1. Previously on ER…
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or you being sued for malpractice?
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- Yes.
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24. - My blouse.
- Oh, yeah. It's not too long?
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27. - What?
- You take long showers.
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- No. No. So do I.
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- Yeah, I got it.
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and a TA-55 on the resection.
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49. No need, Peter.
I gave it to Henderson.
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50. - What?
- Page us if the CAT scan shows free air.
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52. - Where are we going?
- I got a chore for you.
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53. - You know what? I'm a little busy.
- Yeah, so am I. Let's go.
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working out for you?
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- Really? What's the problem?
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- Are you dissatisfied in some way?
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58. Ah, well. Would a $10,000 a year raise
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59. - What?
- Okay, let's make it $20,000
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62. - You're serious?
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63. Look, you've been doing your penance,
you've been working hard
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64. displaying dedication
and appropriate amount of groveling.
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65. I have to be a complete sadist
if I didn't ease up eventually.
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66. - What do I have to do?
- Oh, a little of this, a little of that.
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more than few hours a month.
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Go back to Surgery.
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70. - Hey, I'm just asking.
- Do you want the bump or don't you?
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71. - Sure.
- So we have a deal?
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73. Okay. Let's go. This way, please.
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75. Dr. Benton had to finish a complicated
pancreaticoduodenectomy
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77. Come on in, Peter. Don't be shy.
Come on. Come on.
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about the declining numbers
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80. of minority medical school students
and faculty physicians.
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81. Not only here in Chicago,
but nationwide.
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82. The medical school is committed
to addressing this issue.
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84. I'm appointing a Director of Diversity
for the medical center: Dr. Peter Benton.
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85. Dr. Benton's bio and resume can be found
in your handout materials.
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87. Dr. Benton, is your appointment
the direct result
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88. of the investigative report
about the declining numbers
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to medical school?
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93. How can you ensure minority representation
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- Just water.
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98. We can't give him without a court order.
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- Dr. Samson doesn't work here anymore.
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100. - What?
- Dr. Miller treats your cousin now.
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102. That's probably not necessary
now that you're here.
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- I think he's just lonely.
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or something?
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- Why not? What's the matter?
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120. - Just take a little sip.
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121. - Maybe later.
- Go away.
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122. - Okay let me know if this hurts.
- Ow! Hell, yes.
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123. - Wuss.
- You want another beating, keep talking.
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124. - I'm sitting right here.
- This is his sparring partner, Walter.
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125. - Lip lac and a possible broken jaw.
- Aren't you guys too old to be fighting?
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126. - Never too old to defend a lady's honor.
- This was over a woman?
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In every gesture, dignity and love.
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He stole that from a book.
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133. Let's start with 6-0 nylon. Let's try
and keep these kids apart, shall we?
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135. - Morning, Kerry.
- How's it going?
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136. Hello. Well, snow blower blew
a rock into a guy's larynx.
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137. - I had to trache him.
- No. I meant with you.
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138. - You know, first day back.
- So far, so good.
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of my four hours.
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141. Three patients waiting
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in a press conference.
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144. - Who?
- Peter. She's been in for an hour.
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- Yeah.
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149. Can you call Radiology? They sent
this guy back without his films
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152. Yeah, I have to rongeur it.
I need the x-ray.
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- I don't know. They just lost it.
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- I don't know. He won't say.
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- Chuny already tried.
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- I think he took a cab.
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- Malik was out there. Why?
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requirements. He's probably illegal
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because he doesn't wanna lose his job.
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165. - That's his choice, isn't it?
- Until someone gets seriously hurt.
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where they picked him up.
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167. I just need you to call Radiology.
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what are you crying about?
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172. - I don't like being used.
- Everyone is used, Peter.
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- Sure you do.
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- You should have thought of that
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Look, surprise, yes.
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the Director of Diversity.
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181. It's gonna get you that much closer
to a full-time faculty position.
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183. You know what, you can find somebody else
to be your poster boy.
