New Amsterdam

[FRANK SINATRA'S "THEME FROM NEW YORK, NEW YORK"]

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Uh, Dr. Candelario.

Max.

Either you're getting faster or I'm getting slower.

Oh, since you're my boss, let's just say

- I'm getting faster. - Oh, that's very kind of you.

Thank you, by the way, for taking charge

while Bloom's on vacation. I know it's short notice.

- Vacation? - Yeah.

About time.

They took Dr. Bloom off the schedule for two weeks.

It's not a problem.

Uh, maybe add another two weeks.

She's acquired a lot of vacation.

In that case, I'd like to make a couple

changes around here to make things more efficient.

Efficient. I love efficient.

What kind of efficient?

First I wanna switch the nurses' scheduling

to a seniority-based point system

- Good. - It rewards loyalty.

Nice.

Second, I want ED to start using a supply chain

tracking software for instant restocking of critical items.

Smart.

And third, no more double and triple shifts.

Personnel need rest or people die.

Sounds like you should be doing my job.

Jumper off a six-story building.

Landed on a parked minivan. 160 over 90, 158.

Intubated in the field but with continued trouble

oxygenating on 100%.

Jumper landed on his chest.

Obliterated the integrity of the chest wall.

Absent breath sounds on the left

- with tracheal deviation. - Grab me a blood gas kit.

- I need a chest tube set up. - Thank you.

Punch through the intercostal muscle and get a tube in.

And...

Got it. Run an I-STAT ABG.

Thank you. Do we know who this guy is?

Cell phone, wallet?

Go ahead and start antibiotics prophylaxis.

Another vet.

It's a Marine.

Alex Demos.

War never ends.

Battlefield rules. Treat now, mourn later.

We need to know the volume of the evacuated wound.

Billy, leave those people alone.

We're gonna get kicked out of here.

I hope we land somewhere with a bed.

You were right. It's nice to be spontaneous.

Nice enough to do it again?

Yeah, you can't plan spontaneity.

People are staring.

Yeah, you're right.

We should probably take this somewhere else.

Absolutely not.

Was I too loud?

Where have you been hiding that voice?

In the shower.

We gotta take more showers together.

- Sheesh. - Thank you.

Where did you come from?

Uh, Chicago.

No, I mean, how did you end up in my life?

Our friend Lauren introduced us.

- Our friend Lauren? - Mm-hmm.

I forgot.

I...

I what?

Uh...

I am going to take you to the greatest dinner tonight.

Can't wait.

I...

- Don't. - What?

Don't say it.

I'm just gonna say this one thing.

I tell Martin I love him, like, 97 times a day.

That's it. I'm out.

Have a good one.

Dr. Kapoor.

Neuro consult's in Bay 24.

Something feels different around here.

Calmer.

Dr. Bloom's on vacation.

I have a strict policy of calm efficiency.

No hysterics, no yelling. Just simple patient care.

Nothing makes me happier than the words "calm efficiency."

Good.

Then you and I are gonna make a great team.

- Very good. - Uh, just one thing.

I have a Ten D-or-D policy.

You have ten minutes per patient to diagnose

or discharge.

Keeps the patients moving through.

- Ten minutes? - Ten minutes.

I don't think that's possible because...

Rumination disorder, six and a half minutes.

Ten minutes it is.

Ah, just the man I wanted to see.

Really? I haven't implemented any policies that even slightly

resemble socialism today, but it is still early.

- What is that god-awful smell? - It's breakfast.

It's a bagel, uh, cream cheese, lox, capers,

blended to perfection and about all my throat

- can handle right now. - Max.

- Yeah. - I need you to help me.

Yeah, well, how can I, uh, you know...

SO, Karen Brantley is out of control.

- The new chair of the board? - Yep.

She's just another billionaire who thinks that her

business acumen makes her an expert on healthcare.

Well, who better to make decisions for a public hospital

than somebody who will never step foot in one?

Right, but she's trying to push the board

into restructuring New Amsterdam into a profit center.

Ah, yeah, kinda goes against our whole

- being a patient center. - Exactly.

And I'm the only one on the board who's willing

to stand up to her.

Well, I would have your back if I was on the board.

- Max, you are on the board. - I am?

You are, you just never attend meetings.

So I need you to talk to Karen Brantley.

I need you to give her the full Max.

- Just turn this around. - Yeah, consider it turned.

- Done. - Okay.

- Yeah. - Don't take the smoothie.

Miss? It's kinda cold out here.

Do you wanna come inside the hospital?

Miss?

Excuse me.

Excuse me!

Found down, unresponsive, pinpoint pupils,

respiratory rate of five.

Looks like an opioid overdose.

I need an intranasal Narcan.

Rashes and blisters all over. Are you on it?

Get a tube in.

Where am I?

- My bag. Where's my bag? - Whoa.

She's probably looking for her stash.

What did you do with my bag? What did you do with my bag?!

- Calm down. - I have to get out of here!

- Ma'am, ma'am, ma'am! - No, I need my bag!

Please!

Please.

She can't be more than a week old.

- Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. - How bad?

Finnegan score is through the roof.

Good thing you found her when you did.

She wouldn't have lasted more than an hour out there.

Is she gonna be okay?

Go and talk to the mother. I'll take it from here.

Wendy, your baby is suffering from opioid withdrawal.