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Hello?

Yes, Piotr Hajduk.

- Holding tight? - Yes!

Oh hello, doctor Drabski.

Sorry. Yes.

Yes, I'll be there tomorrow at 8.

They tripped!

- It looks serious! - Sorry, I've got to go!

They drove like crazy!

Are you okay? Hello, wake up!

Get back, I'm a doctor!

- Whose dog is this? - Nastka's.

Can you her me?

Watch him.

Hello? Can you hear me?

Please save her. She didn't mean to ride without a helmet!

- What's your name? - Janek.

- Got a phone, Janek? - I do.

Ok, call 112, give them our location.

Tell them: two injured. Unconscious female,

open head wound, possible pneumothorax.

- Conscious male… How about you? - My shoulder...

Shoulder injury.

- Is she alive? - Yes, she is.

Got any water?

- Yeah. - Give it here.

- What's in your backpack? - Books, pencil box.

Toss it all out.

You – stop a car. I need a first aid kit.

- Ok. - Quickly!

ER

I've asked you not to move.

We will party all night long

I am gonna steer you wrong!

Benek, you're not getting examined this way.

Please let me buy you a coffee…

Before or after you get back from the tank?

It's, what, your 18th time here?

You know the rules: pipe down, go home.

- ER. - You're good.

I…

Quiet! Quiet…

Thanks.

- Potential heart attack incoming. - Basia...

I'll take it!

I got it. At least I'll get some fresh air.

Oh come on…

Someone keeps drinking my coffee!

Could you make me one?

The machine works just fine.

- Good job. - Doctor, I'm cleaning here!

Lucynka…

- Oh fuck! - What are you doing?

I saw it in a movie.

Give it here.

She'll be fine, right?

I bought her some time.

Looks serious.

I hope she pulls through…

Damn it, hurry up.

- How long till the ambulance is here? - They said 15 minutes.

We don't have 15 minutes.

Come here. Keep her head like this.

- If she stops breathing, call me over. - Jesus…

- How's the shoulder? - It hurts.

Lie down. I'm going to set it.

Get away!

- He knows what he's doing, right? - Arm.

Three deep breaths. We go on three. Ok?

Two.

- Ow! You said on three! - Can you move your fingers?

I'll get a splint. Someone get that dog!

Here you go. It's your 3rd one, so I made it weaker.

Points for Oleńka.

Speaking of…

I've never done a central line,

- so If an opportunity comes up… - You're not ready.

We'll see what we can do.

Thanks, boss.

Because she made you a coffee?

No, because she has to learn. Coffee's great though.

Two kids incoming, accident victims. Girl's critical.

Kids go to pediatrics.

Let's go, Kasia.

Drive! Faster!

Drive!

What the hell?

This is the ambulance driveway. Move this second…

Girl's unconscious, Glasgow 3, pneumothorax relieved,

makeshift drain in place.

On three. One, two, three!

- A quick renovation? - Told you it was makeshift.

Tube the girl. What about him?

Just bruised.

Piotrek?

Kaśka, stop ogling, we're saving a kid!

Babinski sign positive, growing anisocoria.

Symptoms of brain herniation. Let's go!

She might go into cardiac arrest.

Come.

Here. Dress the wound, I'll sew him up in a moment.

- What am I, doggy day care? - For now, sure. Sorry!

To the exam room.

Ola - vitals. Zuza - scissors and brace.

I'll help you.

- Kasia… - What about me?

- Cut it open. - And me?

Get the next patient! Cut it, Kasia.

Brace.

Get a line, 500 ml of crystalloids, and get a full panel.

Basia, Laryngoscope.

A 7.5 tube.

Seal.

- You're done, sir. - "Sir"?

- You can't be here. - Stop it, Kaśka.

- Who are you? - Piotr Hajduk, I start here tomorrow.

- Let's make that today. - Yes, sir.

Pulse barely palpable.

We're losing her.

I'll prepare the IV.

- Tube is in. - Pressure at 240!

Basia, two units, type zero.

Get changed, mister! Ola, get him some scrubs.

Sure.

Kasia – neurosurgeon, anesthesiologist.

Zuza – CT scan, stat. Get that drain in!

I need an anesthesiologist, stat. And a neurosurgeon.

Head trauma, brain swelling…

What do we have here?

Increasing trouble breathing, pain under left costal arch.

We've installed…

Ooh, buddy...

...a line, given him Paracetamol and 500 units of PWE.

Will this take long?

I'm ready.

We have another call.

What do you want me to do? They're busy, I'm all alone.

- Make coffee? - Move him, gentlemen.

- Wojtuś, I need… - I know, I know.

Yes!

Where's Rafcio? Never here when you need him.

Reanimating someone.

- Any word on the CT scan? - Still working on it.

- Taking over. - Ok.

The neurosurgeon's busy too?

Aneurysm. At least 5 minutes away.