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anyone else.
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of why the diversity issue
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- Actually, I do.
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does it?
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I have a meeting.
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in the past week.
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another had a family emergency.
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I assure you.
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by this jacko review.
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that you'll get them up to standard,
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of surgery who actually performs surgery.
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from under all of this.
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- Robert, they're coming on Monday.
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if they page you.
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- No.
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- Well, he didn't crack your skull.
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He didn't crack your skull.
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I'm a big proponent of marriage.
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to the right person.
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- We have to get to know each other first.
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on the x-ray of your hand.
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Is anything else hurt?
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in mixed company.
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about my private parts,
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219. - Does it hurt when you pee?
- Yeah. How did you know?
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220. - Do you have an enlarged prostate?
- It's large enough.
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221. Well, it could be prostatitis.
I'm gonna need a urine sample.
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it feels more like something you pick up.
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- A burning. I got it once before
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229. Abby, we need you. Grab a 100
of mannitol. Gunshot wound to the head.
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- What do you want for labs?
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Cross him for four.
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238. - Pupils are fixed and dilated.
- Was there a suicide note?
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- Guy's behind us.
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and grazed his cheek.
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- I smell alcohol. He could just be drunk.
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Bradying down to 50.
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244. - Open the fluids. Pump in O-neg.
- What are you doing?
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That could be the cause of his low BP.
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- Doesn't sound like blood loss.
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- But if you wanna try transfusing him…
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I'll put in a central line.
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- Nothing.
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- Yeah.
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Left cheek, cranial nerves intact.
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- What?
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- It was his idea.
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- Why?
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- He wanted to play.
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- What, 20?
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- He's 15-years-old.
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along with his dad's gun.
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Hell, I went first.
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- Yeah, better odds.
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- That's the point of the game.
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She blew his brains out!
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- What?
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- He! He's dead.
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He knew what could happen.
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Why aren't they arresting this idiot?
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- The hell you didn't.
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- You wanted to make sure.
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- Mark, please.
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No big failure.
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- Later, gator.
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- Yes, Mom.
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like that. Smell it. It smells great.
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- No. Sociopathic, maybe.
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We'll leave it up to the police.
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- Anytime.
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- Yeah?
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- Very well.
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- He's a little tired. Why?
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- Well then, maybe you've misheard.
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- Yeah. Okay.
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- What chip are you up to?
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- Your AA chip.
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- Two hundred and forty.
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And I need documentation.
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or benzos until further notice.
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313. But that's it, Cater. Even the smallest
infraction and you no longer work here.
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- Understood. Thank you.
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- Call me Walter.
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with a sponge bath.
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- Yes, please.
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- Okay. Never mind.
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- Jeez.
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- That's me. Nurse Firecracker.
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- None of your business.
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Married her when she was 32.
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before she passed.
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like you always take a little longer.
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was brought in for fighting.
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He was flirting with my Victoria.
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- My lady friend.
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if that's what you're driving at.
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went to work and it just stayed like that.
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- A little coke.
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Have you tried masturbating?
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- How?
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- Yeah. Down the hall to the left.
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- It's obvious.
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- Crit is down to 28.
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if she's not going to use it anyway?
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- Her uterus.
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- You can tell. Check her out.
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admissions committee. He doesn't have
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- It doesn't ensure
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is the safest way to go, man.
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she understands the risks.
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I don't want a lawsuit.
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It's snowing again.
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- Does it have your name on it?
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- Then it's yours.
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called back.
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wants to let you know
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may be calling.
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I didn't want them to call the INS.
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with furniture sweatshops in that area.
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I need to know what they said.
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unsafe working conditions.
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- He was scared.
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- Nobody's getting deported.
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If he's illegal, he's illegal.
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378. - I mean, who's paying for this job?
- Shut up, Frank.
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379. Hi.
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380. Hey, I heard you got stuck
with a couple of grumpy old men.
