diagnostic realism
3.8/5
ER
Season 15 Episode 19
Old Times
Old Times is curated around Sick Baby Dropped Off at the ER; Kidney Transplant Candidacy.
Air date: Mar 12, 2009
overall
3.8/5
procedure realism
3.7/5
workflow realism
3.9/5
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.
2 cases identified
Case 1
Old Times: Sick Baby Dropped Off at the ER
An abandoned sick infant needs urgent medical assessment, safeguarding, identity work, and safe placement.
- Episode shows
- A girl drops off a sick baby at the ER and leaves.
- Clinical takeaway
- An abandoned sick infant needs urgent medical assessment, safeguarding, identity work, and safe placement.
Accuracy 3.8/5sick-baby-abandoned-eremergency-medicinepatient-safety
Case 2
Old Times: Kidney Transplant Candidacy
Kidney transplant candidacy requires compatibility, medical eligibility, consent, immunosuppression planning, and follow-up.
- Episode shows
- Carter may get a kidney transplant.
- Clinical takeaway
- Kidney transplant candidacy requires compatibility, medical eligibility, consent, immunosuppression planning, and follow-up.
Accuracy 3.8/5kidney-transplant-carteremergency-medicinepatient-safety
Episode Summary
A girl drops off a sick baby, Carter may get a kidney transplant, an older woman has multiple sclerosis, and Neela and Sam transport a donor heart.
Differential Diagnosis and Testing Logic
Old Times: Sick Baby Dropped Off at the ER: A real team would stabilize urgent problems, verify patient identity, review history and exposures, use targeted testing, involve specialists when needed, document decisions, and reassess when new risk appears. The available summary does not support adding unshown vital signs, lab values, medication doses, imaging findings, timestamps, or outcomes.
Old Times: Kidney Transplant Candidacy: A real team would stabilize urgent problems, verify patient identity, review history and exposures, use targeted testing, involve specialists when needed, document decisions, and reassess when new risk appears. The available summary does not support adding unshown vital signs, lab values, medication doses, imaging findings, timestamps, or outcomes.
Medical Accuracy Review
Old Times: Sick Baby Dropped Off at the ER: The episode summary supports this as a concrete medical, safety, diagnostic, or care-pathway thread. The summary does not support adding unshown vital signs, medication doses, test values, exact procedure timing, consent dialogue, or outcomes.
Old Times: Kidney Transplant Candidacy: The episode summary supports this as a concrete medical, safety, diagnostic, or care-pathway thread. The summary does not support adding unshown vital signs, medication doses, test values, exact procedure timing, consent dialogue, or outcomes.
Sources and Further Reading
Episode evidence: iDRief catalog page, TVmaze - ER 15x19 Old Times. Medical context appears on linked case/topic records with trusted patient, public-health, clinical, ethics, toxicology, emergency-care, oncology, obstetric, pediatric, and behavioral-health sources.
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