪
Help, help, please help!
‐ Please, help!
‐ What?
Please, please!
My brother needs help.
Why, why?
What are you saying?
Hurry, hurry, he's gonna drown!
Okay, alright,
hang on, hang on.
Hang on, hang on.
Hang on, hang on.
♪ Now that I've grown up ♪
[dramatic music]
We were playing in the tunnel.
My brother got trapped.
Come on.
[music continues]
There you go.
Give me your hand.
Hang on! We're coming in!
‐ Are you hurt?
‐ My leg's stuck.
Alright, hang in there.
Don't panic.
We'll get you out of here.
‐ What's your name?
‐ Ben.
Hey, Ben.
I'm Doug.
Let's see if I can, uh..
...move some of this stuff
out of the way here.
[grunts]
How the hell did you
get caught in here?
We were up at the canal
and the water
started coming real fast.
Just get it out!
Please, just get it out!
Mom told us to stay
out of the tunnel.
It isn't my fault, Joey.
The water just pushed me.
Alright, settle down, fellas.
It's nobody's fault.
Are you okay?
I'm‐I'm cold and my leg hurts.
Alright, let me
take a look at it.
It's your lucky day,
I'm a doctor.
Let me check this.
Now does this hurt?
‐ Ow! Yeah, a lot.
‐ Alright, try not to move it.
‐ Is it broken?
‐ It might be.
Oh, no! No! No!
Don't cry, Ben.
Yeah, Ben. Don't cry.
This is nothing
compared to what I've seen.
Get him out, okay?
Please, please,
get me out of here.
It's gonna be a piece of cake.
When I was a kid,
I used to build..
...I used to build
forts in these tunnels.
‐ You did?
‐ Yeah.
Of course, you gotta watch it
because when it rains
the water comes up
really, really quick.
Uh!
Joey, listen to me.
You go, find a phone.
‐ You call 911.
‐ Okay.
And you tell them
to send a rescue squad.
‐ Okay.
‐ Alright, Joey? Go.
Go! Go! Go!
Well, where's he going?
Well, this‐this grate..
...this grate is locked.
I'm gonna need a little help.
But you said you could do it.
‐ What's that light down there?
‐ I don't know.
Alright, I'm gonna go,
check it out.
‐ Wait, don't leave.
‐ It's okay. I'll be right back.
‐ Wait, just don't.
‐ Ben, listen.
I'm gonna get you
out of here, alright?
I promise you that.
You gotta do me a favor, okay?
You gotta trust me.
Can you do that?
‐ Okay.
‐ Okay?
Alright, now here's the
first thing I need you to do.
You gotta curl up
like this into a ball.
Real tight like that.
As tight as you can.
Okay. That's gonna
keep you warm.
Now I'm gonna see
what that light is
'and I'll be back
as fast as I can, alright?'
Like a ball.
Like that.
Nice and tight.
Alright!
[music continues]
[music continues]
Ben!
Ben!
Ben, can you hear me?
'Yeah!'
Alright!
Are you okay?
'Yeah. Did you find something?'
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Come on!
[grunting]
(Ben)
'Hello, is anybody there?'
[grunts]
It was blocked.
I'm so cold.
That's alright, buddy.
Can you wiggle your toes?
‐ No.
‐ That's okay. Let's see.
How about your fingers,
can you move those for me?
There you go. Now can you
feel me squeezing your hand?
‐ A little.
‐ Good!
Alright, alright.
Now all you got to do
is just think warm thoughts.
You gotta think Hawaii
and you gotta think
the Sahara Desert.
You got to think about..
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Hey, come here.
Come on. You listen to me.
You gotta stay awake..
...you gotta stay
awake for me, alright?
‐ Okay. Alright?
‐ I'm so tired.
I know that. Why don't
we just sing a song, huh?
‐ You know songs, don't you?
‐ No.
Well...oh, yeah!
'Yeah, alright.'
'How about, uh..'
...how about, uh..
"Take me out
to the ball game?"
'Uh..'
♪ Take me out
to the ball game ♪
♪ Take me out to the crowd ♪
♪ Buy me some
peanuts and crackerjack ♪
♪ I don't care
if I never get back ♪
Alright, listen to me.
Come here.
I gotta go get some help.
‐ No, don't go! Just don't!
‐ It's okay.
Please, don't!
You gotta sing
as loud as you can
so I can hear you, alright?
Say yes to me.
Come here.
‐ Yeah.
‐ Alright. Here we go.
♪ Let me root root root
for the home team ♪
♪ If they don't win
it's a shame ♪
♪ For it's one
two three strikes ♪
♪ You're out
at the old ball game ♪
♪ Take me out
to the ball game ♪
[dramatic music]
Okay.
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Hey! Hey!
I couldn't find it!
‐ I couldn't find it.
‐ Come here! What?
I couldn't find a phone!
I couldn't find
a phone anywhere!
I couldn't find a phone!
Come here! Come on!
Alright, listen,
you go in there
you find a phone
and you call 911.
You stay here till help
gets here. You got it?
You understand?
Go! Let's go!
Hey, Ben!
Ben!
Ben!
Ben!
You alright?
Hey! Hey, buddy!
I...I..
...I sang it four times.
I knew you could do it.
'Hey, hey, hey.'
Stay awake.
You gotta stay awake for me.
Come on. You gotta stay awake.
Alright, this
could do the trick.
We'll use this jack
to get your leg out.
So are you a cubs fan?
Yeah?
Who's your favorite player?
Who's your favorite player, Ben?
Hey! Hey! Come on!
Who's your favorite player?
Ma...Mark Grace.
Mark Grace?
'What, are you nuts?'
'Hey, Shawon Dunston's the man.'
The best shortstop in the game.
I tell you what I'll do.
Next season, I'll take you
to Wrigley Field.
Hey! Come on.
Stick with me.
Stay here.
I'll take you to Wrigley Field..
[grunting]
Come on, damn it!
We'll get a couple of dogs
and we'll compare
Grace to Dunston, alright?
'There you go.'
Hey, stay up. Stay awake.
Keep your head up.
Keep your head above water.
Alright, alright.
'So you think that you know'
a lot about baseball, do you?
Come on.
Alright, ask me a question.
Come on. Come on,
ask me a tough one. Let's go.
Stay with me, stay up.
You stay up!
You stay up!
‐ The most home runs.
‐ The most home runs?
Hank Aaron beats Babe Ruth.
That's nothing.
That's an easy one.
Here we go. You ready?
Okay. We got it.
We got it.
Alright, come here.
You got to push your leg out.
‐ You ready?
‐ I‐I can't feel it.
That's okay.
I'm gonna help you.
Oh, here we go.
[grunts]
Alright, ready? Okay.
Come here, come here.
Alright, listen.
Give me your hands.
You gotta hold on right here.
Hold on with both hands.
You hold on.
And you gotta keep
your head up above water.
You understand me? Yes?
‐ I can't.
‐ Yes, you do.
‐ I can't.
‐ Yes, you..
‐ I‐I can't hold.
‐ I'll knock out these hinges.
‐ I can't.
‐ Do it.
No, I, I..
