Arrhythmia Page #5

Synopsis: Oleg is a young gifted paramedic. His wife Katya works at the hospital emergency department. She loves Oleg, but is fed up with him caring more about patients than her. She tells him she wants a divorce. The new head of Oleg's EMA substation is a cold-hearted manager who's got new strict rules to implement. Oleg couldn't care less about the rules - he's got lives to save. His attitude gets him in trouble with the new boss. The crisis at work coincides with the personal life crisis. Caught between emergency calls, alcohol-fueled off-shifts, and search for a meaning in life, Oleg and Katya have to find the binding force that keeps them together.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Boris Khlebnikov
  17 wins & 12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Year:
2017
116 min
37 Views


times when it comes to saving lives.

We used to do it our own way.

Also, our dispatchers never

bugged us this much before.

They are getting on our nerves.

I'm busy, the paramedic is trying to work and

she's constantly yapping over the radio.

We want things to be the

way they used to be.

We are no robots, we are human beings.

Is that it?

Okay.

Listen.

Everything you just said...

You can't be serious.

I'm really surprised that the human

factor is put at the heart of the issue.

I can show you what the

human factor looks like.

Here it is.

A sloppy doctor.

Took the liberty of ignoring the

dispatcher's instructions...

by taking out the radio's battery, so

no one would "bug" him, as you put it.

As a result, a person died.

Because of the human factor.

I couldn't have left the patient.

I'll tell you what you should've done.

Did you use Aminophylline?

I did. But it doesn't work instantly.

Listen to me. You injected it...

Observed the patient's condition.

If it started stabilizing,

you should've called the district doctor and that's

it, that would've been his job from then on.

Or you could've taken her

to the hospital, if necessary.

Instead, you spent over an hour

trying to cure all of her diseases.

Meanwhile, another patient was dying.

That's what your "human factor" leads to.

Excuse me, that won't do.

Let's look at it this way:

had he listened to the dispatcher

and abandoned the asthma patient,

she could have died as well.

I work on my particular calls, am I right?

The only thing that matters is that the

patient doesn't die afterwards, right?

Wrong.

It matters that no one dies

while you are treating them.

Let them die when being

treated by other doctors.

Your goal it to take a

living person to hospital,

or to their district doctor. They can

die after that all they want.

Okay, I got your point.

- Did you call the cops?

- We did.

Back off, everyone!

Dima, looks like a stabwound.

Tell Nikolayevich to bring the stretcher.

- Nikolayevich, get over here.

- Why?

- Multiple victims.

- Roger that.

Send a resuscitation team, ASAP.

What's going on there?

Looks like a mass murder.

- Send them, quick!

- They are on a call.

- Send a second team, then!

- Oleg, that's against regulations.

Lyuba, what the hell?!

There's a bunch of victims here!

- I'll see what I can do. Are they done fighting?

- No, still at it.

The cops are still not here,

I'm not going there without them.

Take this one away.

I'll take care of that one.

Hey, cut it out! Hands off!

Break!

I'm a doctor!

- Happy holiday, doctor!

- Same to you!

Hey, what are you doing?!

Hand off!

- You good?

- Got the catheter in, finally.

Hook him up to the Ringer's solution.

We're doing...

just fine!

Open your eyes.

He's got rapid pulse, that's Atropine.

Is he gonna die?

You want him to?

I don't give a sh*t.

- Has it kicked in?

- It has. We're doing fine.

Look!

Oxygen saturation is 99%.

He's having a ball.

- Hold the mask.

- Got it.

Look here.

The pupils are dilated.

What were you smoking?

Through a pipe or through a can?

Some strong stuff, anyways.

Got you really baked.

- The hell are you doing?!

- Get back down!

Dumbass!

Valera!

Stabwounds here.

- What's the situation?

- Did a drip for this one.

There's two more, alcoholic intoxication.

Get over there!

My boys have arrived.

Good afternoon.

Bloody hell!

Why'd you tie his hands up?

They're all blue.

We had to. He wasn't really collaborating.

- Having fun, aren't you?

- You see anyone laughing?

- Who applied the catheter?

- I did.

Look at this mess!

What am I supposed to do with this?

Ever tried applying one in a moving car?

Vitaly Sergeevich, I get it, you are trying to keep

everything under control, but you are impeding.

A bad workman always blames his tools.

Hi!

I'm in a store, why?

What guys?

Man...

No, it's fine. Bring them over.

Okay, see you tonight.

- Who's such a fan of squash spread?

- That's me.

Once you open it, everyone jumps on it.

Wanted to make sure I get some.

You can have it all.

No one likes it, anyways.

Cheers!

Already at it, guys?

I gotta catch up, then!

Don't you wanna give us a hand?

Lena, come on!

Enough is enough!

I have a day off tomorrow!

I'm getting pissed!

What a nurse you've got!

Sly as a fox!

I know, right?

We've got the best nurses

and the shittiest doctors!

Our nurses don't get

along with the doctors.

- What about me?

- You are an exception!

Right!

We've got a lot of new ones at work.

We are so polite, saying hi to each other.

You should see how pretentious they are!

- Oleg, what did you call Tatiana Mikhaylovna?

- When?

He said over the phone,

"Let me speak to that lunatic!"

Yeah, she got tumbleweed rolling

around in her head, for sure.

Gimme a hand! I can't open it.

Borya!

Check this out! They've banned

romantic relationships at work!

That's great!

How are they going to control it?

For real, that's official.

Didn't know that.

So, was everyone...

okay with that?

Hold on, let's be serious for a second.

How am I supposed to find a husband now?

I'm practically living in my office!

What do I do now?

- Comrades!

- Comrades!

You are lucky, you started dating in the

University. Been together 5 years, right?

- You should date your patients!

- Are you serious?

They see you just once!

Like this guardian angel!

Then they are rolled away to the ward.

Dating a patient is dangerous.

What if you catch something.

Zhenya, are you serious?

Time for some adolescence tunes.

It's a great song!

Hold on for 3 minutes.

I'm timing 3 minutes!

Ice is slowly covering the puddles

Do you remember how we were...

Kissing night after night

To the sound of breaking waves

We can't bring that summer back

I know it

But whenever I am feeling blue

It all comes back to me:

The yacht

The sail

You and I

Are all alone in this world

Yalta

August

You and I

Are so in love

Take care, man!

Keep it down!

You'll wake the neighbors up!

Bye!

- Let's go have a drink.

- All right.

- Shall we open a new one?

- I guess.

Yeah, it's almost empty.

- Katya.

- What?

- Don't move, okay?

- Why?

You are sitting on a knife.

Want to lose half of your ass?

- You'll sew me a new one on.

- You think?

You might look better without one.

You jerk!

What if I got you pregnant right now?

You didn't.

Just imagine.

That would be cool.

Do you want kids?

Sure.

You never mentioned that before.

That's a given.

When people get married, they are

supposed to have kids later on, right?

Yeah, I guess so.

- Imagine I just knocked you up...

- No, you didn't.

- How do you know that?

- I just do.

Are you on the pill?

Oleg, I've had a coil for 6 months.

My God...

There's no point in any of this.

They're at the end of the street.

She was playing by the fire

and a wire fell down.

They've cut the power already.

Make way! Get away from her!

- Go home, folks!

- Back off!

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Boris Khlebnikov

Boris Igorevich Khlebnikov (Russian: Борис Игоревич Хлебников, born August 28, 1972) - is a Russian film director, screenwriter and producer. more…

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