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381. Well, horny old men is more like it.
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382. - They both have chlamydia.
- How old are they?
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383. Late 70s. It seems to be
going around their nursing home.
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384. Nice to know there's more than
shuffleboard in our futures.
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385. Do you want Mr. Baker,
20-year-old sickler in crisis?
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386. - Better not.
- Why not?
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387. Because I'm back to not pushing narcotics.
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388. - You told Weaver?
- Yeah.
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389. - She was okay?
- Not okay. But she let me stay
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390. - with a few reinforced restrictions.
- Good for you.
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391. - I guess.
- No, I mean it.
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392. Thanks for the push.
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393. - Carter, wound check in five has…
- I'm coming.
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394. - I'm coming.
- He's getting difficult.
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395. Both EKGs are normal.
Cardiac enzymes are normal.
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396. I just talked with his cardiologist.
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397. He said he should have
a treadmill test and maybe an angiogram.
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398. - Probably meant as an outpatient.
- He didn't say that.
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399. That's what he meant.
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400. Keep taking your medications as directed
and come back if there are any problems.
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401. That's it?
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402. Make sure you see your cardiologist
who you made that call.
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403. You're not gonna admit him
to the hospital?
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404. - No.
- Georgia, honey, really. It's all right.
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405. - I want him checked in.
- This isn't a hotel.
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406. Told you we shouldn't have gone
to a county hospital.
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407. - Is there another doctor?
- Georgia…
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408. I want a second opinion.
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409. Okay. Here's your second opinion.
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410. Your husband's overweight.
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411. He suffers from stable angina.
He needs to stop drinking and smoking.
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412. He needs to lay off the pizza, burgers
and fries and get some exercise.
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413. Otherwise, all the second opinions
in the world
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414. are not gonna keep him from dropping dead
in the next two years.
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415. - I'll clear the Trauma Rooms.
- Notify the respiratory ICU.
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416. I'm calling the blood bank.
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417. Get eight units of O-neg
and every bag of Ringer's the center has.
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418. Carter, what's going on?
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419. Rescue's bringing in multiple victims
of a basement fire.
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420. Smoke inhalation, crush injuries…
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421. - How many?
- I don't know.
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422. They said they were too busy to count.
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423. - You call the O.R.?
- Yeah.
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424. - ETA?
- They're rolling in.
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425. Mark, you get this,
I'll take the one on the end.
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426. Marshall, take this burn
to the right arm and face.
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427. - What happened?
- Some kinda raid.
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428. A bunch of workers got trapped.
BP 120/60, pulse 92.
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429. Better keep her on O-2
and check carboxyhemoglobin level.
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430. Give.5 of albuterol.
Mark, I thought you were off.
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431. - Not anymore.
- You need to take it easy.
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432. - Not much chance of that.
- Why don't you go triage?
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433. We'll flush out the joint upstairs.
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434. I threw her in the front seat
as I pulled out.
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435. - Any burns?
- It's a superficial lac to the right calf.
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436. - What's she saying?
- She's saying she wants her mom.
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437. Smoke inhalation
with pleuritic chest pain.
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438. Malik, I need a blood gas
on this guy right away.
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439. - Portable chest?
- Yeah. Get me a 12-lead.
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440. Got an INS officer who crushed his pelvis.
Decrease thigh floss.
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441. - Any shortness of breath?
- Did they get out?
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442. - Who?
- We only got half of them out.
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443. They had the windows
to the place barred shut.
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444. - What place?
- We got a tip on an illegal sweatshop.
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445. - We went there and it started burning.
- Sats are down to 82.
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446. Dr. Weaver, his pulse ox is falling.
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447. Put him on 15 liters.
Open an intubation tray.
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448. He needs a trauma consult now. Go!
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449. Sorry, doc.
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450. Decreased breath sounds on the left.
Carter, can you take this?
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451. Possible pneumothorax.
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452. - Yeah. Trauma two.
- Luka?