...I can't
‐ Yes, you can!
‐ I can't!
‐ Yes.
‐ I can't!
‐ I..
‐ Yes, you can!
Hey, damn it,
you hold on, damn it!
You hold on!
You hold on!
You hold on!
You understand me?
Hold on! Here we go. Come on.
We almost did it.
No, I‐I..
[grunting]
Ben! Hey! Come on!
Ben!
[dramatic music]
[music continues]
Ben!
Ben!
Ben!
Ben!
[whirring]
[instrumental music]
You're not dying on me, Ben!
Not now!
Hey! I shot the hell knight
with my plasma rifle
but he nailed me
with a rocket launcher.
Watch out for the fireballs.
‐ Excuse me, Dr. Benton?
‐ Yeah.
I sorted through the charts
and compiled all
the discharge summaries.
I think your patient has
a paraesophageal hernia.
If you need anything else,
I'll be in the suture room.
Where we going?
We're moving you
to a nicer room.
‐ My lunch box.
‐ Oh.
Here you go.
Don't you be scared, okay?
I'll stay with you
till we take you upstairs.
‐ I made it in school.
‐ It's beautiful.
It's for...you.
‐ Thank you.
‐ Ah! Nice.
‐ Yeah.
‐ Hi, sweetie.
Plastic surgery called. They'll
be down in a few minutes.
Oh, We won't be needing
your surgeon after all.
Excuse me?
My plastic surgeon's
on his way.
‐ Who?
‐ Fred.
Fred Mendoza?
He'll cost a fortune.
It's only your daughter's face.
‐ Maybe, we could‐‐
‐ No, I hate him.
That's why you called him.
He's the best in Chicago.
For lopsided breasts.
Touchy subject.
[whirring]
[grunting]
(Doug)
'Come on!'
Is he alright?
Mouth‐to‐mouth's not working.
His airway's blocked.
'Paramedics should
be here any minute.'
That medevac copter
will take us.
That's a TV news chopper.
Is my brother going to die?
No, he is not!
No, he is not!
‐ Come on.
‐ 'What are you doing?'
I'm a doctor.
I need to clear an airway.
‐ You got a pen?
‐ What?
A pen.
Do you have a pen on you?
Okay.
Here we go. Alright.
Come on.
Alright.
'C‐Come on.'
Breathe, damn it!
[coughing]
Alright, we got him. Come here.
Help me up.
Get him up, get him up.
I got it.
I got him.
[siren wailing]
[whirring]
(male #2)
'What do you got?'
(Dr. Ross)
'A 12‐year‐old
trapped in a culvert.'
Possible fracture to
the left lower extremity
so don't jostle him!
He's hypothermic,
can cause an arrhythmia.
I'm Dr. Ross from County ER.
I need a number six ET tube.
'There we go.'
I need a portable O2
and an ambu‐bag.
(male #2)
'You got it.'
We picked up
the paramedic call.
What happened?
He saved my brother.
He's a doctor.
Here, let's roll on this.
We're at the scene of an
incredible rescue in Grant Park.
It appears that
a doctor has saved
a little boy from drowning.
Alright, we got it, doc.
Call Mercy.
Wait! Well, well, Mercy's
not a level one trauma center.
It's the nearest
treatment facility.
This boy needs a surgeon.
Probably an ICU.
We got to follow
base station protocol.
What's your transport time?
In this weather,
maybe 12 minutes.
‐ Where's your pilot?
‐ Hey, Jimmy! Over here!
‐ Sorry, doc. We gotta move!
‐ Come on!
Wait, wait, wait, wait!
Oh, we're losing time.
What's your flying time
to County ER?
‐ Fifteen minutes.
‐ Can you take us?
The chopper's not equipped
for medical transport.
Boy is hypothermic.
He needs special care.
Mercy's closer.
Yeah, by three minutes
and he dies
because there's no ICU.
Or else he dies
in a news chopper.
I don't have time
to argue with you.
I will take full
responsibility for this.
This boy is gonna die.
Let's do it.
It's a great story.
Let's go!
‐ 'What are you doing?'
‐ I need supplies.
I need a portable defibrillator.
I got a spare.
You're taking
a hell of a chance.
Damn right. Let's go.
Go!
Go! Go! Go!
Alright, on my count.
Here we go.
One, two, three!
All the way in.
Not enough room for cameras.
‐ Here, take that.
‐ There's no room in here.
‐ Gimme the camera.
‐ All set.
Get a minicam van
and meet me at County.
Here! Here!
Close the door!
Let's go, let's go!
[whirring]
Patch your headsets
back to the station.
‐ How's he doing?
‐ He's okay.
You filming this?
'We're live from
chopper five with doctor..'
...what's your name, doctor?
Doug Ross.
'Dr. Doug Ross
from County General.'
Just minutes ago,
Dr. Ross rescued a boy
from a storm drain.
'I can see you're
attaching some electrodes'
'to the boy's chest.'
'What are those for, doctor?'
What are those for, Dr. Ross?
Patch me through to County.
Dr. Ross has just asked me
to patch him through
to County General.
‐ 'You need a red key.'
‐ 'Look out for the lost soul.'
‐ 'Use the rocket launcher.'
‐ Mount Sinai's shooting us.
They're cheaters! Get 'em!
‐ Get em'.
‐ You do it.
‐ 'Need a bulletproof vest.'
‐ 'Blast him with a BFG 9000.'
Look, his guts are
all over the place.
Quiet, you guys.
This is County General.
Go ahead.
(male #3)
'This is chopper five
from Channel Five News.'
'We've got a Dr. Ross up here
flying in a hypothermic kid.'
‐ Doug Ross?
‐ 'That is correct.'
Oh, hold on, chopper five.
Mark, Doug is on a news chopper
'bringing in a hypothermic kid.'
‐ What?
‐ It's on the MICN.
What's he doing
on a news chopper?
Look, there's Dr. Ross.
‐ Turn up the volume.
‐ Where's the remote?
Doug, do you read me?
‐ Mark, is that you?
‐ What are you doing?
I've got a 12‐year‐old
with hypothermia.
I got to warm him up fast.
I'll do the best I can.
‐ What's our ETA?
‐ 'About three minutes.'
(male #3)
'We're seeing a rescue in
action live from chopper five.'
'Stay with us as Dr. Doug Ross'
'struggles to save
the life of this child.'
'What are you doing?'
'How's he doing?
How's he doing, doctor?'
Malik, I need
heated saline IVS
Warm up half
a dozen to 106 degrees.
Wendy, get heated
blankets and a mattress.
Jerry, call Benton, tell him
we may need him down here.
‐ Heated peritoneal lavage?
‐ Yeah. That's right.
Let's go, now.
Come on, let's go.
(male #3)
'How's he doing, doctor?'
'What's wrong?
Why is the monitor doing that?'
He's having runs of
abnormal heartbeats.
And what are you doing?
Trying to stabilize his rhythm.
Come on. He's in V‐fib!
Come on!
'What are those
paddles for, Dr. Ross?'
To stabilize his beat. They
didn't charge the batteries!
‐ Oh, my God.