She doesn't have that.

Intracranial pressure rising,

if he doesn't open her up, we'll lose her.

Let's operate here.

Craniotomy outside the ward? With no anesthesiologist?!

- Brain swelling, critical ischemia… - That doesn't make us neurosurgeons!

- Sure, but… - Circulation has stopped.

- Asystole! - Pinky, compressions.

- Adrenaline? - One milligram.

Once she's stabilized, we should do a craniotomy.

Taking over in three. One, two, three.

Alright, Pinky. You only live once.

Then you die.

Bartek, do you need help?

- I'm fine. Get the next one. - Ok.

- We'll run an EKG. - How's Nastka?

It's all my fault.

- She can't die! - Relax, lean back.

Look at me. Look at me!

It's going to be fine. She's in good hands.

Stop compressions. Two minutes. Analysis?

Ventricular fibrillation.

200 joules?

Make it 150.

150 joules. Stand back.

Clear!

We have a heartbeat.

Now for the hard part.

- Ola, get the saw. - On it.

Let's open up her skull. Move.

How is me?

You're asking me?

BP is 100 over 60, pulse at 110, saturation 89.

Low saturation, shortness of breath… scooter.

Scooter?

Like the girl in the other room. This could be pneumothorax.

- I'll relieve it. - Could I have you for a moment?

- Are you sure? - I'm supposed to save him, right?

Thick, gray PVC.

- So we're putting him back on oxygen? - Yes, NRB mask, flow rate at 15.

We'll give you oxygen. You'll breathe easier.

No air flow.

There should be a hiss.

Saturation dropping.

Gauze.

- Maybe I missed it. I'll try higher… - No, enough. Time for an x-ray.

Hold here, Piotr.

Almost there.

Clamps.

Swelling like a balloon.

- Open up! - One second. What's wrong?

Can you open the door?

Please. Our daughter's in there, we have to get in.

- What are you doing to her? - Get back!

- What happened? - Her head is cut open?!

She went into cardiac arrest, but is stable now.

- She's alive though? - Yes.

- Is that her? - Are you in charge? Save our daughter!

Show me.

It's a good thing that you didn't wait.

Vitals?

Pressure 157 over 106, pulse at 106, 97 saturation.

Bravo.

I'll send someone over, we'll move her to pediatrics.

The team here saved your daughter.

Good job.

Did she just praise us for ignoring procedure?

I don't know about you, but I need a smoke.

Take her to red.

And next time: kids go to pediatrics.

This was closer.

Didn't they have male ones?

I… well…

I like pink.

Me too. On women.

Speaking of which, Doctor Zawadzka will be your boss.

But I think you've already met.

Thanks.

Come here, Andrzej.

Intestinal loop in chest cavity, mediastinal shift, raised chest…

Wojtek!

The scooter thing threw me off.

You took a diaphragmatic hernia for a pleural one?

It wasn't so obvious.

That's like confusing Casanova with Casablanca.

Are you hosting a game show?

Just learning from someone else's mistakes.

Blunt abdominal trauma from a rubber ball. Lawnmower-related.

Impact ruptured the diaphragm.

Gastric and intestinal infussusception. Compressed lung.

Symptoms indeed similar to a tension pneumothorax.

I'd have spotted it right away.

I love your confidence.

Your next patient needs a rectal exam. Good luck.

I was just getting a pregnant patient from the waiting room.

Alright, hand the rectal off to Zuzka and get back to work.

Yes, sir.

She's playing you, and you know it.

I know. But with those eyes, she can.

Wojtek…

I'm rooting for you here,

but those girls are eating you up.

I don't want to stay in ER.

I'd rather be a resident in psychiatry.

I want my house in order when I retire.

"In order" meaning "not a henhouse".

Got it?

- There. - Yes, sir.

That's what I like to hear.

Your son is here.

Franek, are you alright?

I am, dad.

I told you not to ride together. That it would end badly.

- You were supposed to look after her. - She just went out to the store.

So you let her out without a helmet?

My daughter almost died because of this idiot!

Idiot?!

Sit down. Sit.

Calm down. We all need to calm down.

God.

Nastuś.

She's stable, the worst is behind her.

Your daughter needs a caretaker, not an avenger.

- What are you doing?! - Caretakers.

- She'll need you both when she wakes up. - There is no "us".

We're divorced.

Great, but this really isn't about you. It's about your daughter.

She's in really good hands.

Everything will be fine. I'll get you personally when she wakes up, ok?

Ola, right?

- Can I grab you for a sec? - Sure.

Ola will show you to the coffee machine.

Come with me, please.

Kasia?

I'm supposed to "ma'am" you now?

A doctor?

- Got any credentials? - Yeah, I bought them.

I finished med school, Kasia.

- And just happened to get a job here. - It's a very prestigious hospital.

- And you chose ER. - Your ER.

- You're not playing fair, Piotrek. - Not fair?