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453. Thirty-year-old male,
burns over most of his body.
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454. BP, 100/70. Pulse, 120.
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455. - Where should we go?
- Just get him out of the hallway.
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456. - How much fluid in?
- One liter Ringer's and ten of morphine.
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457. Okay, give another round of both.
I need a sterile gown and gloves.
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458. You know each other?
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459. They work together.
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460. Mark. Mark! What's open?
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461. I don't know.
Try the Suture Room.
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462. - Suture Room. Go!
- He needs an NG tube and a Foley.
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463. - We're out of I&D kits.
- Use suture-removal kits for debriding.
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464. CBC, chem panel and cardiac enzymes.
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465. - What do we got?
- Possible burns.
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466. She may have touched a hot power line
while helping her daughter.
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467. - She doesn't know what happened.
- How old?
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468. Five. First name, Araceli.
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469. Haleh, call Dispatch. See if they have
a 20 on a five-year-old girl.
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470. Good air entry, scattered rales
bilaterally. Put her on a pulse ox.
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471. - Got an exit wound here.
- Here's the entry.
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472. - She's burned from the inside out.
- What was the voltage of the line?
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473. - I don't know.
- Get on the phone with the commander
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474. - and find out.
- Pulse ox, 89.
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475. Put him up to five liters.
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476. Take it easy. Just lay back.
Just lay back.
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477. - Titrate another ten of morphine.
- Twenty percent partial-thickness burns.
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478. He needs a chest tube on the lung.
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479. Lilly, I need to prep
for an escharotomy.
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480. - That doesn't sound very good.
- Can you set up
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481. - a fiber-optic laryngoscope?
- In a sec!
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482. - I need it now!
- Go, go, go, go. I got it!
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483. Carter, can you help me prep the chest?
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484. - I'm losing pulses.
- How fast do you need the fluids?
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485. I'm estimating 92 percent
surface area burns.
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486. Start Ringer's at 1700 cc's per hour.
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487. Setting at 91 on 15 liters.
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488. Okay. Switch to humidified O-2,
non-rebreather.
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489. - What?
- He's asking how bad it is.
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490. Tell him very serious.
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491. Am I going to die?
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492. Most likely, yes.
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493. His finger's swollen.
I can't get his ring off.
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494. Get the ring cutter.
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495. - I'm in.
- No persistent pneumo, good tube position.
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496. - He's still hypotensive.
- You know how it started?
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497. Paint thinner. I think someone kicked over
a space heater when they ran out.
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498. - Where's that crit?
- Working on it.
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499. Borderline widened mediastinum
and a left pleural effusion.
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500. Might be his aorta.
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501. - All right. Chest CT. Let's move him.
- Hold on. Crit's low at 31.
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502. You want to take him up to the O.R.?
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503. No, I don't want to open him
if I don't have to.
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504. It could just be an intercostal artery.
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505. Fine. We'll do
a transesophageal echo.
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506. Somebody call upstairs
tell them we're on our way.
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507. - Neck is swollen.
- So are the upper extremities.
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508. - Where did you find her?
- She came in with Morales.
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509. - Her sats are dropping, 86.
- Put her on high-flow O-2,
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510. open saline,
push 80 of lasix.
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511. High voltage fried every cell
in its path. Her CK is over 2000.
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512. - Did you check her out?
- She's fine.
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513. She has a non-displaced fracture
of the tibia.
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514. - She's okay. See?
- Pulse ox dropping, 82.
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515. Okay, let's intubate. Abby, take her out.
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516. - Abby, out. Abby, go.
- She wants you to take care of her, Abby.
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517. Twenty of etomidate, 100 of sux.
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518. 8-0 ET tube.
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519. Relax, relax, relax.
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520. Okay, okay. Carter, hold him down.
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521. Hold on. Watch the drape!
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522. Sats are down to 78.
He's getting hypoxic.
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523. - All right, push some Versed.
- What?
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524. - The Versed! Right there! Come on!