‐ I need your help.
'Turn the camera off.'
Turn off the camera!
We've momentarily lost
contact with chopper five.
'This is Warner Saunders
bringing you rescue in action..'
Alright, squeeze the bag
when I count to five.
Here we go,
one, two, three, four, five.
‐ Like this?
‐ Yeah.
One, two, three,
four, five. Yeah.
One, two..
We're gonna lose this.
Oh, God!
'...three, four, five.'
Mark? Mark, where are you?
‐ Where the hell's County?
‐ You told me to turn it off.
Get County on the line.
Tell them we'll need
a crash cart on the roof now!
‐ 'You got it.'
‐ Come on!
‐ How far out are we?
‐ 'I can see it.'
Keep bagging him.
Squeeze it like that!
Like that.
Keep bagging him!
For you, Dr. Greene.
It's Morgenstern.
Hey.
Yeah, I‐I did think
it was kind of risky.
No, we're watching Channel Five.
Oh, they're trashing us
on Channel Eight.
Listen, you do not
need to come in, okay?
Yeah, everything
is under control.
We have an unconfirmed report
that resuscitation
efforts may have failed.
It's always a danger up there
in that copter in the windy city
and bouncing around
a child with hypothermia
She's right outside.
Jerry, turn that off.
Ugh! TV doctors.
Jerry, get security
to escort Dr. Mahoney
to a less conspicuous place.
Let's get
the life pack and drug box.
‐ Any sixes?
‐ Nope. Go fish.
How you doing?
My stomach hurts a little bit.
Yeah?
Ow.
Let's get a CT of her
abdomen along with her head.
Probably just a bruise
from your accident.
‐ Where are her parents?
‐ They're in the coffee shop.
I get next game, okay?
Coming through!
‐ Coming through.
‐ Doctor, is he dead?
Please, get out of my way.
Dr. Greene, can you confirm
or deny this report?
Malik, can you get security
to take these people
to the press room.
Do you question Dr. Ross'
decision to fly the child here?
‐ Not for a second.
‐ 'Come on. Move now.'
[whirring]
Let's go.
Hurry!
We're ready!
Move it!
He's hypoxic.
Alright, let's go.
Clear the blades
and we'll shock him.
Alright, go.
Where's the crash cart?
Go.
Alright, the paddles.
Chopper five has just landed
on the roof of County General.
The doctors are
taking out paddles.
Charging 100.
Several doctors
are trying desperately
to revive Ben Larkin.
‐ 'One fifty.'
‐ Clear!
So far their efforts
are failing.
‐ .4 epi.
‐ Charging 200.
‐ Clear!
‐ Will he make it?
‐ Shock him again. Let's go!
‐ Will he make it?
‐ One more time.
‐ Alright.
‐ Charging 200!
‐ Clear.
Alright,
let's get him inside.
‐ We'll try it again.
‐ Are we gonna lose him?
‐ Got warming blankets?
‐ 'We're all set.'
'Alright. Alright.'
Damn.
We'll shock him again
and then we'll
try rapid rewarming.
'Get that gurney out of there!'
‐ That little girl?
‐ 'Molly?'
She crashed in the CT.
Pressure dropped and
now she's unconscious.
Said her stomach hurt.
Could have blown
a mesenteric clot.
(Peter)
'Harper,
get four units O‐neg.'
Stay with us, Ben.
Paddles. Paddles.
Charging 200.
Clear.
'Charging 300.'
Clear.
‐ I got a faint pulse.
‐ Pulse ox is 80.
He's hypoxic. Let's
change him over to a shiley.
Dr. Greene,
the press is going berserk.
'They want a statement.'
Yeah, we're a little busy
right now.
Tell them
he's holding his own.
'Right.'
Let's get a CBC, lytes,
blood gas and coags.
What's his core temp?
‐ Eighty two degrees.
‐ That's too low.
Put him on heated,
humidified O2.
Heated saline.
Let's start him on
lidocaine .8
milligrams per minute.
Hope he doesn't
go back into V‐fib.
‐ Come on.
‐ Doug, you're a mess.
Go change into some scrubs.
You're freezing, Doug.
Go get some coffee and warm up.
Hey, I need you here.
Go change.
Should never have
put him on that damn chopper.
‐ 'Got it, Carter?'
‐ 'I'm almost in.'
‐ Got the O‐neg.
‐ 'Hang it.'
Oh, my God!
What happened?
‐ Get her out of here.
‐ Somebody call my husband!
We think Molly has internal
bleeding from the accident.
[flatlining]
'Molly!'
Somebody get her
out of here now!
Molly, no, please!
Alright, give me some suction.
God, no.
[monitor beeping]
Alright, number five
ET tube, please.
[monitor beeping]
‐ It's in.
‐ Bag her.
(Peter)
'Give her .3 of epi
and .6 of atropine now.'
Come on, Molly.
Come on, Molly.
'Come on.
Come on.'
(Carter)
'Epi's in.'
‐ 'Dr. Ross!'
‐ Hey, Joey.
‐ He saved Ben.
‐ We're his parents.
‐ How is he?
‐ It's too soon to tell.
The news said his heart stopped.
It's going now.
‐ How's he doing?
‐ Coags look good.
Lytes are normal.
Blood PH is 7.37.
‐ Thank God for small miracles.
‐ How's the patient?
‐ He hasn't gone into DIC.
‐ Good sign.
There are reporters crawling
all over this place like ants.
‐ What's his temp, Wendy?
‐ Eighty five degrees.
‐ Not warming up fast enough.
‐ Heated pleural lavage?
You could try, but I don't
think his heart would take it.
We could bypass and
warm his blood directly.
That'd be fastest way.
What do you think?
You're the attending.
Wendy, call cardiac surgery.
Tell them to
send down a perfusionist
with a bypass pump
and a heating unit.
Lilly, go get Benton.
Peter, Mark needs you
for bypass access.
Got to stop
the bleeding first.
Thoracotomy tray now!
[monitor beeping]
We have to go
to the waiting room.
‐ No, no, I wanna stay.
‐ No, we have to go.
Come on. Come on.
'Ten blade.'
‐ Retractor. Carter.
‐ Mm‐hmm.
Start compressions while
I cross‐clamp the aorta.
Uh, yeah, I got it. I got it.
‐ She's clamped.
‐ What happened?
Abdominal bleed. She coded.
Start an atrial line.
Carol, I need two
15 French cannulas and space‐‐
Mark, little
girl's coding in two.
Molly Phillips.
Hit and run.
Recent onset abdominal pain
her pressure crashed
and she went into asystole.
We've infused
four units of O‐neg
given her two rounds of epi
and cross‐clamped her.
‐ Mesenteric rupture?
‐ Probably.
There's nothing you
could have done about it.
Peter, I'll take over.
Hypothermic kid in trauma one
needs femoral
lines for a bypass.
'Infuse another unit.'
‐ Peter, it's about damn time.
‐ Cut down!
[monitor beeping]
We're trying internal paddles.
‐ 'Charge ten.'
‐ Charging.
Clear.
‐ Charge 20.
‐ Charging.
(Greene)
'Clear.'
