1. Previously on ER…
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2. I was hoping you'd give me
the joy and honor of being your husband.
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3. I can't find a decent position.
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4. Stay local or you give
up custody.
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5. I'm willing to offer you
a per diem position.
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6. - Per diem?
- Yeah.
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7. Give me the purse!
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8. Stop! Luka!
Stop!
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9. Stop it!
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10. What can I tell you? I'm short-staffed,
okay? I can't go on a transport.
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11. Connie, can you clear
this TIA in six?
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12. - She's waiting for her daughter.
- That's what Chairs are for.
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13. And give a gram of Unasyn
to the dog bite in four.
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14. Mark, they need you at the MICN.
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15. Try Mercy Air.
Maybe they can pick him up.
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16. - Mark.
- What?
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17. Paramedics have a guy with chest pain.
Won't get in the ambulance.
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18. Well, explain the risks and make sure
he signs out AMA. What are his vitals?
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19. - He's refusing to sign the form.
- Mark, you gave my patient cefoxitin?
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20. - Who?
- Bovard. Uh, appy.
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21. Hold on. Yeah.
Listen, he needed antibiotics.
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22. - Yeah. Cefotetan's a better drug.
- Peter, I'm a little busy.
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23. That's not my problem.
You should have at least called me.
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24. - Did you get through?
- No answer. I stat-paged him twice.
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25. Well, try his cell phone.
Any response to Lasix?
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26. Mark, the AMA.
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27. Get him on the radio
and try and convince him.
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28. What about a nitro drip?
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29. I need you to buff up a recurrent
bowel obstruction I have on the way.
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30. - What are we? Jiffy Lube?
- I need a sugar-tong splint in three.
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31. - Kovac still MIA?
- Uh-huh.
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32. - Kovac missed his shift?
- I'm sure he's on his way.
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33. - Where's Kerry?
- It's her day off.
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34. - She's at a chrysanthemum show.
- Great, she's off playing Martha Stewart.
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35. Hold on. Just a sec. I'm sorry.
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36. I've got a helicopter transport.
We're gonna have to call in backup.
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37. Why don't you wait until 8:30?
He's never late.
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38. - Peter, what's this?
- Hot appy. O.R.'s ready.
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39. Great. I'll take him.
Dr. Greene needs your help here.
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40. - Trauma coming in?
- You're gonna cover the ER.
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41. - What?
- Yep. This'll get you started.
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42. Diarrhea, ear pain
and weak and dizzy all over.
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43. Wait a minute. "Weak and dizzy"
wasn't part of our per-diem agreement.
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44. Sure it is. Per diem means
"per my discretion."
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45. Okay. I'm on my way.
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46. I haven't done primary care
since med school.
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47. Don't worry, Peter. You just
gotta cover until Kovac gets here.
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48. When's that?
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49. I hope soon. Andrazak in four,
check his lytes in an hour.
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50. And look at a post-reduction
shoulder film on Quintano.
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51. - How long's your flight?
- I don't know.
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52. - Where you going?
- Grass Creek, Indiana.
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53. The wedding coordinator's coming at noon.
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54. - I know.
- Mark, we canceled her once already.
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55. Go ahead and talk to her.
You can handle it.
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56. I don't want to. I want you to share
in kinds of invitations, menus, flowers…
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57. - I know. I'm stuck. I'm sorry.
- Well, at least try to get back on time.
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58. I'll call you.
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59. - Have a safe flight!
- What?
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60. Nothing!
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61. Lifeguard Five-Seven-David.
Landing-pad zone is clear. Over.
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62. All right, I've got the earache.
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63. That's a Pedes case.
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64. Yeah. Well, Romano has me seeing
everything today.
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65. And that's a complete waste
of your brilliance.
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66. I've apologized. If you can't accept it,
let's call a truce so we can work.
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67. You are amazing. First, you dump me.
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68. - Then you expect me…
- Whoa, whoa, I did not dump you.
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69. Then what do you call it?
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70. You were going to move to Philadelphia
without saying a word to me.
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71. But I didn't, did I? I stayed here,
and I took this damn per diem job.
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72. And I'm supposed to believe
you did that for me?
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73. That's what I thought.
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74. Hi. I'm Dr. Benton.
So, uh, Jason…
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75. How long has he been sick?
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76. It started last week with an earache.
And then he had a fever.
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77. - Okay.
- Now he's coughing.
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78. - Let's take a look here.
- You don't think he's got pneumonia?
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79. - One thing at a time.
- Get away from me!
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80. Jason. Be nice.
The doctor wants to help you.
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81. - Ow. Hey, whoa. Hey.
- I said, be nice.
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82. All right, Jason. Look,
this isn't gonna hurt, okay?
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83. - Just be still. Here we go.
- No! I wanna go home!
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84. It's okay. It's not gonna hurt.
Jason!
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85. That's right, Jason. Go to Mommy.
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86. Uh-huh.
