12:00 P.M.

- 15 on crash with another 5 on junkie.

- Give me $20 on junkies caught outside our zone.

That's in our zone.

- Ambulance crash in our catchment.

Get ready for incoming.

We can do an imaging test

called a cerebral perfusion study.

If it comes back that there's no blood flow to Nick's brain,

it would confirm that he's gone.

Then we wait and see.

- What about donation? Is he a candidate?

- The transplant counselor could get him there,

but I think we're a ways away from calling them in.

- We need to talk about your numbers.

Patient satisfaction.

- If they're still alive, they should be satisfied.

You OK in there?

I had morning sickness for six months

with my second daughter. - Awesome.

I'm here to see my daughter.

You're talking to her.

- Any news on our incel kid, David?

Are the cops looking for him? - I'm not sure we're there yet.

- But you don't want to be wrong about this one.

- What's your name? - Ginger Kitajima.

I'm her daughter Rita.

- Are you the primary caregiver?

I'm her only caregiver.

- You have to take care of yourself.

Otherwise you're gonna end up in here, too.

Where's Rita?

- You don't think she ditched her mom, do you?

Another two of lorazepam.

- For a total of 10. - I'm well aware.

Sats up to 98.

Welcome back, Mr. Marino.

I'm here for an abortion.

Kristi!

- What the hell are you doing here?

- Hey. - Excuse me. Who are you?

I'm her mom.

- There is no way this is happening.

Not now, not ever.

Mom, stop!

This is what you had in mind

for your fun weekend with your aunt?

- All right. Can we-- - I was trying to help her.

- No, what would have been helpful is telling me

that my daughter is pregnant!

Instead, I find out from a confused teenage boy!

- Jackson told you? - Yeah, he did.

- Whoa, whoa, everything OK in here?

- This is Mrs. Wheeler, Kristi's mother.

Lynette is Kristi's aunt.

- She doesn't want to have this baby.

- This has nothing to do with you!

- OK, maybe we just take-- - Mom, I called Aunt Lynn, OK?

I don't want to be a teen mom.

- Well, then maybe you should have thought of that

before you started having sex.

- OK, emotions are running high.

I think a private conversation

between mother and daughter is in order.

Lynette, let's you and I step out.

I'll buy you a cup of coffee.

- The crashed ambulance thieves are en route.

ETA, 10 minutes. Trauma 2's all yours.

Great.

They better be meth-head junkies

'cause Abby wants a Birkin for her birthday.

- What's she gonna do with a Birkin?

- Hopefully forgive me for getting

the kids a goldendoodle.

- You want to be a good husband?

Send her on a vacation

without you or the kids or a damn puppy.

- Are you mean to everyone or just me?

Just you.

Hey, what's the status

of the head CT on Joseph Marino?

Uh, still waiting on results.

He's postictal and sleeping in North 2.

No more seizure activity. - Good.

Let me know as soon as those CT results get back.

Yeah, of course.

- How's, uh, Travis, our tonsillectomy patient?

- Oh, I, uh, just dropped him off at surgery.

He's doing well. - Good work.

You kept him from bleeding out. - Oh, no, come on.

That was all you and Dr. Robby.

I mean, I could never have done

what you guys did with that airway.

- Not yet. That's why you're here.

But you stayed with him the whole time.

He would have died at most other hospitals.

- Yeah. Yeah, no, I guess you're right.

Yeah, I usually am.

I'm sorry about all of this.

I didn't think that Eloise would find out.

Yeah, well, she did.

- Kristi should make her own decisions.

- Unfortunately, she's still considered a minor.

Why don't you take a seat?

And we'll come find you if there's an update.

- What do you need, Robby? - Escaping.

Go, go.

- Dr. Robinavitch. - Gloria.

This is Dr. Tracy Morris,

regional manager of ECQ America.

- The contract management group.

- It's a pleasure to meet you. - Likewise.

But if you'll excuse me, I'm a little slammed,

as per usual.

- We were upstairs with the executive team

going over a proposal.

- A proposal? - Mm-hmm.

We're interested in having

your emergency department join us.

- The 500 or so ERs you have aren't enough?

- What can I say? Business is good.

Yeah, for who?

- Everyone benefits. - Do they, though?

Your contract management's corporate mandate

is profits for shareholders above everything else, yes?

- Robby. - Dah-dah-dah.

- Your hospital's board was very impressed

with ECQ's metrics on patient satisfaction,

throughput time, and billing collections.

- Does your proposal include the part

where you cut the pay for all my doctors?

- Maybe I can find an incentive for you.

How does regional medical director sound?

Lighter workload, better benefits, stock options.

- Did you go to business school or medical school?

Both.

We look forward to your decision.

Of course.

- Hopefully we'll get a chance to work together soon,

Dr. Robinavitch.

- I can't believe you're seriously considering this.

- Bottom line is, our current numbers aren't good,

and theirs are.

- Just because their dashboard is pretty

doesn't mean it's good for patients.

- If you want to keep this ED, improve metrics.

There's a lot of OFI.

Opportunities for improvement.

- Well, you could have just said that.

- I need you to care about patient-satisfaction scores.

I would love nothing more.

But right now the average wait time is six hours,

and that's before you see a doctor.

You need to hire more staff

so we can open more inpatient beds.

Are you prepared to do that?

- I need you to improve scores with the resources we have,

or we will explore what ECQ has to offer.

- This is bullshit. You know this is bullshit.

And if you don't, then we are all in trouble.

- Maybe you need some time off. - Hey, we got a ladder fall.

A couple of minutes out. Yeah.

[indistinct chatter, distant telephone ringing]

Mint?

- Who would have guessed frat boys?

Collins.

- Damn it. I knew they were gonna crash.

- Then why didn't you bet crash?

- I didn't want anybody to get hurt.

It's bad karma, man. - So who won?

- Oh, Doc Collins hit the full parlay--

in our zone, crash, and frat boys.

- That's uncanny, bordering on spooky.

And the rich just get richer.

- You need to practice more gratitude.

- I'd be a lot more grateful if my paycheck was bigger.

That part.

- Any luck finding Ginger's daughter?

She was supposed to be right back to take her mom home.

- I just tried her cell again. Still no answer.

Let me try the cafeteria one more time.

What do we tell her?

- No, don't tell her anything yet.

Oh, boy.

Um, you should consult with Kiara

just in case this goes south.

- What do we have? - 45-year-old Silas Dunn.

Fell off an 8-foot ladder.

Right chest hit the carpeted floor.

No LOC. Good vitals. No meds, no allergies.

- I'm Dr. Santos. How are you doing?

- Fine. My wife called 911.

These guys said this was all necessary, but I-I can walk.

- We're gonna keep it on until we get you all checked out, OK?

What are you thinking?

- What made him fall could have been cardiac or neuro.

Any headache? - I was a little dizzy.

- He needs a head CT. EKG and troponin.

- Exactly. - On my count.

One, two, three. -

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