‐ '20 again.'
‐ 'Charging.'
'Clear.'
As I remove
the obturator be ready
to hook up
the cannula to the bypass.
‐ What's his temperature?
‐ Eighty six degrees.
'He's going into V‐tach.
Rate's 180.'
'Give me 100 of procainamide.'
Come on, Ben, you can make it.
Hold on, buddy.
Hold on.
[flatlining]
Time of death, 2125.
[instrumental music]
I'll go talk to her folks.
[music continues]
[monitor beeping]
Doug? Doug,
your friend's awake.
Hey.
Hey.
You're in a hospital.
Don't try and talk.
‐ Doug?
‐ You made it.
‐ Pretty nasty cut.
‐ Yeah.
Probably use a few stitches.
We can do that
in a little while.
‐ What's his temperature?
‐ 'Ninety three.'
‐ 'Vitals stable.'
‐ Ninety three. Way to go.
You made it.
How about that, kiddo?
[instrumental music]
Excuse me. Are you the parents
of the little boy in the tunnel?
How does it feel to know that
Mercy Hospital was clearly‐‐
Excuse me.
Excuse me.
‐ I think you better leave.
‐ I'm sorry.
I'm talking with these people.
No, you're not.
[music continues]
[monitor beeping]
Hey, how you feeling?
‐ You made it.
‐ Just like you promised.
Thank you.
That's alright.
'Hey, you remember
Wrigley Field.'
We got a date.
Sit down.
Let me finish.
[sighs]
That one was crooked.
Yeah? Well, next time,
you can do it yourself.
‐ Hey, Mark, thanks.
‐ For what?
You did all the hard work.
I don't think I could have
gone up in that helicopter.
I just got lucky.
No. You know about kids.
It's good as new.
‐ Where you going?
‐ Check for reporters.
All clear.
Get some sleep.
My car's in Grant Park
with a flat.
We'll pick it up tomorrow.
I'll grab you a cab.
‐ Come on.
‐ I guess I missed the opera.
Linda will understand.
Here. Take my coat.
‐ Thanks.
‐ 'Grab a bite?'
Yeah.
‐ 'Oh, there he is!'
‐ 'Dr. Ross. Dr. Ross.'
Over here, Dr. Ross.
Over here.
Can we have a statement,
please, Dr. Ross?
(female #1)
Can you tell us how
you're feeling right now?
(male #4)
Dr. Ross, can you
give us a statement?
(male #5)
Please tell us, how does
it feel to be a hero?
(female #2)
Dr. Ross, just a moment..
[theme music]
[coughing]
Where's your little girl?
I don't have one.
'Where's your little boy?'
I'm all by myself.
Are you sick?
No, no, no.
Then why are you here?
[sighs]
‐ For a job.
‐ You don't have a job?
Do you see those
pretty fish over there?
Did you lose your job?
My daddy lost his job.
Huh.
‐ Did you get a new job?
‐ Yes, I did.
Giving big shots
to little girls.
[crying]
‐ Mommy!
‐ Big shots. There you go.
Mrs. Riblet,
weak and dizzy all over.
Be still, my heart.
Do you smell something?
‐ Yeah.
‐ Ma'am. Ma'am.
Smoking's not
permitted in the hospital.
This is my glaucoma medicine.
My grandson grows it.
Oh, no. No, thanks.
Put that there.
You know, why don't
we put these away
so that we don't get busted.
‐ Smells like primo stuff.
‐ Yeah?
God, I miss the '60s.
‐ New computer?
‐ Yeah, CD‐ROM.
I'm connecting us up by modem
to Mount Sinai.
Pooling our resources.
Couple more quick things
to go over.
Dr. Benton goes nuts
if you're late
or you don't answer
a page on the first beep.
He's also got
a pretty bad temper.
I'll remember that.
And never, ever,
ever contradict him
in front of an attending.
‐ Who made brownies?
‐ Uh, Wendy Goldman.
‐ Hi.
‐ Hi.
‐ Damn.
‐ What's wrong?
Uh, I think
I deleted radiology.
Did you back it up?
Was I supposed to?
Try Alt "Q"
that sometimes works.
Hit and run, pulling up,
ten‐year‐old girl.
‐ Where's Ross?
‐ 'A job interview.'
Hit and run, no witnesses.
Found unconscious,
responsive to pain.
'BP 140/90.
Resp low at ten.'
Tubed her in the field.
Multiple facial lacs.
Possible fracture
to right lower extremity.
Get radiology down here!
‐ Trauma two.
‐ What's her name?
Lunch box says Molly Phillips.
(Peter)
'Somebody call her parents.'
Alright, nice and easy.
Keep bagging her.
Here we go, people, on my count.
One, two, three.
Alright, people,
let's learn something.
Carter, how do you check
for spinal cord injury
on an unconscious patient?
Look for absence of
deep tendon reflexes.
‐ Do it.
‐ 'Well, poor little thing.'
Harper, what film
do we want first?
Chest?
I'd do a cross‐table lateral
to rule out a C‐spine fracture.
Deep tendon reflexes
are present bilaterally.
Babinski is normal.
Harper, let's talk head trauma.
What study should we do?
Um..
Come on, Harper, pay attention.
Pressure's falling, 50/30.
What do you hear?
Diminished breath
sounds on the right?
Is that a question
or a statement?
I appreciate
air movement bilaterally.
No pneumo.
No, Carter, that's
upper airway sounds.
‐ I see a tracheal shift.
‐ 'So do I.'
‐ Tension pneumo.
‐ Good call, Harper.
I'll teach you how to do
a needle decompression.
'Carter, run the
blood up to the lab.'
Our new urgent care facility
could use your experience.
Urgent care's a smart move.
Most of our emergencies
are run‐of‐the‐mill stuff.
‐ Sprained ankles, concussions.
‐ Right up my alley.
But you'll spend most of
your time on ear infections
and well‐baby checkups.
‐ Hey.
‐ Private practice is changing.
We're chasing PPO contracts
to compete against the HMOs.
But we won't sacrifice
our commitment to children.
That's what pedes is all about.
We're a family here.
The kids you take care
of today will be the parents
of the kids
you'll see in 20 years.
We believe in
continuity and commitment.
So do I.
So do you want
to join our family?
Yes, I do.
[chuckles]
[theme music]
[music continues]
[music continues]
[monitor beeping]
‐ How's she doing, Peter?
‐ 'She's stable.'
(Peter)
'We're just going
over her films now.'
Nasty break.
Anybody wanna take
a crack at reading it?
Type three tibial and
fibular shaft fracture
with complete displacement.
Thirty percent
chance of nonunion.
Excellent.
Were knee and
ankle films ordered?
I don't believe so.
With tibial shaft fractures
knee and ankle
films are necessary
to rule out injuries
from transmitted forces.
She's right as rain, Peter.
Order the films.
Come with me.
Got a couple of
interesting colles' fractures
'you might wanna look at.'
'You ever seen
a middle ear bone fracture?'
‐ Hey, how'd the interview go?
‐ Great.
‐ 'No, what did they say?'
‐ They said I was great.