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87. Why don't you put him on your lap
and give him a nice big hug?
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88. And if Jason's real still,
I'm going to give him a sticker.
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89. - How are his sats?
- Up to 98.
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90. - His ejection fraction's less than 10%.
- Mr. Coggins?
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91. - Call me Tom.
- I'm Mark Greene.
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92. We're gonna have to lie you down
to load you on the chopper.
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93. My first helicopter ride
and I'm gonna miss the scenery.
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94. - What's his BP?
- 90/70.
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95. It's always that low. There's not much
heart muscle. Can you keep trying Janet?
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96. Sure, Tom.
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97. That's my fiancée.
She's flying in from Montreal today.
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98. Let me know if you feel dizzy
or get short of breath.
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99. I'm okay as long as I lie still.
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100. Bright side is, I get bumped up
on the transplant list, right?
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101. You bet.
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102. - Gordon, how are we for oxygen?
- Four E cylinders, all full.
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103. Ready? Let's go. One, two, three.
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104. Full trauma panel. Type and cross
for eight. Get the bypass team on standby.
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105. - Somebody stabbed him?
- No. He tripped near a pencil sharpener.
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106. Our office manager wanted to pull it out.
But I wouldn't let him.
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107. Decreased breath sounds on the left.
Set me up with a chest tube.
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108. - I'll do it.
- No, I'll do it.
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109. Excuse me. This is a teaching hospital.
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110. Exactly. Go find another patient
to learn on.
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111. - Pulse ox down to 91.
- Okay. Let's get one percent with epi.
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112. Peter, heard you had a good one.
And indeed you do.
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113. - He needs a CT. Let me get a ten blade.
- Don't bother.
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114. I'll, uh, throw the tube in
and take him to the OR.
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115. Don't worry.
You are in excellent hands.
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116. - It's okay. I've got this.
- This is a surgical case here.
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117. You are an ER doctor today.
Remember?
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118. There's a guy puking out in the hall.
Go see what you can do. Excuse me.
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119. I need a 32 French tube,
some zero silk and Xeroforms…
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120. Sir, are you okay?
Ah, whoa, whoa.
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121. - What does it look like?
- Can we get some Compazine here?
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122. Sir, you're gonna have to aim
for the basin.
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123. - I heard it. But I didn't believe it.
- Carter, get me some gloves.
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124. Dr. Peter Benton, ER Attending.
Has kind of a nice ring to it.
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125. - You want this?
- Oh, no. No, no.
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126. Looks like you're doing just fine.
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127. Trent? I'm Dr. Carter.
What happened to your hand?
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128. Ah, I have this stupid art class.
We were carving some duck decoy.
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129. The most exciting thing that we ever did,
I think, was macramé.
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130. - How many stitches do you think?
- How many do you want?
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131. - Enough to get me out of art class.
- Ten ought to do it.
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132. - Dr. Carter, can you step out a second?
- After I suture this.
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133. No. It's important.
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134. I'll be right back.
Don't pick your nose.
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135. - What?
- His grandmother wants to talk with you.
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136. - Well, just bring her in.
- No. She asked to see you alone.
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137. Hello. I'm Dr. Carter.
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138. I'm sorry. I came as soon as I could.
Is Trent all right?
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139. Oh, yeah, just a few stitches,
he'll be good as new.
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140. Um, doctor, there's something
you need to know.
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141. Trent's mother died of AIDS
when he was two. He tested HIV-positive.
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142. - You need to be careful.
- He didn't say anything.
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143. He doesn't know. We never told him.
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144. What?
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145. We just wanted him to be normal
like other kids.
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146. What did you tell him
about the medications?
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147. He thinks he has a vitamin deficiency.
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148. - And your doctor plays along with that?
- Well, he understands.
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149. Trent needs to know.
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150. Yes. When he's older.
When he can better understand.
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151. Your grandson could be sexually active
right now.
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152. - He's not. I've asked him.
- Are you sure he's telling the truth?
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153. Doctor, I know my grandson. You don't.
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154. Mrs. Larson, I have a legal right
to tell Trent that he's HIV-positive.
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155. You have no right to interfere
in our lives.
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156. HIV is a sexually transmitted disease.
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157. And if he's having unprotected sex,
he could be putting others at risk.
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158. - Well, I think we better leave.
- Well, he can't leave.
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159. - Let me by.
- Chris?
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160. - Let me by!
- Could you escort Mrs. Larson to Chairs?
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161. - This way, ma'am.
- Don't touch me.
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162. Don't do this.
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163. Pulse ox 94 on two liters.
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164. - What's your hurry?
- Huh?
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165. You keep checking your watch
every ten seconds.
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166. - I'm just charting.
- I don't think so.
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167. - You late for something?
- I'm supposed to meet my fiancée.
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168. - You got a lunch date?
- We're meeting the wedding planner.
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169. You're taking the plunge.
It's a great feeling.
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170. Yeah. What's your fiancée's name again?
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171. Janet.
