Chicago Med

This job was hard enough before.

Now it's a nightmare.

Well, you're the chief, right?

That's your job.

Are you okay, Crockett?

Every time I see kids with leukemia,

I think about my little girl.

- Dr. Halstead? Sabeena Virani.

We're running a trial at Med.

Dr. Ramsey recommended you.

Thanks. Another time I might be interested.

I got a lot going on right now.

You said drug addicts can replace drugs with romance.

You think that's maybe what happened here?

I can't be the reason you stay sober.

Well, a little more leeway would've been nice.

All my stuff's packed up and ready to go.

Fine, just let me know,

but don't go cashing that deposit check.

That apartment I had lined up...

- Mm-hmm? - It's infested with bed bugs.

Ew.

Can't you stay at Hannah's for few more nights?

No, she let her lease go.

She's headed for the West Coast when she gets out of rehab.

Well, if you need a place to stay,

there's always room at Club Med.

There's no one in my life I have to quarantine from.

It's just me and my stuff.

Here I am, another failed relationship,

and no place to live.

I'm no further along than when I was a first year resident.

I wouldn't go that far.

With Lanik quitting, you could be named Chief.

Me?

No attending's been in ED longer than you.

You're a zealot for your patients.

Why not you?

Honestly, hadn't even thought about it.

Well, maybe you should start.

You might get that office.

Then you'll have somewhere to put all that stuff of yours.

Incoming. It's got your name on it.

What happened?

Jerome Kirk, 56 years old.

Lost control of his car, hit a lamp post.

Rapid tested negative for COVID in route.

GCS 14. BP low at 90/60.

No breath sounds on the right.

Need an x-ray!

One, two, three.

Yep, can't hear anything either.

Wrong turn.

Easy, Mr. Kirk.

Let's get this x-ray and then you can tell me all about it.

Clear!

Right-sided pneumothorax,

but there's air in the mediastinum

between the lungs. Strange.

Mr. Kirk, your right lung has collapsed.

I'm gonna place a tube to help it reinflate.

Kay, now what were you saying before?

Something about a wrong turn?

What did I say?

I think you were trying to tell me how it happened.

- The accident. - I was in a car accident?

Maybe you hit your head in the process?

No?

Right after this, let's send Mr. Kirk for a panscan.

I wanna to make sure nothing else is bothering him.

My heart's doing great, Mama.

Is that true, April?

We're on top of it.

We've established a baseline echo,

we have her on continuous monitoring,

and because of COVID,

we're paying extra close attention.

I found an article on the internet

about what patients with cardiomyopathy

need to know about the coronavirus.

I'll send it to the doctors.

You don't need to do that.

Go ahead, Alejandra. No harm in sharing an article.

I should go.

My shift starts soon.

Mama, you said you'd stop working at the hotel.

I have to work, Yesenia.

Talk to you later, Alejandra.

- Okay. - Ah, she's so stubborn.

I know she takes off her mask when it bothers her.

What if she gets sick?

Who will take care of her while I'm in here?

Hey.

Then we just have to get you better

so you can go home, okay?

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Hey, come on.

Goodwin is making an announcement.

As you all know,

Dr. Lanik has stepped down as interim Chief of the ED,

and after careful consideration,

the board and I have come to a decision

on his replacement.

So I am proud to announce your new Chief

is Dr. Ethan Choi.

You okay?

Yeah.

*CHICAGO MED* Season 06 Episode 02

Episode Title: "Those things Hidden In Plain Sight"

24-year-old female, pregnant,

complaining of severe nausea and fatigue,

started vomiting this morning.

Record shows she's at 37 weeks.

Where'd they bring her in from?

Cook County Jail.

Name's Aisha Barnes.

- Okay. Thanks.

Hey, are those cuffs necessary?

We can remove them at your request.

But we prefer to keep them on

when dealing with violent offenders.

- Oh, okay. Um...

I'll let you know then. Thanks.

Good morning, Aisha. I'm Dr. Manning.

How are you feeling?

Like I'm gonna explode.

37 weeks.

Not much longer now.

So it says here you started feeling sick this morning?

It didn't start this morning.

I've been feeling sick for over a week.

- The nausea? - Yeah.

And I get these insane headaches, like, on and off.

I kept telling them in the infirmary,

but they wouldn't listen til I threw up in the mess today.

BP 162/110.

Okay.

162/110 is a little higher than we'd like to see.

Do you have any history of hypertension?

I don't think so.

Doesn't it say in there?

- No. No, it doesn't.

You gonna get them to take these cuffs off?

- Um, it's all right. I can work around them.

Yeah, you know, I heard them out there

calling me a violent offender.

Just like the cop at my trial

told everybody I was resisting arrest,

but all I did was push him

'cause he was harassing my cousin,

and I served my time.

I'm sorry.

Let's warm up the ultrasound.

The only reason I'm back in jail

is 'cause of a busted taillight.

Damn probation officer called it a violation of my parole,

and I can't even get a court date so a judge can weigh in.

I'm sorry to hear that.

- Yeah, I can tell.

Why don't we see how your baby's doing, okay?

With your free hand,

would you mind just lifting up your shirt

over your stomach for me?

You a licensed OB?

I specialize in emergency medicine and pediatrics.

I wanna see someone who knows what they're doing.

I am more than qualified to perform a preliminary exam.

I wanna see a licensed OB,

and you can't do anything else until I see one.

Okay.

I will send someone down from OB.

All right.

So that's subdural air, a pneumocephalus.

A what?

There's pocket of air

trapped in the front of your head, Mr. Kirk.

- Is that bad? - Very.

For that much air,

it's just hard believe there's not any bruising

indicating blunt head trauma from the car accident.

It could be something else causing it.

Previous surgeries, tumors, infections.

However the air got there, we have got to get it out.

- Right. What's the best way?

- Burr a hole in his head. - My head?

Anything less invasive?

I suppose we could put it on hold for now,

put him on high flow oxygen,

and raise his bed 45 degrees,

see if venous drainage helps.

Thanks, Sam.

- Ah.

Here he comes. The new Chief.

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

It's Sam.

Seriously, congratulations, man.

Well deserved.

- Thanks, Will. Appreciate that.

Hey, how's your case going?

A bit of a mystery, but I'll crack it eventually.