Emergency

Season 1 Episode 9

Dilemma

Air date: Mar 25, 1972

Medical Cases in This Episode

These are the patient stories worth unpacking. Open any case for the real-world medicine, what the episode shows, what it leaves out, and source-backed context.

4 cases identified

Case 1

Elevator Heart Attack

A woman suffers a heart attack while stuck in an elevator.

Episode shows
A woman suffers a heart attack while stuck in an elevator.
Clinical takeaway
Elevator Heart Attack is included because episode evidence supports a concrete emergency, trauma, cardiac, neurologic, hazmat, poisoning, or patient-safety scenario.
Accuracy 3.5/5elevator-heart-attackemergency-medical-servicestrauma

Case 2

Junkyard Injured Man

John and Roy care for an injured man at a junkyard.

Episode shows
John and Roy care for an injured man at a junkyard.
Clinical takeaway
Junkyard Injured Man is included because episode evidence supports a concrete emergency, trauma, cardiac, neurologic, hazmat, poisoning, or patient-safety scenario.
Accuracy 3.6/5junkyard-injured-manemergency-medical-servicestrauma

Case 3

Railroad Yard Industrial Accident

An industrial accident takes place at a railroad yard.

Episode shows
An industrial accident takes place at a railroad yard.
Clinical takeaway
Railroad Yard Industrial Accident is included because episode evidence supports a concrete emergency, trauma, cardiac, neurologic, hazmat, poisoning, or patient-safety scenario.
Accuracy 3.6/5railroad-yard-industrial-accidentemergency-medical-servicestrauma

Case 4

Pulmonary Embolism

The hospital team cares for a man with a pulmonary embolism.

Episode shows
The hospital team cares for a man with a pulmonary embolism.
Clinical takeaway
Pulmonary Embolism is included because episode evidence supports a concrete emergency, trauma, cardiac, neurologic, hazmat, poisoning, or patient-safety scenario.
Accuracy 3.5/5pulmonary-embolismemergency-medical-servicestrauma

About the Episode

John and Roy are sent on a call to rescue people stuck in an elevator, in-between floors, and then the brake drum fails; inside, a woman suffers a heart attack. Nurse Walters admires Dr. Brackett, when he sets her off, much to her pleasing him, when he's around, therefore, Dixie diagnoses her medical student with Bracketitis. A firefighter enthusiast has a crush on John, who wants to get rid of her. At the junkyard, John and Roy takes care of an injured man. An industrial accident takes place at a railroad yard. Thanks to Dixie's encouragement, and before Nurse Walters smiles in front of both her and Brackett, they all take care of a man with a pulmonary embolism.

Medical Relevance

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The Medical Verdict

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