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172. I'm calling the ER.
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173. See if they can get a hold of her,
and she can meet us there.
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174. That'd be great.
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175. - ER.
- Hi, Randi?
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176. It's Mark Greene up in the helicopter.
Who's around?
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177. Dr. Corday's right here.
It's Dr. Greene.
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178. I don't care.
I need to speak to him right away.
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179. - Hey, Mark. Is everything all right?
- Dr. Dietrich?
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180. This is Dr. Carter at County.
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181. Listen, I just repaired a laceration
on your patient, Trent Larson.
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182. Yes, certainly.
I'll try and get a hold of her.
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183. No, he's a great kid.
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184. Listen, if I was to get a needle-stick,
is there anything I should know.
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185. - Did you get in touch with that hotel?
- There's still no answer in his room.
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186. Could you call the manager's office
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187. and see if they can send
somebody up there?
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188. Detective?
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189. You keep coming by, I'm gonna
have to get you a badge and a gun.
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191. Dr. Kovac, now, you know the minute
there's anything new, I'm gonna call you.
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192. We take photos for the medical record.
I thought it might help.
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193. His morgue photo's already
on the police bulletin.
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194. Maybe you could go back to where
it happened, show this around?
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195. We've done our interviews, doc.
No one knows him.
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196. What about fingerprints?
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197. Have a seat. Have a seat, doc.
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198. Look, I understand how you feel, okay?
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199. But the fact is, you're probably
better off if no one IDs this guy.
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200. No family member's gonna come
crawling out of the woodwork
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201. with some wrongful death suit.
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202. I don't care.
I just need to know who he was.
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203. Take my advice, doc.
You were defending yourself.
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204. Dedicate yourself to believing that.
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205. - All right. Keep that clean and dry.
- All right. Cool.
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is my grandmother here yet?
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207. Um, yeah. But first we need to talk.
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208. Why? It's just a cut.
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209. Uh, yeah, actually,
I need to ask you something.
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210. All right.
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211. It's about your mother.
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212. How much do you remember about her?
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213. - Nothing.
- You sure?
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214. Yeah. She's dead. She was a loser.
A heroin addict.
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215. She died of AIDS. And she had the virus
when she was pregnant with you.
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216. And the virus can pass
from the mother to the baby.
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217. Wait a second. So…
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218. - I have AIDS?
- No. You have HIV.
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219. And you're healthy
because you've been taking medication.
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220. No, no. See, I just take
a bunch of vitamins. That's it.
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221. No. You've been taking medication
to combat the virus.
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222. No. They're just vitamins, man.
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223. No. Your grandmother told me.
And I confirmed it with your doctor.
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224. Why wouldn't she tell me!
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225. I think she wanted to protect you.
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226. And um… But you need to know.
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227. So my whole life everybody's lied to me.
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228. I'm not lying to you.
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229. How much longer do you think?
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230. Gordon, what's our ETA?
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231. Well, there's the Kankakee River.
About 20 minutes.
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232. You all right?
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233. It's all right.
Just a little chest pain. I'll be okay.
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234. Nitro spray.
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235. Open your mouth, under your tongue.
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236. On a scale of one to ten,
how bad is the pain?
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237. Big-time ST elevation on the monitor.
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238. Find the tenecteplase.
I'll do the heparin.
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239. - Uh, what's going on?
- You're having a heart attack.
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240. But we're giving you
clot-busting medicine.
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241. Pulse ox down to 82.
You want to intubate?
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242. Not if I don't have to.
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243. Let's get him on a mask. 15 liters.
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244. - Maybe we should land.
- No. Dr. Greene…
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245. Dr. Greene, you'll get me there, right?
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246. Yeah. I'll get you there.
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247. Do you have a girlfriend?
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248. Because if you've slept with anybody,
they'll have to be tested.
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249. It's important, Trent.
You have to use condoms.
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250. Yeah.
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251. - Can I go now?
- Yeah.
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252. Yep, your grandmother's waiting.
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253. So a case manager's gonna phone you
tomorrow, see how you're doing.
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254. And you've got an appointment
next week with the teen HIV center.
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255. And you can always reach me here.
The ER always knows where to find me.
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256. - All right.
- All right?
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257. Trent?
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258. Thank you, doctor.
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259. Hog Butcher for the World
Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat
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260. Player with Railroads
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261. City of the Big Shoulders
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262. You know Sandburg's poetry.
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263. Just that one.
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264. After teaching English for ten years,
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265. I know them all.
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266. - It looks like you're feeling better.
- ST segments are back down.
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267. Hello?
Yeah, we're about five minutes out.
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268. Tha'ts good. Hold on.
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269. - Janet's on her way.
- Thanks.
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270. Listen, we're gonna need
a gurney and…
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271. What the hell's that?
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272. The main rotor. I got metal fragments
in the gearbox.
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273. - What's wrong?
- Mark!
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274. Mark, are you there? Mark?