(Hathaway)
'Did you get the job?'
Ninety grand a year
and nobody dies.
Hallelujah, auf wiedersehen.
I'll see you around.
‐ You okay?
‐ Sure.
This what you really want?
Do I have a choice?
(Harper)
'Molly?'
'Molly, do you know
where you are?'
'You're in the hospital.'
You were hit by a car.
We're taking
very good care of you.
You like my ring?
I know you're scared,
but I'll stay with you.
'We called your parents.
They'll be here very soon.'
Okay.
Let's extubate her.
‐ Carter?
‐ What's her tidal volume?
(Oligario)
'Five hundred cc's,
gases are good.'
Alright. Excellent.
(Harper)
'Hey, we're gonna
take this tube out.'
Squeeze my hand.
Make sure the cuff is down
before you extubate her.
'Good.'
'Now what I want you to do'
'is pretend like
you're about to blow out'
your birthday candles.
Take another deep breath.
When I say go
blow out real hard, okay?
'Go.'
[grunting]
‐ Nice.
‐ Good job. Good job.
Okay, let's send her
for a head CT.
I'll be in exam two.
‐ What's your name?
‐ What?
What's your name?
I'm Harper.
This is John.
Hi, Molly.
[monitor beeping]
Other eye. Yeah.
Your optic discs
are perfectly normal.
Are you sure that
you have glaucoma?
My medicine must be working.
How long have you
been lightheaded?
Oh, I wouldn't have
call it lightheaded.
It's more like I float.
How long have
you been floating?
About two weeks.
And how long have you
been smoking marijuana?
About two weeks.
‐ Having trouble?
‐ Ha, ha. I lost radiology.
‐ That's bad.
‐ No kidding.
You have a file recovery disk?
No.
Hmm, let me have a go at it.
Hmm, there are a couple
of damaged clusters
but everything looks intact.
Jerry, could you keep
Mrs. Riblet's valuables
while she gets a CT?
‐ Help yourself, honey.
‐ Uh, sure thing.
Can't I stay
and watch "Geraldo?"
‐ And disappoint radiology?
‐ What are you doing here?
Mozart ring a bell?
Fantasy of the opera,
"The Magic Flute?"
‐ No.
‐ The charity ball?
‐ You promised you'd go.
‐ That's tonight.
Yeah, the tickets
cost my company 300 bucks
so here's your costume
"Don Giovanni."
No, no, no,
no, it's tights.
‐ I'll just wear a tux.
‐ No.
Pick me up at 7:00. That'll
give you an hour to change.
Yeah, right.
What are you going as?
Carmen.
Don't be late.
Yeah.
I think you're gonna need this.
Hmm.
Mrs. Wilson is being admitted
with coffee ground emesis.
Patient has been
admitted 14 times
in the last three years
with the same symptoms.
I'd like you to
order all her charts
and write a summary
of all her discharge notes
by tomorrow.
‐ You got the computer fixed?
‐ Yeah, Linda Farrell.
You smell like dope.
Where have you been?
With a patient.
Are we hooked up
to Mount Sinai?
Yeah, beating
the crap out of them.
‐ What are you doing?
‐ Playing "Doom II."
‐ How long does it take to play?
‐ Months.
I've done thoracotomies
that were less bloody.
He just doesn't understand
the educational value.
Die, bastard, die!
Come on!
(male #1)
'How are you feeling?'
Okay. I knew you'd come.
Oh, sweetie, sweetie,
of course we would.
I wanna go home.
Your daughter will be here
at least several days.
Excuse me.
Will both of you stay with me?
Of course, sweetheart.
And daddy?
You'll come back
to live with us.
‐ Well..
‐ We'll talk about that later.
How could you let her
ride her bike in the rain?
‐ Don't blame me for this.
‐ Who else let her do it?
I do the best I can.
'Maybe if you spent
more time with her'
and less time
at the office with Sarah.
Um, the plastic surgeon
will be here soon.
If either of you
have a photo of Molly
it would help him repair
the laceration on her cheek.
Same picture.
Lake Geneva,
it was a great vacation.
I just need one.
Hey, pumpkin.
You handled that very well.
I had practice
in my own family.
[Major Lance singing
"Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um"]
♪ Walking through the park ♪
[tire burst]
[groans]
♪ Out of the crowd
as his head lowly bowed ♪
[grunting]
[grunting]
♪ I asked this man
just what did he mean ♪
♪ When he moaned
if he'd be so kind ♪
♪ And he'd just go ♪
♪ Um um um um um um ♪
♪ Um um um um um um ♪
♪ Um um um um um um ♪
♪ Um um um um um um.. ♪
Help, help, please help!
‐ Please, help!
‐ What?
Please, please!
My brother needs help.
Why, why?
What are you saying?
Hurry, hurry, he's gonna drown!
Okay, alright,
hang on, hang on.
Hang on, hang on.
Hang on, hang on.
♪ Now that I've grown up ♪
[dramatic music]
We were playing in the tunnel.
My brother got trapped.
Come on.
[music continues]
There you go.
Give me your hand.
Hang on! We're coming in!
‐ Are you hurt?
‐ My leg's stuck.
Alright, hang in there.
Don't panic.
We'll get you out of here.
‐ What's your name?
‐ Ben.
Hey, Ben.
I'm Doug.
Let's see if I can, uh..
...move some of this stuff
out of the way here.
[grunts]
How the hell did you
get caught in here?
We were up at the canal
and the water
started coming real fast.
Just get it out!
Please, just get it out!
Mom told us to stay
out of the tunnel.
It isn't my fault, Joey.
The water just pushed me.
Alright, settle down, fellas.
It's nobody's fault.
Are you okay?
I'm‐I'm cold and my leg hurts.
Alright, let me
take a look at it.
It's your lucky day,
I'm a doctor.
Let me check this.
Now does this hurt?
‐ Ow! Yeah, a lot.
‐ Alright, try not to move it.
‐ Is it broken?
‐ It might be.
Oh, no! No! No!
Don't cry, Ben.
Yeah, Ben. Don't cry.
This is nothing
compared to what I've seen.
Get him out, okay?
Please, please,
get me out of here.
It's gonna be a piece of cake.
When I was a kid,
I used to build..
...I used to build
forts in these tunnels.
‐ You did?
‐ Yeah.
Of course, you gotta watch it
because when it rains
the water comes up
really, really quick.
Uh!
Joey, listen to me.
You go, find a phone.
‐ You call 911.
‐ Okay.
And you tell them
to send a rescue squad.
‐ Okay.
‐ Alright, Joey? Go.
Go! Go! Go!
Well, where's he going?
Well, this‐this grate..
...this grate is locked.
I'm gonna need a little help.
But you said you could do it.
‐ What's that light down there?
‐ I don't know.
Alright, I'm gonna go,
check it out.
‐ Wait, don't leave.
‐ It's okay. I'll be right back.
‐ Wait, just don't.
‐ Ben, listen.
I'm gonna get you
out of here, alright?
I promise you that.
You gotta do me a favor, okay?
You gotta trust me.
Can you do that?
‐ Okay.
‐ Okay?
