The Night Shift

Let's go.

- Let's go. Get up. - Go away.

It's after 5:00.

You've been out all day. It's time to go.

And you got your butt kicked again.

I told you, if you gonna fight in that biker bar,

you gotta keep your hands up.

Hey. Any coffee?

Yeah, right there by that mint on your pillow.

- Hurry up! - He's going into shock!

I'm coming, I'm coming.

- We're losing him. - Do something.

- I can't stop the bleeding. - Here, take out the branch!

Can't take out the branch.

- He'll bleed out. - No, he won't.

Sir, get back and give us some space.

I'm a doctor.

We're gonna take the branch out and do a D.P.L.

We don't have enough blood to transfuse.

Yeah, yeah, get me all your bags.

A saline pack, a couple tubes,

a needle and scalpel.

We're gonna go on three, all right?

One... two... three.

He's gonna bleed out.

No, he's not.

His renal artery is cut. I'm gonna clamp it.

We're gonna use his blood. Start a line. Go, go, go, go.

Hang in there, buddy. Keep breathing.

All right. When that fills up,

take it off, pump it back into him.

Then we step up with a new bag.

Kind of like a bucket brigade at a fire.

Ready?

Holy crap. It's working. Where'd you learn that?

Afghanistan.

All right. Let's move.

The defibrillator

in your wife's pacemaker

is malfunctioning, causing her to be repeatedly shocked.

- So make it stop. - I can't.

We are contractually obligated

to call the pacemaker company,

and they send a technician over to reset it.

So what, she's in pain the whole time

until the tech gets here?

Yeah, I'm sorry. It's just not gonna happen.

Hi. I'm Dr. Alexander, and I'm going to deactivate

your defibrillator with a magnet.

Jordan, this is my patient.

Then you should have been the one helping her.

If anything happens, we're legally...

The only thing that's going to happen is that you

are going to stop feeling like a horse is kicking you

in the chest, okay? It's perfectly safe.

There we go.

There you go.

Better, right? Alright, so we're gonna get a tech in here,

and we'll have that reset,

and then you will be on your way.

- Thank you, Doctor. - Sure.

All right, let's go. Let's clear it out, guys.

Make a hole, please.

I need a type and screen and 2 units of blood!

You got it.

You got real lucky taking that branch out.

Luck had nothing to do with it, Hank.

I heard about it over dispatch.

Hell of a way to start your shift.

Wouldn't have been my first choice.

Jeez, T.C., you look like crap.

Yeah, pulling a tree out of a guy's stomach

tends to get a little messy.

I was talking about your face. Are you fighting again?

I didn't start this one.

You never do. Look, I really

need your paperwork for the Drug Company study.

You know that I am trying to fund a extra position

for the day shift, and you are a month behind.

- Am I? - Yes, you are.

Look, the only thing that I need you to do

is just take one day, all right?

One day to finish your paperwork

instead of going out, getting drunk,

and getting yourself in fights.

Hey.

I'm done being nice about this.

This is nice?

You know what?

I am gonna ride you until I get that paperwork...

You've got a boyfriend, Jordan, so sex with me

is not gonna happen, but nice try.

You know what? You are so full of yourself.

Good morning/evening. This is very cute,

but that... that's her.

- I wish I did that. - Oh.

He's hungover... again.

Oh, come on, J.

I-I've seen you sucking on a bong

like you were giving it C.P.R.

Whoa, that's nothing. She used to...

You know what? You shut up, all right?

And, Topher, that was ages ago.

T.C., please, just give me the paperwork, all right?

For me.

Got a 2-weeker. B.P. dropping,

possible renal failure. Pulse down to 83 from 94.

I got it. I got it.

Mom says she has a congenital deformity

with her kidneys, no wet diaper for two days.

Call pediatrics.

She's swelling. I need a bedside ultra sound, stat!

Okay.

Night shift staff, report for duty.

All night shift staff, report for duty.

You know, they say juggling helps improve

your surgical dexterity.

Improves your hand-eye coordination,

trains you in pattern recognition

and that... that sort of thing.

That's great.

You're, uh, you're Krista, right?

Yeah.

Paul...

Cummings.

Yeah, we met last year at the Intern Interviews.

Talked about the M.C.A.T.s. You scored a 34, right?

- 35. - Oh, I got, like, a 35.6.

Good for you.

I wouldn't be doing that, new guy.

Oh, no worries, man. I know what I'm doing, all right?

I can juggle anything.

Even junk from the lost and found, you know?

Yeah. Yeah, that's not lost and found.

Those are things the docs

have taken out of people's rectums this month.

Ugh.

Yeah. I'd wash my hands if I were you... 35.6.

Yo, Doctor, the newbies, Krista and Paul,

need to tag along with you until Dr. Knox is available.

I wouldn't shake his hand...

Oh. Exam 5, a 42-year-old man

with lacerations on his testicles.

Come on, man. I just ate.

Wait until you see it.

The guy "claims" he's cleaning his bathtub naked

when his cat pounced on his swinging scrotum

like it was a chew toy.

E.M.T.s had to drug the cat to get him to let go.

Hey. How much longer do I have to wait?

I've been here for over an hour.

And you're behind people

who have been here for two hours. I'm sorry.

We're undermanned,

and we're right in the middle of a shift change.

We'll be with you in just a moment.

I want to be seen now.

Sir, I...

- I said now, bitch! - Whoa. Hey! Hey!

Sir, you need to... aah!

- Hey, calm down! - Uhh!

Hey, hey, hey, bubba, bubba,

- hey, just calm down. - Come on!

All right, we don't want any trouble, man.

Aah!

Don't fight it. Don't fight it.

You're about to go sleepy time in about five seconds.

There. Come on. Like a little baby.

Get his feet up in the air. He'll wake up soon.

Might wanna cuff him first, though.

- Thank you, Doctor. - Oh, you're welcome.

Security to the E.R. security...

Mr. Ragosa?

I haven't made my decision yet, Jordan.

Okay, so... in the meantime,

nobody's in charge of the night shift?

They're talking about shutting the E.R. down.

And I was promoted to make sure that doesn't happen,

and when I find the right person...

But I'm... I'm the right person.

The night shift is not like the day shift.

It's an undisciplined zoo.

Last week someone stole my cell phone

and sent erotic texts to my dentist.

That's how they blow off steam.

Half the shift is ex-military,

so, you know, they work hard and...

- they play hard. - Well, I don't like it.

That attitude isn't gonna go away.

We're surrounded by military bases.

It's our workforce.

But I see that as a positive, all right?

They're already a team. They just need a focused leader.

You've seen how hard I work on the day shift.

Make me the chief of the night shift.

Give me a chance to prove myself

and keep this place open.

What have you got to lose?

Sir, uh, stay still, sir.

I swear to God, no matter how long I do this,