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275. Mayday, mayday. This is Lifeguard
Nine-Seven-Kilo on emergency descent.
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276. - Cinch him in tight.
- Shut down for auto rotation.
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277. No, no. We're gonna make it.
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278. Mark? Can you hear me?
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279. - What's going on?
- I don't know.
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280. There were horns, shouting.
Now there's nothing. Mark!
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281. VFR position. Industrial area.
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282. Scrap yard near 95th and commercial.
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283. When I get enough rotor speed,
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284. I'll pull on the pitch.
That should cushion our landing.
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285. - We're falling.
- Hang in there, Tom.
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286. Here we go.
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287. Okay. Everybody out.
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288. Get out now!
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289. - Take the monitor.
- Got it. Pumps are down.
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290. - Let's go. Move away.
- Airway kit.
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291. - You get the feet?
- All set.
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292. - Let's go together.
- All right. We gotta move.
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293. - How far?
- Just keep going. I'll tell you when.
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294. - You all right?
- Got it.
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295. Yeah, yeah. Let's go. Come on!
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296. - Tom, how are you doing there?
- Sats are down to 78.
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297. - All right. I gotta tube him.
- All right. This is far enough.
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298. This will shield us
if the fuel tank blows.
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299. Give me four of Versed,
100 of sux.
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300. - All right.
- Tom…
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301. We gotta stick a tube down your throat,
help you breathe.
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302. - Do they know where we are?
- Yeah, I called it in. They'll find us.
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303. I'm giving some medicine
to relax you, Tom.
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304. - I got it.
- Do they know anything?
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305. ATC's got a mayday call with location.
EMS and Fire are rolling.
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306. - Are there any injuries?
- They didn't say.
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307. - Well, call them back, damn it!
- What's going on?
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308. - Uh, Mark's chopper went down.
- What?
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309. - They crashed?
- An emergency landing.
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310. We don't know that.
We don't know anything.
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311. Randi, call county dispatch.
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312. - They don't know anything more.
- I don't care!
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313. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey, hey.
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314. Look, I can't have this place fall apart.
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315. All right, now, Elizabeth,
get on with CDO and keep us posted.
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316. - Randi, how are we doing?
- We've got 19 patients waiting to be seen.
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317. Malucci, grab some charts.
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318. Abby, draw some labs, start some IVs
for anyone who needs one.
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319. Get Carter to order x-rays from triage.
All right, let's move, people. Now.
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320. - Where the hell is Kovac?
- We're still trying.
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321. - Very nice.
- Appreciate it.
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322. - You play here a lot?
- Yeah. I work here and the Navy pier.
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323. - What about at night?
- Sometimes for the after-dinner crowd.
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324. Have you ever seen this man?
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325. No. I would remember a guy like that.
You don't seem like a cop.
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326. I'm a doctor.
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327. Try the tour-boat ticket guy.
He's here all the time.
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328. - I did. Thanks.
- Sorry I can't help you.
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329. Good breath sounds.
Keep him on high-flow oxygen.
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330. Fifteen more minutes
and the tank's dry.
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331. - Where's EMS?
- Sound close.
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332. They can't see us. They're gonna
have to call in a police chopper.
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333. We can't wait.
You have any flares?
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334. I have a Verry pistol
in the chopper. But I can barely walk.
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335. I'll get it.
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336. Left side, behind the pilot seat.
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337. Luka, it's Abby. Could you call me
when you get this message?
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338. I've been trying to reach you everywhere,
and I'm getting a little bit worried.
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339. - Abby?
- Call me.
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340. Miss Skye here complains
of abdominal pain.
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341. It's not really my abdomen.
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342. - I can't believe I'm actually embarrassed.
- Well, we see everything here.
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343. Okay.
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344. I got a roll of money
stuck up my…
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345. …birth canal.
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346. Look, could you hurry up?
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347. I got a cab waiting
with the meter running. Okay?
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348. Dr. Benton, we need you right now.
Six-month baby, respiratory distress.
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349. - Abby?
- Just hold on one second.
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350. Temp's 103.
Coarse crackles bilaterally.
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351. - Pulse ox is only 75.
- All right. Let's take a look.
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352. Sounds like pneumonia.
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353. Let's get a pediatric intubation tray.
Move now, people.
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354. We got a line. I'll draw a CBC
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355. Damn! I don't even do pediatric
intubations. Where's Cleo?
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356. - She took a kid to PICU.
- Get her down here now.
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357. - What size tube?
- We use two and a half in delivery room.
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358. No. I think I need something bigger.
Uh, three, three and a half?
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359. I don't know.
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360. Got the labs.
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361. Move.
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362. He's clamped down.
I can't get the blade in.
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363. - Paralyze him.
- What's the dose?
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364. - You need his weight.
- He's vomiting. Suction.
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365. - Pulse ox is dropping.
- What do we have?
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366. Ah, difficult intubation.
I can't dose without a weight.
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367. That's what the Broselow tape is for.