Alright, now here's the
first thing I need you to do.
You gotta curl up
like this into a ball.
Real tight like that.
As tight as you can.
Okay. That's gonna
keep you warm.
Now I'm gonna see
what that light is
'and I'll be back
as fast as I can, alright?'
Like a ball.
Like that.
Nice and tight.
Alright!
[music continues]
[music continues]
Ben!
Ben!
Ben, can you hear me?
'Yeah!'
Alright!
Are you okay?
'Yeah. Did you find something?'
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Come on!
[grunting]
(Ben)
'Hello, is anybody there?'
[grunts]
It was blocked.
I'm so cold.
That's alright, buddy.
Can you wiggle your toes?
‐ No.
‐ That's okay. Let's see.
How about your fingers,
can you move those for me?
There you go. Now can you
feel me squeezing your hand?
‐ A little.
‐ Good!
Alright, alright.
Now all you got to do
is just think warm thoughts.
You gotta think Hawaii
and you gotta think
the Sahara Desert.
You got to think about..
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Hey, come here.
Come on. You listen to me.
You gotta stay awake..
...you gotta stay
awake for me, alright?
‐ Okay. Alright?
‐ I'm so tired.
I know that. Why don't
we just sing a song, huh?
‐ You know songs, don't you?
‐ No.
Well...oh, yeah!
'Yeah, alright.'
'How about, uh..'
...how about, uh..
"Take me out
to the ball game?"
'Uh..'
♪ Take me out
to the ball game ♪
♪ Take me out to the crowd ♪
♪ Buy me some
peanuts and crackerjack ♪
♪ I don't care
if I never get back ♪
Alright, listen to me.
Come here.
I gotta go get some help.
‐ No, don't go! Just don't!
‐ It's okay.
Please, don't!
You gotta sing
as loud as you can
so I can hear you, alright?
Say yes to me.
Come here.
‐ Yeah.
‐ Alright. Here we go.
♪ Let me root root root
for the home team ♪
♪ If they don't win
it's a shame ♪
♪ For it's one
two three strikes ♪
♪ You're out
at the old ball game ♪
♪ Take me out
to the ball game ♪
[dramatic music]
Okay.
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Hey! Hey!
I couldn't find it!
‐ I couldn't find it.
‐ Come here! What?
I couldn't find a phone!
I couldn't find
a phone anywhere!
I couldn't find a phone!
Come here! Come on!
Alright, listen,
you go in there
you find a phone
and you call 911.
You stay here till help
gets here. You got it?
You understand?
Go! Let's go!
Hey, Ben!
Ben!
Ben!
Ben!
You alright?
Hey! Hey, buddy!
I...I..
...I sang it four times.
I knew you could do it.
'Hey, hey, hey.'
Stay awake.
You gotta stay awake for me.
Come on. You gotta stay awake.
Alright, this
could do the trick.
We'll use this jack
to get your leg out.
So are you a cubs fan?
Yeah?
Who's your favorite player?
Who's your favorite player, Ben?
Hey! Hey! Come on!
Who's your favorite player?
Ma...Mark Grace.
Mark Grace?
'What, are you nuts?'
'Hey, Shawon Dunston's the man.'
The best shortstop in the game.
I tell you what I'll do.
Next season, I'll take you
to Wrigley Field.
Hey! Come on.
Stick with me.
Stay here.
I'll take you to Wrigley Field..
[grunting]
Come on, damn it!
We'll get a couple of dogs
and we'll compare
Grace to Dunston, alright?
'There you go.'
Hey, stay up. Stay awake.
Keep your head up.
Keep your head above water.
Alright, alright.
'So you think that you know'
a lot about baseball, do you?
Come on.
Alright, ask me a question.
Come on. Come on,
ask me a tough one. Let's go.
Stay with me, stay up.
You stay up!
You stay up!
‐ The most home runs.
‐ The most home runs?
Hank Aaron beats Babe Ruth.
That's nothing.
That's an easy one.
Here we go. You ready?
Okay. We got it.
We got it.
Alright, come here.
You got to push your leg out.
‐ You ready?
‐ I‐I can't feel it.
That's okay.
I'm gonna help you.
Oh, here we go.
[grunts]
Alright, ready? Okay.
Come here, come here.
Alright, listen.
Give me your hands.
You gotta hold on right here.
Hold on with both hands.
You hold on.
And you gotta keep
your head up above water.
You understand me? Yes?
‐ I can't.
‐ Yes, you do.
‐ I can't.
‐ Yes, you..
‐ I‐I can't hold.
‐ I'll knock out these hinges.
‐ I can't.
‐ Do it.
No, I, I..
...I can't
‐ Yes, you can!
‐ I can't!
‐ Yes.
‐ I can't!
‐ I..
‐ Yes, you can!
Hey, damn it,
you hold on, damn it!
You hold on!
You hold on!
You hold on!
You understand me?
Hold on! Here we go. Come on.
We almost did it.
No, I‐I..
[grunting]
Ben! Hey! Come on!
Ben!
[dramatic music]
[music continues]
Ben!
Ben!
Ben!
Ben!
[whirring]
[instrumental music]
You're not dying on me, Ben!
Not now!
Hey! I shot the hell knight
with my plasma rifle
but he nailed me
with a rocket launcher.
Watch out for the fireballs.
‐ Excuse me, Dr. Benton?
‐ Yeah.
I sorted through the charts
and compiled all
the discharge summaries.
I think your patient has
a paraesophageal hernia.
If you need anything else,
I'll be in the suture room.
Where we going?
We're moving you
to a nicer room.
‐ My lunch box.
‐ Oh.
Here you go.
Don't you be scared, okay?
I'll stay with you
till we take you upstairs.
‐ I made it in school.
‐ It's beautiful.
It's for...you.
‐ Thank you.
‐ Ah! Nice.
‐ Yeah.
‐ Hi, sweetie.
Plastic surgery called. They'll
be down in a few minutes.
Oh, We won't be needing
your surgeon after all.
Excuse me?
My plastic surgeon's
on his way.
‐ Who?
‐ Fred.
Fred Mendoza?
He'll cost a fortune.
It's only your daughter's face.
‐ Maybe, we could‐‐
‐ No, I hate him.
That's why you called him.
He's the best in Chicago.
For lopsided breasts.
Touchy subject.
[whirring]
[grunting]
(Doug)
'Come on!'
Is he alright?
Mouth‐to‐mouth's not working.
His airway's blocked.
'Paramedics should
be here any minute.'
That medevac copter
will take us.
That's a TV news chopper.
Is my brother going to die?
No, he is not!
No, he is not!
‐ Come on.
‐ 'What are you doing?'
I'm a doctor.
I need to clear an airway.
‐ You got a pen?
‐ What?
A pen.
Do you have a pen on you?
Okay.
Here we go. Alright.
Come on.
Alright.
'C‐Come on.'
Breathe, damn it!
[coughing]
Alright, we got him. Come here.
Help me up.
Get him up, get him up.
I got it.
I got him.
[siren wailing]
[whirring]
(male #2)
'What do you got?'
(Dr. Ross)
'A 12‐year‐old
trapped in a culvert.'