I just want to talk.

What are you waiting for?

A patient's on the way.

Patient in yellow needs a catheter.

Headache, upper left limb paresis, aphasia.

Be right back.

Am I having a stroke?

You know, it wouldn't be that unusual at your age.

Kasia?

Wojtek?

Go do triage! And don't puncture anyone's chest.

Ola, stats.

- Are we ready, Lucynka? - One second.

Basia, 500 ml of electrolytes and heparin.

To thin her blood?

Yes, it's standard treatment for an ischemic stroke.

But if it's a hemorrhagic one, heparin might kill her.

I can't die, I'm being audited.

Relax, Mrs. Zawadzka is a doctor, and I'm her boss.

Sorry, may I…

- We need a CT scan anyway. - There's no time.

These are textbook symptoms: light head ache, arm numbness.

Do you know what the golden hour is?

Because it's passing.

Excuse me, could I examine her?

- Your patient's about to bite someone. - We'll stitch them up then.

- I guess. Go ahead. - Thank you.

Hello, my name is Piotr Hajduk.

Do you have a desk job?

Do you mind if I examine you?

If you can, please sit up. Back turned to me.

Carefully. Scoot a bit more. Thank you.

A reminder:

strokes affect the brain. That's the head part.

We're wasting time.

Does your arm get number when I press here?

All the way up to my elbow.

I think I can remove the cause of these symptoms…

Be my guest!

Please raise the bed, make it flat. Ma'am, lie down facing this way.

Kasia?

- You're going to palpate a stroke? - Let him try.

- Did you study medicine at Stonehenge? - Andrzej…

What are you doing?

Are you feeling faint?

The pain's fading.

I can move my hand!

Squeeze, please. Hard.

Fine, it's not a stroke.

Tell me, what did you do?

I palpated the C7 vertebra pressuring the radial nerve.

I used the high velocity, low amplitude technique.

Fine, fine.

Good! Good.

- My hat's off to you. - So I can go home?

Let's do a CT scan first.

Make it quick, I'm being audited.

I'll get back to my patient.

- Good luck. - Thank you.

A miracle. Not Stonehenge then.

I'll take you to the CT scan. Slowly does it.

- Kasia, you're here. Good. - Not now.

Thank you very much.

We'll take it from here, right?

What's with all the yapping when Lucynka was looking after you?

Now we have to clean this.

You can't run around town all bloody.

Yes. Good dog.

You should have been a vet.

I'm just as good with people.

- A scratch behind the ear? - Excuse me?

Can you scratch the dog? It calms them down.

There, there, easy.

Come on, show me.

Hello…

I know, it stings.

Just a moment longer. Hold him, we'll have to anesthetize him.

Piotrek…

There you are. The parents of scooter girl are here.

Come in.

Careful.

Hello, baby.

Thank you, doctor.

For everything.

No problem.

How's your daughter?

Awake, she's even asking about the dog.

That's a very good sign.

He'll be good to go soon. We'll just stitch him up.

Could you wait outside?

Once again, thank you.

- Wait... - Don't forget the briefing.

Sure.

What am I to do about her?

Hang in there, buddy.

I'm just going to…

Thank you.

Good bye.

- What happened? - Nothing. I'm fine.

Careful!

Okay, okay.

I got up too quickly and lost my balance.

Where were you sitting?

Crouching. Doing something.

- What's with the third degree? - This needs stitches.

I can do it.

- Andrzej… - Come on.

Andrzej will patch me up.

What happened?

Basia?

Stop asking me.

This doesn't make sense.

Good thing your life always does.

- You said you'll quit smoking. - And you, nagging.

Just stitch me up, okay?

I'll take your pressure, then we'll see.

This is the ER.

People come here to die, not to quit smoking.

You can die from smoking, too.

Which one is that? Number 10?

Ten, eleven…

My Helcia never smoked,

and still died from lung cancer.

I know.

I know, Andrzej.

Wojtuś needs to read up on the peritoneum.

Good job on that rectal exam, Zuza.

The patient was over the moon.

Ola will give a presentation on the perks of teamwork.

What about the new guy? No spanking for him?

He'll get his.

But this isn't a circus, we need no audience. Good bye.

A real boss.

You've changed.

You haven't. Still doing whatever the hell you want.

That's why I'm here.

Meaning?

How about I tell you over dinner?

That spinal-issue-posing-as-stroke was a wild guess.

So confident, so decisive.

I was just confirming a hypothesis.

As you know, I've had loads of practice.

The ER is more than physical therapy.

Read up on neurological diagnostics. I'll quiz you. No hard feelings.

But...

Why wait?

Quiz me tonight, over dinner.

I've tested you once already.

You failed.

Excuse me.

8 YEARS EARLIER

Get him! Come on!

Fuck.

Relax. I'll set it.

On three. One, two…

You said on three.

Disperse!

Back to your cells!