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368. Okay. We're in the red zone.
2.6 of Etomidate, 18 of sux.
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369. Premedicate with.17 of atropine,
14 of lido.
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370. Bag him. Keep some cricoid pressure.
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371. I couldn't see the cords.
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372. That's because you had the wrong blade
and the wrong tube.
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373. - Thanks for coming.
- Drugs are on board. He's loose.
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374. - Okay. Here we go.
- Dr. Benton?
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375. - Hold on. Hold on.
- Okay…
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376. I'm in. Bag him.
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377. Dr. Benton, do you want to close
the paramedic traffic?
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378. I've got this. Hang 400 of ceftriaxone.
Settings will be volume at 90 cc's…
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379. No monitor beds,
and we're boarding five ICU patients.
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380. All right. Close to paramedics.
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381. You sure you want to do that? We've been
getting a lot of bad press lately.
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382. The news has been tracking down
all our closures.
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383. - What would you do, Carter?
- I don't know. Tough call.
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384. Dr. Benton, South Side wants
to send a patient.
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385. - We're closed to transfers.
- It's just a backache.
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386. Their x-ray machine's down.
Here, I got the doc on the phone.
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387. - Fine! Fine! Fine! Send him!
- So? Do we close?
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388. Don't ask me. They don't pay me enough
to run this place.
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389. Paramedics found them on the South Side.
No casualties, thank God!
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390. Well? Well?
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391. Thank you.
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392. - Trent?
- Hey.
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393. Uh, they told us to wait
because you were busy.
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394. Is she a friend of yours?
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395. - Uh, she's my girlfriend.
- Your girlfriend?
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396. I thought you said you didn't have one.
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397. Hey, I brought her here, man.
You think that was easy?
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398. You gotta be honest with me.
Is she the only one?
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399. Yes. The only one.
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400. I've kissed other girls.
Is that a problem?
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401. - No sex with anyone else?
- No. No.
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402. And you didn't use condoms?
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403. I love her, man.
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404. All right. Okay. Let's run some tests.
We'll see where we are.
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405. - You want to ride up front, doc?
- No. I'm staying with Tom.
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406. Nearest facility's Oakdale Community.
Seven minute ETA.
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407. - No. We're going to County.
- That's 20 minutes away.
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408. Dispatch doesn't want us
to leave our attachment area.
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409. - It's all right. I'll take responsibility.
- Easy now.
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410. - Roy, the doctor says we go to County.
- Can't. County's closed.
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411. - What?
- They just closed. ER saturation.
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412. That's okay. I'm an Attending there.
They'll take us. Let's go.
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413. Patch me through to the ambulance?
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414. Dr. Corday, surgical consult in Exam 4.
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415. I'll be there.
Just give me the number.
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416. - Excuse me. I'm looking for Dr. Corday.
- Are you Janet?
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417. - Yeah.
- Elizabeth Corday.
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418. - Oh, hi.
- We expect them very soon.
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419. How's Tom doing?
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420. Quite well, I understand. Apparently,
no one was hurt in the landing.
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421. - What landing?
- Just something minor with the helicopter.
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422. So how long
have you two been engaged?
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423. Uh, three years.
So he's not in the helicopter?
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424. No. In an ambulance. My goodness,
three years! That seems like a long time.
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425. Right after he gave me the ring,
he got the flu.
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426. We thought it was no big deal,
but then the virus went to his heart.
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427. We spend a lot of time in hospitals.
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428. Have you seen the incarcerated
hernia yet?
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429. - In a minute.
- No, no. Now.
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430. - EKG on a new chest-pain patient.
- Let me see.
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431. I got a guy on a backboard.
He's been there for two hours.
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432. - When are you gonna clear his neck?
- When I get there.
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433. - Want me to call Weaver in?
- No.
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434. Are you ever gonna sew me up?
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435. You know what, we're busy.
Just wait right there.
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436. - What's this?
- A second board. We're totally backed up.
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437. Four patients just left
without being seen.
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438. I know what the solution is.
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439. We see them, send off labs and x-rays
and have them wait in Chairs.
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440. Come on! Are you crazy?
We need monitoring, IVs, medication.
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441. The problem is you doctors order
too many damn tests.
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442. You should be reviewing their charts,
keeping things moving.
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443. - Stroke patient needs a monitored bed.
- We don't have them.
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444. - Tell him we'll put him in the hall.
- Peter!
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445. None of my nurses have even had lunch.
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446. Ambulance dropped off
a stab wound to the belly.
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447. All right, all right. That's it.
That's it. Get me the phone.
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448. - Heart rate is 40 after atropine.
- Amp of epi.
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449. He needs a pacemaker, Dr. Greene.
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450. We should be in a hospital right now.
Any hospital.
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451. - Rescue 82.
- BP is down to 60 palp.
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452. - Open up the dopamine.
- It's for you.
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453. Hello. Okay, we're almost there.
No. He can't talk right now.