Possible fracture to
the left lower extremity
so don't jostle him!
He's hypothermic,
can cause an arrhythmia.
I'm Dr. Ross from County ER.
I need a number six ET tube.
'There we go.'
I need a portable O2
and an ambu‐bag.
(male #2)
'You got it.'
We picked up
the paramedic call.
What happened?
He saved my brother.
He's a doctor.
Here, let's roll on this.
We're at the scene of an
incredible rescue in Grant Park.
It appears that
a doctor has saved
a little boy from drowning.
Alright, we got it, doc.
Call Mercy.
Wait! Well, well, Mercy's
not a level one trauma center.
It's the nearest
treatment facility.
This boy needs a surgeon.
Probably an ICU.
We got to follow
base station protocol.
What's your transport time?
In this weather,
maybe 12 minutes.
‐ Where's your pilot?
‐ Hey, Jimmy! Over here!
‐ Sorry, doc. We gotta move!
‐ Come on!
Wait, wait, wait, wait!
Oh, we're losing time.
What's your flying time
to County ER?
‐ Fifteen minutes.
‐ Can you take us?
The chopper's not equipped
for medical transport.
Boy is hypothermic.
He needs special care.
Mercy's closer.
Yeah, by three minutes
and he dies
because there's no ICU.
Or else he dies
in a news chopper.
I don't have time
to argue with you.
I will take full
responsibility for this.
This boy is gonna die.
Let's do it.
It's a great story.
Let's go!
‐ 'What are you doing?'
‐ I need supplies.
I need a portable defibrillator.
I got a spare.
You're taking
a hell of a chance.
Damn right. Let's go.
Go!
Go! Go! Go!
Alright, on my count.
Here we go.
One, two, three!
All the way in.
Not enough room for cameras.
‐ Here, take that.
‐ There's no room in here.
‐ Gimme the camera.
‐ All set.
Get a minicam van
and meet me at County.
Here! Here!
Close the door!
Let's go, let's go!
[whirring]
Patch your headsets
back to the station.
‐ How's he doing?
‐ He's okay.
You filming this?
'We're live from
chopper five with doctor..'
...what's your name, doctor?
Doug Ross.
'Dr. Doug Ross
from County General.'
Just minutes ago,
Dr. Ross rescued a boy
from a storm drain.
'I can see you're
attaching some electrodes'
'to the boy's chest.'
'What are those for, doctor?'
What are those for, Dr. Ross?
Patch me through to County.
Dr. Ross has just asked me
to patch him through
to County General.
‐ 'You need a red key.'
‐ 'Look out for the lost soul.'
‐ 'Use the rocket launcher.'
‐ Mount Sinai's shooting us.
They're cheaters! Get 'em!
‐ Get em'.
‐ You do it.
‐ 'Need a bulletproof vest.'
‐ 'Blast him with a BFG 9000.'
Look, his guts are
all over the place.
Quiet, you guys.
This is County General.
Go ahead.
(male #3)
'This is chopper five
from Channel Five News.'
'We've got a Dr. Ross up here
flying in a hypothermic kid.'
‐ Doug Ross?
‐ 'That is correct.'
Oh, hold on, chopper five.
Mark, Doug is on a news chopper
'bringing in a hypothermic kid.'
‐ What?
‐ It's on the MICN.
What's he doing
on a news chopper?
Look, there's Dr. Ross.
‐ Turn up the volume.
‐ Where's the remote?
Doug, do you read me?
‐ Mark, is that you?
‐ What are you doing?
I've got a 12‐year‐old
with hypothermia.
I got to warm him up fast.
I'll do the best I can.
‐ What's our ETA?
‐ 'About three minutes.'
(male #3)
'We're seeing a rescue in
action live from chopper five.'
'Stay with us as Dr. Doug Ross'
'struggles to save
the life of this child.'
'What are you doing?'
'How's he doing?
How's he doing, doctor?'
Malik, I need
heated saline IVS
Warm up half
a dozen to 106 degrees.
Wendy, get heated
blankets and a mattress.
Jerry, call Benton, tell him
we may need him down here.
‐ Heated peritoneal lavage?
‐ Yeah. That's right.
Let's go, now.
Come on, let's go.
(male #3)
'How's he doing, doctor?'
'What's wrong?
Why is the monitor doing that?'
He's having runs of
abnormal heartbeats.
And what are you doing?
Trying to stabilize his rhythm.
Come on. He's in V‐fib!
Come on!
'What are those
paddles for, Dr. Ross?'
To stabilize his beat. They
didn't charge the batteries!
‐ Oh, my God.
‐ I need your help.
'Turn the camera off.'
Turn off the camera!
We've momentarily lost
contact with chopper five.
'This is Warner Saunders
bringing you rescue in action..'
Alright, squeeze the bag
when I count to five.
Here we go,
one, two, three, four, five.
‐ Like this?
‐ Yeah.
One, two, three,
four, five. Yeah.
One, two..
We're gonna lose this.
Oh, God!
'...three, four, five.'
Mark? Mark, where are you?
‐ Where the hell's County?
‐ You told me to turn it off.
Get County on the line.
Tell them we'll need
a crash cart on the roof now!
‐ 'You got it.'
‐ Come on!
‐ How far out are we?
‐ 'I can see it.'
Keep bagging him.
Squeeze it like that!
Like that.
Keep bagging him!
For you, Dr. Greene.
It's Morgenstern.
Hey.
Yeah, I‐I did think
it was kind of risky.
No, we're watching Channel Five.
Oh, they're trashing us
on Channel Eight.
Listen, you do not
need to come in, okay?
Yeah, everything
is under control.
We have an unconfirmed report
that resuscitation
efforts may have failed.
It's always a danger up there
in that copter in the windy city
and bouncing around
a child with hypothermia
She's right outside.
Jerry, turn that off.
Ugh! TV doctors.
Jerry, get security
to escort Dr. Mahoney
to a less conspicuous place.
Let's get
the life pack and drug box.
‐ Any sixes?
‐ Nope. Go fish.
How you doing?
My stomach hurts a little bit.
Yeah?
Ow.
Let's get a CT of her
abdomen along with her head.
Probably just a bruise
from your accident.
‐ Where are her parents?
‐ They're in the coffee shop.
I get next game, okay?
Coming through!
‐ Coming through.
‐ Doctor, is he dead?
Please, get out of my way.
Dr. Greene, can you confirm
or deny this report?
Malik, can you get security
to take these people
to the press room.
Do you question Dr. Ross'
decision to fly the child here?
‐ Not for a second.
‐ 'Come on. Move now.'
[whirring]
Let's go.
Hurry!
We're ready!
Move it!
He's hypoxic.
Alright, let's go.
Clear the blades
and we'll shock him.
Alright, go.
Where's the crash cart?
Go.
Alright, the paddles.
Chopper five has just landed
on the roof of County General.
The doctors are
taking out paddles.
Charging 100.
Several doctors
are trying desperately
to revive Ben Larkin.
‐ 'One fifty.'
‐ Clear!
So far their efforts
are failing.
‐ .4 epi.