- I can't.
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525. - Why not?
- I'm not allowed to.
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526. Carter, push the damn Versed!
I got to get this tube in him!
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527. - Carter, where are you going?
- Hold on.
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528. - Inflate the tube. Bag her.
- Her complexes are widening.
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529. Hey, Dave, go put some Versed
on Benton, would you?
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530. - I'm busy.
- Sats are still dropping.
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531. I got this. Go ahead.
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532. She's hyperchloremic. Give her ten units
of insulin and D50.
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533. - Just do it, will you?
- You do it.
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534. - Dave, go.
- What?
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535. Now. Help Benton.
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536. - You've got a run of six.
- Get a repeat potassium.
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537. - She's in V-tach.
- Crash cart! Charge to 200.
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538. - Got a weak femoral pulse.
- Get an amp of bicarb. Clear.
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539. - Still V-tach. Charging, 300.
- Pressure's 60 palp.
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540. Clear!
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541. Pressure's 92/62. Pulse, 110.
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542. Repeat crit is 28.
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543. - I can't isolate the aorta.
- You've got to go in now.
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544. I'm not blind, I don't.
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545. Come on.
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546. Come on.
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547. Okay. There. There's extra
lumenal fluid. He's torn his aorta.
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548. No kidding.
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549. Set up a thoracotomy tray.
Call the perfusionist.
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550. I'll scrub in.
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551. - Scrub fast.
- How much blood?
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552. - Eight more units. Type-specific.
- Clear.
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553. Still in V-tach.
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554. Three-sixty. 100 of lidocaine
and an amp of calcium.
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555. - Clear.
- What happened?
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556. - Lost the pulse.
- She's in V-fib. Let's start CPR.
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557. I've got it. Benton's taking
your patient up.
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558. - You get the chest tube in?
- That's not all.
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559. Clear.
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560. You had to intubate, huh?
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561. ARDS. Her sats were low.
I'm taking him to SICU.
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562. I'm sorry. I'm just not allowed
to push controlled substances.
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563. - He was about to arrest, Carter.
- It's part of my agreement.
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564. You know what,
sometimes you make exceptions.
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565. - No exceptions.
- Well, you don't need to be in there.
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566. - What?
- If you can't treat a patient,
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567. - you don't need to be in the room.
- I didn't set the rules.
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568. Well, sometimes you gotta use
your own judgment.
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569. It's non-negotiable.
If I push the Versed, I'm outta here.
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570. How long has it been? Eight months?
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571. - Yeah.
- This is ridiculous. I'll talk to Weaver.
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572. - No, no. Don't.
- Dr. Benton, post-intubation film.
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573. I'll handle it.
It'll just piss her off anyway.
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574. Yeah, well, you know what?
I'm pissed off. You should be pissed off.
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575. - Well, it's my problem.
- No, Carter. It's everybody's problem.
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576. Listen, just don't talk to Weaver. Please.
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577. Swelling of the upper airway.
We'll intubate after the escharotomy.
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578. When is he going to die?
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579. In about a week, from infection.
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580. Your body won't be able to keep
the bacteria out.
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581. You'll also get major fluid imbalances
and possible kidney failure.
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582. We'll have to put a tube down
your throat to help you breathe.
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583. Can you find his wife?
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584. Does he have a number?
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585. No. She's…
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586. She's in Guatemala
and there's no phone there.
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587. He has $520 in a little box by his bed.
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588. He lives in a garage
at 395 Landale Street.
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589. Can you get it to her?
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590. Can you get her the money
and tell her what happened to him?
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591. Yeah.
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592. Can you tell her I love her?
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593. I love her very much.
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594. Okay, 30 of etomidate, six of Pavulon.
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595. Clear!
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596. - Fine V-fib.
- Charge again. 360.
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597. - Potassium is 7.5.
- Pulse ox is 60.
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598. - How long has she been down?
- Twenty-five minutes.
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599. Clear!
