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.
Bridesmaid Meltdown
A bridesmaid drinks herself into a dangerous coma; a man's eyeball pops out of his head; a premature infant is left in a hospital toilet and must be quickly revived in the ER.
Crowbar In Head
A man is impaled through the skull with a crowbar; a woman's cough turns out to be an internal worm infection; a bride is sewn into her wedding dress, and refuses to take it off, even though she needs treatment for a kidney stone.
Frat Boy Blues
An entire fraternity is plagued with blue urine; a pregnant woman may loose her baby to a spider bite; and a comatose patient turns out to be a drug runner who swallowed heroin.
I Can't Remember
A patient can't remember the past 20 years, but in order to treat her, her doctor desperately needs to know what she's forgotten. After reviving his cardiac arrest victim, a doctor packs him in ice, hoping to preserve his brain function.
Delusional Bride
A pregnant woman can't get to the hospital in time, and must deliver in the front seat of her car. A bride can't go through with her wedding because she feels possessed by creatures crawling in her head.
Deadly Sore Throat
A wheezing woman comes to the ER with a difficult-to-diagnose breathing problem, and a very angry husband! A grown man suddenly begins acting bizarrely like a child; is his medication helping him, or making him worse?!?
My Head's Exploding
A patient with a severe headache is seizing, then bruises erupt on her legs, and her doctor has no idea why. A beautiful naked woman is behaving so oddly that her doctor assumes she's on drugs - but she's not
Diagnose Me
A teen is bleeding internally from an ectopic pregnancy, but denies ever having sex, so her doctor must find a clever way to prove her pregnancy before he can treat her. A young mother mysteriously goes in and out of flatline.
Holiday ER
On Christmas Eve, a man dressed as Santa is near death - his wife asks his doctor for a special favor: harvest her husband's semen. A man can't breathe because a live fish is stuck in his throat.