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454. - He's out. I can't feel a pulse.
- I gotta go.
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455. Starting chest compressions.
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456. We could've been
at Oakdale ten minutes ago.
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457. I'm going on record
that you overrode our policy.
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458. There's gonna be
an incident report on this.
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459. Shut up. Get back to work.
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460. Hang in there, Tom.
You're gonna make it.
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461. Janet's there. She's waiting for you.
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462. - How long has he been down?
- He never arrested.
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463. He just needs help maintaining a pulse.
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464. You look exhausted.
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465. - He wouldn't let us relieve him.
- Come on, I'll take over.
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466. - We're coming through here!
- What's wrong?
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467. This is Janet Wei, his fiancée.
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468. Tom had a heart attack.
He needs a pacemaker.
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469. You can take his hand.
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470. Hey, Tom.
It's me. I'm here.
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471. - Can you hear me?
- Keep talking to him.
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472. - It's Janet. He's squeezing my hand.
- What's his BP?
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473. Uh, seventy systolic
on 20 mics of dopamine.
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474. - What about an intra-aortic balloon?
- Not a bad idea.
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475. - What's going on? We need the room!
- Everything's backed up!
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476. - We're supposed to be close to paramedics.
- Get that patient out of there!
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477. - Wait! The rapid infuser!
- Oh, my God!
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478. - Clamp the central line!
- Turn it off!
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479. - I'm trying!
- Get Housekeeping in here!
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480. We need another two units
from the blood bank.
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481. What the hell's going on?
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482. I just got back from transport.
I left Benton in charge.
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483. - Benton?
- Mortimer goes to X-ray.
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484. Put the rectal bleed in Exam 3.
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485. Hey, I got a patient that says her tongue
is too smooth.
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486. Tell her to get a life.
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487. Smooth tongue could be a sign
of pernicious anemia, iron deficiency.
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488. I can't leave for a day without this place
going to hell.
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489. - I've never seen it this busy before.
- It's like this every day.
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490. Peter, I just heard from the Trib.
Tell me we're not closed to trauma.
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491. We're not. As of now, we're open.
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492. How can we?
We can't see another critical patient.
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493. Get me the nursing supervisor.
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494. I want every remotely stable patient
moved out of the ICUs.
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495. I was under the mistaken
impression that you could manage the ER.
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496. Look, I was the only Attending.
Kovac never showed up.
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497. - He didn't show?
- He might have switched a shift.
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498. In 20 years, I have never been late
for surgery.
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499. But I guess you people work
on a different standard.
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500. Peter, based on your performance today,
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501. maybe you're not the guy
for the per diem job.
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502. - Dr. Carter?
- Yeah?
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503. Lab results on Emma Miller.
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504. - Man!
- That's tough.
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505. Fifteen years old.
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506. Pacer is capturing well.
Setting the rate at 80.
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507. - I got your transducer here.
- How are you doing?
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508. Passing a 40-cc balloon.
I need to check position with fluoro.
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509. Janet, why don't you come talk
to me outside?
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510. I'll be right back.
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511. This pump should bring
his blood pressure up.
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512. Will he live long enough
to get the heart transplant?
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513. I don't know.
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514. I want to marry him.
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515. I don't know if he's gonna be able
to leave the hospital.
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516. - Can we do it here?
- We could try and arrange it.
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517. I think if we got married
it might help.
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518. - What if they made a mistake?
- I wouldn't tell you if I wasn't certain.
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519. But I don't feel sick.
You should do the test again.
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520. Emma, if you start taking medication
right now, you could stay healthy.
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521. No. I know what happens.
Everybody dies.
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522. That's not true.
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523. That's not… Look at Trent.
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524. He's had HIV his whole life.
Look at him.
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525. - I wish we'd never had sex.
- Emma, I didn't know. I swear.
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526. Dr. Carter, tell her. Please.
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527. This is a lot.
This is a lot for you to handle.
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528. And you're both gonna need some help.
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529. So, before you go, I would like you both
to talk to a counselor.
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530. - Hey, hey.
- Hold on, you two. Hold on.
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531. I'll leave you two alone
for a little while.
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532. But before you do anything,
talk it over.
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533. Definitely. Thanks.
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534. Hey. Come on…
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535. - Why is Mr. Chang still here?
- He's waiting for a second CBC.
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536. Okay. Do another HemoCue.
If it's over 11, send him home.
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537. - Torelli's cardiac enzymes.
- Great. All right. She's out of here.
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538. Clears up another monitored bed.
You know, Romano was out of line.
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539. When isn't he?
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540. It's wrong to throw you in the deep
and expect you to swim.
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541. Nobody masters ER management
on their first day.
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542. - What's this?
- Back pain. Collapsed at triage.
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543. Both trauma rooms are full.
Let's take him to Curtain 2.
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544. Move him out of there. Go!
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545. - I need a central line kit now!
- BP's 60 palp.
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546. Could be a ruptured aneurysm.