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600. Asystole.
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601. - How much atropine has she been given?
- Two amps.
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602. - When was the last epi?
- About three minutes ago.
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603. Okay, that's it.
Time of death, 12:16.
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604. There was too much internal injury.
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605. - Yeah.
- There's more.
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606. Rescue found a guy trapped inside
with a blunt head trauma and blown pupil.
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607. - All right, let's go.
- I'll clear the room.
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608. I need better exposure.
Get a large Deaver in here.
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609. That is a large Deaver.
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610. Then give me more retraction.
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611. I can't maintain
his pressure much longer.
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612. - Metz.
- We need a pump in O.R. four.
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613. Where's the bypass machine?
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614. Open heart's going in two O.R.s.
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615. The first one will be
off the pump in 30 minutes.
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616. - I need it now.
- Right now. These are my last two units.
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617. DeBakey.
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618. Lisa, you go in there
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619. you tell them we have an unstable
patient on the table.
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620. I did. The pump's not available for…
Now it's 29 minutes.
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621. Pressure's 80.
You've gotta cross-clamp him.
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622. No, if I do that, I'll cut off circulation
to his spinal cord.
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623. - Or you could let him bleed out.
- I will not paralyze this man.
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624. You want to kill him?
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625. I can't isolate the aorta.
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626. - Find Romano.
- We can't wait!
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627. Lisa, now! Go!
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628. Carter, I've got to go home.
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629. Girl in Exam 1 needs
a leg-burn debridement.
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630. Burn Unit's full. Does she need admission?
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631. No. Give him Thermazine
to use at home.
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632. - Boy or girl?
- What?
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633. - You just said "him."
- Carter, I'm really tired.
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634. - So much for a four-hour shift, huh?
- See you Monday.
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635. Have a good weekend.
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636. It's none of your business.
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637. It is when it effects
patients, Kerry.
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638. Dr. Carter did
what he was supposed to do.
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639. The guy's sats were dropping.
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640. Lilly, this one needs a tetanus booster
and a sterile dressing.
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641. There was an unnecessary delay.
If I need a resident assistant…
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642. Peter, you are a surgical consultant!
You do not dictate ER policy!
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643. This is not policy, Kerry.
This is punishment.
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644. Peter, we're not having
this conversation.
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645. This one needs Xeroform
and a tube gauze dressing.
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646. - In a second.
- Fine.
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647. - What do you have against him?
- What?
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648. All right, yeah, he made a mistake.
He got through it.
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649. Peter, for the last time.
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650. The terms of Carter's diversion program
are not your concern!
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651. You know what, Kerry. It's time to let up.
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652. He's been clean now for what,
eight months?
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653. Has he?
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654. - Tenth unit's up.
- Proximal aorta is dissected.
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655. He's taching at 120.
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656. Damn it. There's a traumatic
pseudoaneurysm. Where the hell is Romano?
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657. - I paged him three times.
- Did you check his office?
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658. - And the staff lounge and the cell phone.
- Get the Resident on call.
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659. - The Resident?
- Yes! Just get him.
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660. - BP's 70 and dropping.
- Well, give him two more units.
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661. - This is all I've got.
- So call the blood bank.
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662. - They're out of A-positive. I told you.
- Then get O-negative!
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663. For God's sake. Just keep transfusing him.
Don't you understand I need more time?
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664. You've got to cross-clamp him now.
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665. Do you want the Zanger
or the Crawford?
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666. Dr. Corday?
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667. Dr. Corday, what clamp?
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668. Dr. Corday?
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669. The Crawford. Crawford.
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670. We'll establish proximal control.
Open a 20mm Dacron.
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671. Okay. We'll maintain blood flow
to the spinal cord
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672. by sewing his intercostal arteries
into the graft.
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673. - BP's down to 60.
- Okay. The clamp's on.
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674. Dr. Babcock, I need another hematocrit.
Eleven blade.
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675. Okay. Pressure's up to 80.
