

Doctors recount the most memorable cases they’ve ever encountered. Unusual, touching, humorous or life-changing – no story is too big or too small when it comes to the ER.


Nov 10, 2010 - 45m
A nurse who collapses in the ER, and a doctor must open her chest and manually take her heart in his hand to try to save her life Greek festival chaos: the ER goes nuts during a Greek festival when a child has an unknown allergic reaction Two teens are brought in saying that they had been attacked by a scimitar-wielding gang.

Nov 17, 2010 - 45m
A pregnant woman's leg pain turns out to be a flesh-eating virus, threatening life and limb. A veteran who swallows razor blades on a dare. A young bride who collapses just before her wedding.

Nov 24, 2010 - 45m
The screaming man A grown man calls 911 and screams incessantly for no obvious reason. The ice‑cold mother A young mother arrives alert but with a dangerously low body temperature (around 88°F). This “ice cold” state could indicate severe underlying illness, shock The boy who denies overdosing A young boy is suspected of overdosing on drugs, but he insists he did not take anything.

Dec 1, 2010 - 45m
A college student collapses in the ER, and doctors do hours of CPR, hoping she'll revive. A young woman is admitted with bulging neck veins A man has an erection that will not subside A doctor struggles with how to break the bad news about a woman who had collapsed at her 70th birthday party.

Dec 8, 2010 - 45m
A Young nurse collapses – A 25‑year‑old nurse suffers a seizure and cardiac arrest in the ER. Her colleagues must perform CPR and attempt to restart her heart Baby with “maggots” in her hands – A young father brings his infant daughter into the ER, convinced she has maggots in her hands Woman with “cursed” liver – A patient is in severe pain, claiming her liver is cursed by a demon

Dec 15, 2010 - 45m
Internal bleeding in an unconscious woman A woman arrives at the ER unconscious and is found to be bleeding internally. Four‑day erection A man presents with an erection that has lasted four days, a rare and medically complex situation. Knife in the chest The episode also includes a woman who comes in with a knife protruding from her chest

Dec 22, 2010 - 45m
House fire victim – A woman is pulled from a burning building and immediately suffers a heart attack in the ER, requiring urgent medical intervention. Schizophrenic patient – A man with schizophrenia believes he has someone else’s face, leading to finding out he has cancer Untrained student delivers a baby – An inexperienced medical student is mistakenly identified as a doctor and must deliver a newborn under pressure.

Nov 3, 2010 - 45m
Husband’s strange breath – An ER nurse brings her delirious husband to the hospital. She notices an unusual clue: his breath smells like mothballs Postpartum seizure – A first-time mother, after delivering her baby, becomes incoherent and goes into life‑threatening convulsions Twin doctors and a scam – Identical twin doctors working at different ERs encounter a patient attempting to fraudulently obtain painkillers