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547. CBC, coags, type and cross for eight,
four units of O-neg. Let's prep the neck.
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548. I feel a pulsatile mass. Hey, Malik,
is there any history on this guy?
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549. I need a trauma kit.
This is a triple-lumen CVP.
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550. Here, "History of hypertension
and high cholesterol."
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551. He needs an NG and a Foley.
I need the SonoSite.
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552. Dr. Benton says here that you accepted
this patient from an urgent-care center.
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553. - What? And he's been waiting in Chairs?
- For two hours.
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554. I can't find the subclavian.
Put him in Trendelenburg.
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555. Look, they said it was just a back sprain.
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556. The doctor told you that?
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557. - I didn't exactly talk to the doctor.
- Great. And now he's bleeding out.
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558. - Take a deep breath.
- M.A.P. is 78 with a pump.
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559. Is that good or bad?
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560. Took you out of heart failure
and off your breathing tube.
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561. Sats are up to 99.
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562. Okay, let's get him on five liters,
nasal cannula.
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563. Conni, I want you to grab a blood-gas kit.
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564. Where's Janet?
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565. She's trying to get a clerk from city hall
to come issue a marriage license.
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566. That's crazy.
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567. - People in love do crazy things.
- I wanted to wait for a transplant
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568. so I could chase her down the aisle.
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569. I didn't want her to marry
a cardiac cripple.
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570. You get a heart, she won't.
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571. If one's available, if the tissues match,
how long can I last on this pump?
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572. Couple weeks.
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573. Pretty lousy odds.
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574. They were worse when you were having
a heart attack
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575. when the chopper was going down.
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576. - You see any Zephiran?
- Yeah. Top shelf.
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577. Hey, I heard about your teenagers.
They're so young.
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578. It's pretty rough.
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579. - Are you okay?
- Yeah. I think so.
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580. Do you want to take a break?
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581. I'm gonna plug in two new patients.
I'll come find you.
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582. - Talk to Kovac?
- Not yet.
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583. - Dr. Kovac?
- Yeah?
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584. We finished the autopsy. I can review
some of the pertinent findings.
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585. Mmm-hmm.
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586. There were multiple contusions
to the occipital cortex,
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587. with herniation through
the foramen magnum.
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588. And if you'll take a look here,
you'll see numerous fractures,
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589. consistent with repetitive
blunt trauma.
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590. I know how he died.
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591. Well, I can tell you that he was a smoker
based on the lung findings.
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592. Also, he probably once lived
in central California.
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593. There were foci of pulmonary fibrosis
consistent with coccidioidomycosis.
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594. It's endemic to the San Joaquin Valley.
That's an agricultural area.
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595. Maybe he grew up on a farm.
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596. Well, I don't know.
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597. There's grease under the fingernails
and a biker-club tattoo.
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598. He could be just a drifter.
But we'll probably never know.
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599. Happens all the time.
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600. Not such a smart idea to take your Razor
down a flight of stairs, huh?
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601. - Were you wearing a helmet?
- Yeah. What do you think I am? Stupid?
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602. Ooh. Well, we'll see after the x-ray.
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603. Right wrist film, something for the pain.
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604. - A half a…
- It happened so fast.
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605. We were having a fight.
He ran into the street and a car hit him.
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606. They're doing everything they can.
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607. - Dr. Carter?
- What's the rhythm?
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608. - V-fib.
- Charge to 360.
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609. Trent. Oh, God! Trent.
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610. - What's our down time?
- Twenty minutes. Never had a pulse.
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611. Ready. Clear.
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612. - Don't let him die.
- Still V-fib.
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613. - Hey, doc.
- Thanks for coming down.
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614. Sure. What do you need?
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615. Thirty-one-year-old patient,
end-stage heart failure.
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616. He may not make it to transplant.
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617. - What denomination?
- I don't know.
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618. Can he speak? For last rites,
I need to know.
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619. No. He and his fiancée
want to get married.
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620. - Tonight?
- Will you keep up? He's too sick.
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621. We can't move him. We gotta do it here.
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622. - Were you able to get a license?
- I tried. But City Hall's closing.
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623. - You don't have a marriage license?
- Can you do it anyway?
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624. I'm sorry but a marriage
isn't legally binding without a license.
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625. - How about tomorrow?
- Okay.
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626. He may not make it until tomorrow.
Can't you help these people?
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627. They want your blessing.
They have very little time.
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628. Well, as long as everyone understands
it won't hold up in court.
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629. - Are you ready to tie the knot?
- Come on. Let's go talk to Tom.
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630. - Dr. Kovac, did you trade your shift?
- No.
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631. Hey! Where have you been?
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632. They couldn't reach you.
You didn't answer your page.
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633. What's the problem?
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634. That I had to come in today
and cover for you.
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635. - I thought I was on tonight.
- No. You were on today.
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636. Then I'm sorry.
There must have been some mistake.
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637. There was no one with enough
experience to cover for you.
