Chicago Med

Hang on, Hannah, okay?

I love you. Will...

Dr. Halstead.

Doris.

Any symptoms? Headache, dry cough?

Nope.

98.5. Good.

Ope. Let's get you tested.

I was just tested this morning.

You went home.

Nobody goes back in the E.D. without getting tested.

Come on. Come up.

Open up.

Jim, a word?

Let's take it inside. I need a break.

Hey.

This is April's third straight week in the COVID ward.

We're short-staffed. April volunteered.

Protocol is one week on, one week off.

She's putting herself at risk.

I don't know what to tell you.

April feels this is her mission.

Jim, you're the chief of the E.D.

You've gotta protect your staff.

She knows what she's doing.

What's it to you? I thought you guys broke up.

Has nothing to do with it.

Ethan, I need her. Okay?

Check your iPad. You got five patients.

You know the drill.

Monitor them from outside the room.

Leave it to the nurses inside to treat them.

Dr. Halstead.

COVID test was negative. You're good to go.

Hannah's sats dropped and we couldn't recover 'em,

so we intubated.

Figured you'd have to.

Now it looks she has a chemical pneumonitis...

Aspirated some vomit.

So I put an OG tube down to decompress her stomach, okay?

Hey, Will. She's gonna be okay.

Yeah. Thanks.

Crockett, I'm glad you're taking care of her.

You got it.

Hey.

I just got a text. Hannah was brought in?

Yeah.

Well, she's in here.

So it can't be COVID.

Um...

I found her unconscious in her bathroom,

syringe in her arm.

She OD'd.

Good. Fine.

Got your energy back?

Sharon, I am ready to go back to work.

Trust me.

Well, good. You've been missed.

How you been doing?

Well, the board still doesn't want me coming back

because of my diabetes.

So all of my meetings are virtual.

Look... Zooming with, like, ten people,

all in their little box.

It's driving me crazy.

I can't read the room.

I don't know if people are, like,

actually paying attention

or just looking down at their phones.

Yeah, there's already a name for that.

They're calling it "Zoom fatigue."

I've already read, like, three psych papers on it.

Hey, and speaking of psych,

I need you to carve out time for the staff.

There's... there's just been no let-up

with the workload.

And so many fatalities.

And then you add to that

all the social trauma they've been dealing with.

I'm sending out a memo now.

Great. Good.

And is Anna with you?

Yeah. Yeah.

We decided that, you know, it was safe for her to come back.

Well, say hi for me, okay?

Will do.

Okay. Take care of yourself.

Take care.

Good morning.

Uh, Sharon Goodwin says hi.

So, I-I'm going to work.

Uh...

You're pretty much gonna stay put.

Dad, I'm not gonna go out. That's good.

Because, I mean, it's a... I know.

Okay. I'll... I'll see you later.

Bye.

Whoa! Sorry. Sorry, Crockett.

Whoa, Manning. Eyes on the road.

Sorry. Oh, hey.

Yeah?

I heard you moved into Club Med.

The Pavilion. Yes.

Yes, I am. Oh.

Well, watch yourself.

I hear it gets pretty rowdy in there.

Lot of questionable behavior.

Mm. Okay.

Nat? Yes.

Check your iPad. You're going to Treatment Four.

Got it.

See you, Crockett.

All right.

Mr. Lieu? Hi.

I'm Dr. Manning.

And you must be Kellie.

Hi. Hi.

I see Kellie's been dealing with myelogenous leukemia?

For a couple years.

She's immunocompromised,

so I didn't want to bring her into the hospital

if I didn't need to.

But she was in remission, but her leukemia came back.

So we had to do chemo all over.

Just finished the last round eight weeks ago.

Just hope she won't have to do it again.

Let me see.

You're having difficulty breathing, aren't you?

It's okay. I'm used to it.

Well, we're gonna help you feel better, okay?

Let's get a CBC, a BMP, an ECG, an echo, and a BNP, okay?

You got it.

You mind if I talk to your dad for a moment?

Okay.

So, I am hearing an S3 gallop in her heart

which means it's struggling.

Also, her neck veins are distended.

And I am seeing some swelling in her legs and ankles.

Those are symptoms of heart failure, aren't they?

Her oncologist warned us about that.

It's most likely a result of the chemo medication.

Unfortunately, some are cardiotoxic.

They can damage the heart muscle.

The good news is I think we can reverse it

if we change her medication.

So let's get the test results back,

and then I will loop in your oncologist, okay?

Okay. All right.

Thank you. Mm-hmm.

Clear.

Mr. Booker?

I'm afraid your x-ray looks wet.

That means that you still have fluid in your lungs.

The proning hasn't helped.

So what now?

I suggest we intubate and put you on a ventilator.

A ventilator?

You would be sedated.

I don't feel that bad.

I know, but the thing that makes people feel bad...

A rise in CO2...

Doesn't happen with COVID.

But you're still not getting enough oxygen.

If we put you on a ventilator, it'll allow you to rest.

Please.

Can't you wait a little longer?

Make sure I really need it?

If we wait and you go into cardiac arrest,

we can't resuscitate you.

I know it's terrible.

But we can't run a code in here.

Chest compressions release so much virus.

Please, Alvin.

Let us help you.

Okay. Okay.

20 of etomidate, 100 of roc?

And start a propofol infusion.

I need to suit up.

I gotta go in to intubate.

Dr. Marcel, look alive. Incoming GSW.

20-year-old male, COVID negative,

gunshot wound to the upper right thigh,

GCS 15, BP 100/77.

It hurts. Gonna take care of that, bud.

50 of Fentanyl. X-rays, meet us inside.

Gunshot wound?

Second one today.

COVID or no COVID, some things never change.

How are we ever gonna heal this city?

I know what you're gonna say.

"I told you so."

Why would I say that?

You said drug addicts can replace drugs with romance.

Ring a bell?

Well, I mean, it happens.

Well, not with us.

We love each other.

Okay?

Yeah, uh, sure.

There's stress because of the pandemic.