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676. - Better work quick.
- I'm okay. I'm okay.
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677. Collateral flow should reduce
the risk of paralysis. Okay, cut.
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678. 3-0 Prolene.
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679. Hey.
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680. Boy. Days like today,
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681. you look down at your watch
and suddenly your shift is over.
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682. What are those?
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683. - Med school applications.
- Oh, yeah? Where are you applying to?
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684. Why the two separate stacks?
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685. Interviews. No interviews.
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686. You have a special secret formula there?
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687. GPA times competitive factor
plus MCAT scores.
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688. Over 25, you get an interview.
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689. You don't read the letters
of recommendation?
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690. After the interview.
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691. Poor kids.
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692. I don't know if I would have made it in
if I had the interview with you.
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693. How'd you get on the committee?
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694. I'm busy, Carter.
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695. - Did you talk to Weaver?
- Yep.
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696. It was nothing and there was a slip.
Not even a slip.
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697. You know? I threw them up.
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698. Urine output 75 in the last hour.
Hemoglobin's 10.8.
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699. Less than 100 cc's
of chest tube output.
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700. - Is that good?
- All good.
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701. I just need to do a quick neuro check.
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702. - For what?
- To check sensation.
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703. Ow.
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704. What's so funny?
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705. Let me see you wiggle your toes.
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706. - That's excellent.
- Lizzie, you called for me?
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707. - Yeah. Over an hour ago.
- Well, I'm here now. What's so emergent?
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708. Will you excuse me?
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709. We had a little trouble
with an aortic graft
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710. and I wanted
a second pair of hands.
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711. Do I need to worry about another lawsuit?
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712. No. No.
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713. Things got hairy for a moment.
But I pulled him through.
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714. - Well, that's your job, isn't it?
- Yes, it is.
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715. And I am now late for dinner.
Thank you, Elizabeth.
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716. Thank you.
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717. It's a good thing they didn't frisk me.
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718. It's chocolate.
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719. Go away.
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720. There's a reason I didn't come
to see you, Chase.
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721. I thought about coming.
But I didn't.
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722. And I didn't because I was afraid.
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723. And I was afraid
because I didn't want to admit…
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724. When I got stabbed last year at work,
a friend of mine got killed. And I…
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725. …ended up addicted to painkillers.
And it caught up to me.
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726. And I started to shoot morphine
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727. and Demerol and fentanyl
and whatever else I could get my hands on.
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728. And I don't know what would have happened
if I hadn't got busted.
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729. But I did, and I went to rehab.
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730. But I wasn't like any of those people.
I got into this because of an injury
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731. because of circumstance.
Because of a near-death experience.
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732. And they…
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733. Anyway, it wasn't me. I mean,
it was me, but it wasn't… Anyway.
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734. I did the program.
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735. I pretended that I bought into it.
I did everything I was supposed to do.
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736. Except…
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737. …believe that I had anything to do
with what had happened. And then…
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738. I almost relapsed.
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739. Or I guess I…
I guess I did relapse. Anyway.
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740. I didn't come to see you, Chase,
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741. because I didn't want to admit
to the fact that…
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742. I was just like you.
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743. In fact, the truth is,
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744. there's not a day that goes by
that I don't think about getting high.
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745. It's the first thing I think about
when I wake up in the morning.
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746. And it's the last thing I think about
when I go to bed at night.
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747. And I think about it all day.
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748. I'm a drug addict.
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749. Did you bring any french fries?
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750. Did the mom say anything
about any relatives in Chicago?
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751. - No.
- How about in Guatemala?
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752. - We didn't have time to ask.
- All right, thanks.
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753. Hey, what's gonna happen to her?
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754. Put her in a group home for now.
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755. Will she be deported?
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756. Not unless we know
she's going back to family.
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757. If we don't find anyone,
she becomes a ward of the state
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758. and then we look for a Spanish-speaking
foster home.
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759. - You okay?
- Yeah.
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