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638. We almost lost two patients.
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639. - Luka, this is grounds for dismissal.
- Fine, Kerry. Fire me.
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640. Look, I know
that you've been through a lot.
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641. But if you need to take some time off,
you should tell me.
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642. But you can't miss any more shifts.
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643. - I can work tonight.
- We don't need you, tonight.
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644. You should go home. Go on. Go.
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645. - Luka, wait.
- What?
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646. Wait a minute. Don't walk away.
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647. - Where have you been?
- Abby, please.
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648. I want to help. Just talk to me.
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649. There is nothing to say, okay?
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650. To have and to hold,
to love and to cherish,
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651. as long as you both shall live.
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652. "The union of husband and wife
in heart, body and mind
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653. is intended by God
for their mutual joy.
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654. For the health and comfort
given one another
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655. in prosperity and adversity.
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656. And when it is God's will,
for the procreation of children."
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657. You can stay as long as you want,
okay?
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658. - Emma, I am so sorry.
- Get out of here.
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659. - Emma…
- It's your fault.
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660. By the power vested in me,
I pronounce you husband and wife.
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661. Go ahead and kiss your bride, Tom.
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662. - Congratulations.
- Congratulations.
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663. I'm gonna break all the rules
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664. and allow you to have
one sip of champagne.
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665. Thanks.
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666. Well, since this is the honeymoon suite,
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667. I think you're entitled
to a little privacy.
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668. - We're very grateful. Thank you.
- Yeah.
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669. For everything.
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670. Nice folks. Tell them to get a license,
and I'll do it again. No charge.
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671. Thanks.
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672. So, what about
our wedding coordinator?
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673. I totally forgot to call and cancel.
Oh, she'll be furious.
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674. Blame it on me. I mean,
it was a medical emergency.
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675. - The hell with her!
- Excuse me?
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676. This is all so silly.
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677. I don't want a rose-entwined arbor
with trained doves.
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678. I don't want champagne
served out of crystal flutes.
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679. I understand.
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680. - Who cares about a bloody ice sculpture?
- Not me.
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681. I just want to get married
in a simple ceremony.
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682. I don't know. I was looking forward
to those doves.
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683. So I spoke to the O.R.
The aneurysm repair's going well.
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684. - I'm glad to hear it.
- Yeah.
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685. I think it's best for now
if you just see patients. Here.
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686. Well, if that's what you want.
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687. Hear you're an excellent surgeon.
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688. But ER management is not the best use
of your skills. Leave that to us.
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689. Hello, Mrs. Barnwell. I'm Dr. Benton.
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690. So I understand you have a pain
in your hip.
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691. That's right. And I've been lying here
for three hours.
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692. Well, I'm very sorry about that.
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693. Pardon me for asking,
but are you an intern?
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694. No, no. I'm a faculty physician.
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695. Oh…
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696. Your mother must be very proud.
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697. Yeah, she was. So how long
have you had this pain?
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698. Before we get much further,
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699. I'd like to say that I would be
more at ease with another doctor.
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700. - Excuse me?
- You look like a fine young man.
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701. But I've always had white doctors.
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702. I've always felt more comfortable
that way.
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703. So you're saying that you only
want to see a white doctor?
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704. If it's all right with you.
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705. That's fine.
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706. You'll just have to wait
another three hours.
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707. - What happened to him?
- I don't know.
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708. - Hey, have you seen Abby?
- I saw her punch out.
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709. - Hey, Carter. You got a minute?
- Actually, I'm just on my way out.
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710. Carter, wait.
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711. John, you had a bad day.
We all have bad days. Look at me.
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712. You have to make tough choices,
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713. do what you think is right
and accept the outcome.
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714. - I shouldn't have told him.
- You had to.
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715. I'll see you tomorrow.
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716. Hey…
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717. I'm off in 20 minutes.
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718. You wanna get some dinner?
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719. - I got an AA meeting at 9:00.
- You'll make it.
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720. Can I join you?
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721. It's a counter, Peter.
You can sit anywhere.
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722. So you survived.
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723. - Weaver said I was incompetent.
- Really?
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724. Well, that's what she implied.
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725. The per diem job is just temporary
until you get back into Surgery.
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726. Yeah. But I needed to show them
that I could run the ER.
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727. Why? It has no bearing
on your surgical career.
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728. Yeah. But it reflects on me, you know?
I should've been able to handle it.
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729. - You can't be perfect at everything.
- Yeah, but, Cleo…
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730. …I can learn a job
if I can do it well.
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731. So do you feel better having said this
to a sympathetic ear?
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732. Yeah. Yeah, I guess so. Thanks.
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733. You know, I've had some problems,
and I haven't had anyone to talk to.
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734. Are you ever going to be there for me?
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735. Because you sure as hell haven't been.
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736. Who is it?
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737. It's me.
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738. Can I come in, please?
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739. Sure.
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740. - Abby…
- You don't have to talk.
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