November 10, 2010
A nurse who collapses in the ER, and a doctor must open her chest and manually take her heart in his hand to try to save her life
Greek festival chaos: the ER goes nuts during a Greek festival when a child has an unknown allergic reaction
Two teens are brought in saying that they had been attacked by a scimitar-wielding gang.
A pregnant woman's leg pain turns out to be a flesh-eating virus, threatening life and limb.
A veteran who swallows razor blades on a dare.
A young bride who collapses just before her wedding.
The screaming man
A grown man calls 911 and screams incessantly for no obvious reason.
The ice‑cold mother
A young mother arrives alert but with a dangerously low body temperature (around 88°F). This “ice cold” state could indicate severe underlying illness, shock
The boy who denies overdosing
A young boy is suspected of overdosing on drugs, but he insists he did not take anything.
A college student collapses in the ER, and doctors do hours of CPR, hoping she'll revive.
A young woman is admitted with bulging neck veins
A man has an erection that will not subside
A doctor struggles with how to break the bad news about a woman who had collapsed at her 70th birthday party.
A Young nurse collapses – A 25‑year‑old nurse suffers a seizure and cardiac arrest in the ER. Her colleagues must perform CPR and attempt to restart her heart
Baby with “maggots” in her hands – A young father brings his infant daughter into the ER, convinced she has maggots in her hands
Woman with “cursed” liver – A patient is in severe pain, claiming her liver is cursed by a demon
Internal bleeding in an unconscious woman
A woman arrives at the ER unconscious and is found to be bleeding internally.
Four‑day erection
A man presents with an erection that has lasted four days, a rare and medically complex situation.
Knife in the chest
The episode also includes a woman who comes in with a knife protruding from her chest
House fire victim – A woman is pulled from a burning building and immediately suffers a heart attack in the ER, requiring urgent medical intervention.
Schizophrenic patient – A man with schizophrenia believes he has someone else’s face, leading to finding out he has cancer
Untrained student delivers a baby – An inexperienced medical student is mistakenly identified as a doctor and must deliver a newborn under pressure.
Husband’s strange breath – An ER nurse brings her delirious husband to the hospital. She notices an unusual clue: his breath smells like mothballs
Postpartum seizure – A first-time mother, after delivering her baby, becomes incoherent and goes into life‑threatening convulsions
Twin doctors and a scam – Identical twin doctors working at different ERs encounter a patient attempting to fraudulently obtain painkillers