‐ Charging 200.
‐ Clear!
‐ Will he make it?
‐ Shock him again. Let's go!
‐ Will he make it?
‐ One more time.
‐ Alright.
‐ Charging 200!
‐ Clear.
Alright,
let's get him inside.
‐ We'll try it again.
‐ Are we gonna lose him?
‐ Got warming blankets?
‐ 'We're all set.'
'Alright. Alright.'
Damn.
We'll shock him again
and then we'll
try rapid rewarming.
'Get that gurney out of there!'
‐ That little girl?
‐ 'Molly?'
She crashed in the CT.
Pressure dropped and
now she's unconscious.
Said her stomach hurt.
Could have blown
a mesenteric clot.
(Peter)
'Harper,
get four units O‐neg.'
Stay with us, Ben.
Paddles. Paddles.
Charging 200.
Clear.
'Charging 300.'
Clear.
‐ I got a faint pulse.
‐ Pulse ox is 80.
He's hypoxic. Let's
change him over to a shiley.
Dr. Greene,
the press is going berserk.
'They want a statement.'
Yeah, we're a little busy
right now.
Tell them
he's holding his own.
'Right.'
Let's get a CBC, lytes,
blood gas and coags.
What's his core temp?
‐ Eighty two degrees.
‐ That's too low.
Put him on heated,
humidified O2.
Heated saline.
Let's start him on
lidocaine .8
milligrams per minute.
Hope he doesn't
go back into V‐fib.
‐ Come on.
‐ Doug, you're a mess.
Go change into some scrubs.
You're freezing, Doug.
Go get some coffee and warm up.
Hey, I need you here.
Go change.
Should never have
put him on that damn chopper.
‐ 'Got it, Carter?'
‐ 'I'm almost in.'
‐ Got the O‐neg.
‐ 'Hang it.'
Oh, my God!
What happened?
‐ Get her out of here.
‐ Somebody call my husband!
We think Molly has internal
bleeding from the accident.
[flatlining]
'Molly!'
Somebody get her
out of here now!
Molly, no, please!
Alright, give me some suction.
God, no.
[monitor beeping]
Alright, number five
ET tube, please.
[monitor beeping]
‐ It's in.
‐ Bag her.
(Peter)
'Give her .3 of epi
and .6 of atropine now.'
Come on, Molly.
Come on, Molly.
'Come on.
Come on.'
(Carter)
'Epi's in.'
‐ 'Dr. Ross!'
‐ Hey, Joey.
‐ He saved Ben.
‐ We're his parents.
‐ How is he?
‐ It's too soon to tell.
The news said his heart stopped.
It's going now.
‐ How's he doing?
‐ Coags look good.
Lytes are normal.
Blood PH is 7.37.
‐ Thank God for small miracles.
‐ How's the patient?
‐ He hasn't gone into DIC.
‐ Good sign.
There are reporters crawling
all over this place like ants.
‐ What's his temp, Wendy?
‐ Eighty five degrees.
‐ Not warming up fast enough.
‐ Heated pleural lavage?
You could try, but I don't
think his heart would take it.
We could bypass and
warm his blood directly.
That'd be fastest way.
What do you think?
You're the attending.
Wendy, call cardiac surgery.
Tell them to
send down a perfusionist
with a bypass pump
and a heating unit.
Lilly, go get Benton.
Peter, Mark needs you
for bypass access.
Got to stop
the bleeding first.
Thoracotomy tray now!
[monitor beeping]
We have to go
to the waiting room.
‐ No, no, I wanna stay.
‐ No, we have to go.
Come on. Come on.
'Ten blade.'
‐ Retractor. Carter.
‐ Mm‐hmm.
Start compressions while
I cross‐clamp the aorta.
Uh, yeah, I got it. I got it.
‐ She's clamped.
‐ What happened?
Abdominal bleed. She coded.
Start an atrial line.
Carol, I need two
15 French cannulas and space‐‐
Mark, little
girl's coding in two.
Molly Phillips.
Hit and run.
Recent onset abdominal pain
her pressure crashed
and she went into asystole.
We've infused
four units of O‐neg
given her two rounds of epi
and cross‐clamped her.
‐ Mesenteric rupture?
‐ Probably.
There's nothing you
could have done about it.
Peter, I'll take over.
Hypothermic kid in trauma one
needs femoral
lines for a bypass.
'Infuse another unit.'
‐ Peter, it's about damn time.
‐ Cut down!
[monitor beeping]
We're trying internal paddles.
‐ 'Charge ten.'
‐ Charging.
Clear.
‐ Charge 20.
‐ Charging.
(Greene)
'Clear.'
‐ '20 again.'
‐ 'Charging.'
'Clear.'
As I remove
the obturator be ready
to hook up
the cannula to the bypass.
‐ What's his temperature?
‐ Eighty six degrees.
'He's going into V‐tach.
Rate's 180.'
'Give me 100 of procainamide.'
Come on, Ben, you can make it.
Hold on, buddy.
Hold on.
[flatlining]
Time of death, 2125.
[instrumental music]
I'll go talk to her folks.
[music continues]
[monitor beeping]
Doug? Doug,
your friend's awake.
Hey.
Hey.
You're in a hospital.
Don't try and talk.
‐ Doug?
‐ You made it.
‐ Pretty nasty cut.
‐ Yeah.
Probably use a few stitches.
We can do that
in a little while.
‐ What's his temperature?
‐ 'Ninety three.'
‐ 'Vitals stable.'
‐ Ninety three. Way to go.
You made it.
How about that, kiddo?
[instrumental music]
Excuse me. Are you the parents
of the little boy in the tunnel?
How does it feel to know that
Mercy Hospital was clearly‐‐
Excuse me.
Excuse me.
‐ I think you better leave.
‐ I'm sorry.
I'm talking with these people.
No, you're not.
[music continues]
[monitor beeping]
Hey, how you feeling?
‐ You made it.
‐ Just like you promised.
Thank you.
That's alright.
'Hey, you remember
Wrigley Field.'
We got a date.
Sit down.
Let me finish.
[sighs]
That one was crooked.
Yeah? Well, next time,
you can do it yourself.
‐ Hey, Mark, thanks.
‐ For what?
You did all the hard work.
I don't think I could have
gone up in that helicopter.
I just got lucky.
No. You know about kids.
It's good as new.
‐ Where you going?
‐ Check for reporters.
All clear.
Get some sleep.
My car's in Grant Park
with a flat.
We'll pick it up tomorrow.
I'll grab you a cab.
‐ Come on.
‐ I guess I missed the opera.
Linda will understand.
Here. Take my coat.
‐ Thanks.
‐ 'Grab a bite?'
Yeah.
‐ 'Oh, there he is!'
‐ 'Dr. Ross. Dr. Ross.'
Over here, Dr. Ross.
Over here.
Can we have a statement,
please, Dr. Ross?
(female #1)
Can you tell us how
you're feeling right now?
(male #4)
Dr. Ross, can you
give us a statement?
(male #5)
Please tell us, how does
it feel to be a hero?
(female #2)
Dr. Ross, just a moment..
[theme music]