Untold Stories of the ER
These true stories demonstrate the dramatic nature of medicine practiced under pressure, where every moment can be a turning point. See how a doctor's personal blend of expertise and decision-making ability are challenged by unpredictable circumstances.
Pipe In Head
A young man has a 2 inch pipe through his head, which must be removed quickly: a young bride is bleeding uncontrollably, mystifying her physician; a doctor treating prison inmates learns that one of his patients has escaped into the ceiling.
Campstove Stuffing
A six-year old boy suffers a life-threatening stroke; a man has a camp stove stuck on his penis; a young ER doctor is under the gun when he is asked to assess the health of another doctor's wife.
Rottweiler In The ER
While a shooting victim is brought to the hospital, a Rottweiler gets loose in the ER; a young mother's asthma attack turns quickly into a deadly heart failure; a young man comes into the ER comatose, covered with a mysterious rash.
Radioactive Rocks
A dialysis patient is bleeding and doctors can't get it to stop: a naked man falls into a cactus and is covered head to toe in cactus needles; a patient brings radioactive rocks to the hospital causing chaos in the ER
Halloween In The ER
A mysterious white dog wanders the hospital halls on Halloween; a neurologist encounters an unconscious motorcyclist on the side of the road; treatment of a young boy's broken leg turns into an investigation that might reveal child abuse.
Never Say Die
A doctor struggles with the decision to revive an older patient after prolonged CPR; two nurses encounter a stabbing victim on the street, and try to save him by carrying him back to their hospital.
Stabbed In The Heart
A stabbing victim's heart has a hole in it, and must be pumped by hand to keep him alive; a woman believes that she is possessed by demons; and a man with a vibrator in his rectum offers to pay cash to keep his condition off of his medical record.
Girlfriend, Wife, Stroke!
A paralyzed stroke patient watches speechless and horrified as his wife and his 2 girlfriends fight over him; Army doctors in Iraq try to save the lives of 3 soldiers who lost limbs in an IED explosion.
