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OK.

Oh, Jesus!

Pinch the tube.

Just force it in there.

I'm sorry.

Start the suction, Marci.

You know, I'm

not your servant.

ROBERTS:
That feels

better, right?

Uh-huh.

NURSE:
Set the suction

to 20 centiliters.

I guess we get the official

award for the messiest chest

tube insertion of the month.

One of us is

breathing easier, huh?

I'm gonna take this

needle out of your chest.

We could take that mask

off now if you like.

NURSE:
His oxygen

sats are back to 98%.

Respiratory rate down to 20.

MARK:
My back still hurts.

Yeah, wiggle your toes for me.

Are they going?

Hm, can try again.

That's shock, right?

That's what the paramedic said.

The body just shuts down.

Shuts down.

ROBERT:
Yeah, that can happen.

So I'll feel better soon.

Yes, you will.

You're strong.

My Bulgarian split squats.

Biking.

Feel that?

Yes, I can.

How about that?

I think.

This?

Yeah, I can't.

How about that?

You feel that?

No.

Let's get a sphincter test.

NURSE:
ER handshake,

best part of the job.

Doctor's gonna examine

you internally now.

Nothing like a prostate

massage to light up a guy.

Watch and learn.

NURSE:
Why don't

you let Sam do it?

She could use some

practice on her skills?

ROBERTS:
Let's lose

the small talk, OK?

Open your legs, please.

Open.

Let's put him on his side.

Fun

1, 2, 3.

Watch the chest tube.

Yeah.

ROBERTS:
We're doing this just

to make sure your spinal cord

is functioning all right.

NURSE:
And to see if all

men really have prostates.

[phone ringing]

1, 2, 3.

I could be charging

hundreds of dollars

- for this on the street.

- We're in the ER.

We get to charge

thousands of dollars.

ROBERTS:
If they pay.

All right, we got blood in

the gutter around the sigmoid.

Moderate tone.

Uh.

Moderate tone?

That's funny.

X-ray.

I think it's in 4.

We had a multiple car crash.

The blood, that's

not an issue?

- I'll go check on the x-ray.

- No, Sam.

You stay here.

New girl, you go.

Hey, watch the wires.

I'm watching.

Hey, we need a spinal

team in here, stat.

Why them?

Just I think we had

intestinal bleeding.

We need a trauma surgeon.

Hello?

Take it easy, mack.

Page Schiabarassi.

Tell him it's either T8

or T9, injury incomplete.

NURSE:
Hi, could I get

Dr. Schiabarassi, please?

ROBERTS:
Get the OR ready.

Maybe you should

just knock me out.

We have to get all

the information we need.

So try to hang in

there, all right, mack?

See if his blood count's

back from the lab.

Can you tell me

what's going on?

Is it his spine?

We don't know yet.

Hey, am I gonna get

up and walk out of here?

No, we got a great team here.

Should I believe you?

I wouldn't lie to you.

I might lie to me.

Chest and belly.

GSW.

Got it.

MARK:
Why the x-ray?

To make sure there's

no bullet lodged in you.

There could be a bullet in me?

Pieces.

Sometimes it splinters.

Oh, I don't know

that I wanna know this.

What happens to the pieces?

Can you get 'em out?

Look what we're putting

in your IV right now.

This should help you relax.

There you go.

OK, let's close the curtain.

We need to close

this for a bit.

X-ray.

It's not a good time

to talk about insurance?

Oh my god, woman, does

it look like a good time?

Go talk to his wife.

She just left.

She left?

NURSE:
We're about to do x-rays.

Do you wanna stand

around and get zapped?

OK by me.

WOMAN:
If you don't

mind working for free.

Where did she go?

Who is your

insurance provider?

Aetna.

I'm sure she'll be back.

Us ladies like to stick with

you when things get rough.

Do you really believe that?

X-RAY TECHNICIAN: All right,

everybody needs to clear out.

NURSE:
Yeah, let's go.

ROBERTS:
Come on,

don't tap a thing.

Oh, cross table lateral 2.

Got it.

OK, I'm gonna need you

to take a deep breath

and then hold it, OK?

OK, that one didn't

spray it on to you?

Why did this

have to happen now?

Is Father T in?

Mhm.

[knocking on door]

Open.

We have the youth

ministry on Thursdays.

Mhm.

Sure.

Miguel, what's happening?

I'm in trouble.

How?

I shot someone.

What happened?

Here come the drugs.

My cousin gave me a gun.

See, I just wanted to be safe.

I don't what to do.

Here's what I

think you should do.

You should tell the truth.

Go to the police and

tell them what happened.

I will go with you, so

they don't push you around.

Do you have the gun?

Mhm.

Better give it to me.

I gotta go.

Miguel, wait!

Hold it.

Thank you.

OK.

God bless drugs.

[chuckling]

X-RAY TECHNICIAN: OK, can

I get you to put your hands

over your head, please?

Mhm.

X-RAY TECHNICIAN: Thank you.

You want everything.

When are you gonna

take responsibility

for me, everything?

For... for... did you

ever even want a family?

How do you make

'em feel better?

X-RAY TECHNICIAN: I

didn't catch that.

You have a girlfriend?

Ah-hah, a wife.

Husband.

Ooh.

Yeah, got married last year.

Had a big, fat wedding.

Even my homophobe dad came.

Ah, I ha done of those.

A wedding or a homophobe dad?

No, no, no.

Wife.

Her mother made a lot of

jokes about mulatto babies.

Oh, you have babies?

No.

X-RAY TECHNICIAN: OK, I

need you to inhale for me

and hold it one more time.

OK, we're all done.

[humming]

[chattering]

Bet you're feeling a

little bit better now, huh?

Uh-huh.

Check this out.

Some splintering here.

Just laying here like an

idiot, getting very good at it.

You're holding up

better than most.

You're nice.

MAN:
Code green, code green.

Congratulations.

I've heard you finally got a

patient with health insurance.

Yeah, which means

you owe me 50 bucks.

GSW.

Looks like med school

paid off for you.

Hello.

I'm Dr. Schiabarassi.

I'm the trauma surgeon here.

This hurt?

Yes.

SCHIABARASSI:
How about this?

Yes.

OK.

I'm gonna go prep the OR.

I'd like a CAT scan.

I gotta find out where this

bleeding's coming from.

Are you sure we

got time for that?

Yeah, I need it.

Yeah.

Your mom proud of you?

I guess so.

I bet she is proud.

Mine is.

She starts every conversation

with "my daughter

the radiologist."

It's embarrassing.

Helping people, I would

like that, actually make

a difference in someone's life.

At least the bullet

missed the heart.

That's good, right?

RADIOLOGIST:
Very good.

SCHIABARASSI:
Very good.

ROBERTS:
There's

blood in the stool.

That's not good.

OK, I'll get

Douglas up to assist.

Any more signs of hemorrhaging?

Not yet.

Do we know who was on

call for neurosurgery?

Evans.

The kid?

- He's gonna need his hand held.

- A kid?

SCHIABARASSI:
OK, I'll

see you guys in surgery.

Not me.

I promised my kid I'd

be home an hour ago.

What are you

all talking about?

The bullet might have

gone through your intestine.

They want to make

sure the right doctors

are going to work with you.

So it's my intestine,

not my spine?

It's my spine.

Can we talk to him?

Yeah, just make it quick.

Thanks, Doc.

I'm Officer Ramirez.

Do you know who shot you?

No, I just dropped.

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