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The Crossing

Still at the crash scene, another helicopter lands, and Elizabeth "Labour Party" Corday climbs out. A paramedic runs over to her with a bed and yells, "She's throwing PVCs! Do you want us to treat?" Elizabeth yells, "What?!" because the helicopters and everything are very loud. The paramedic says, "A couple ectopic beats -- can we give lidocaine?" Elizabeth asks what the injury is, and the paramedic says that her car was hit by the train: "Possible pubic ramus fracture." Elizabeth briefly checks Shannon and says that, at her age, she doesn't need the drugs: "Just get her to County!" Elizabeth finds Carter, and he takes her over to Crushed Firefighter, giving her Crushed Firefighter's vitals all the while. Elizabeth asks, "They can't get him out?" like, hey, what a good idea! Why didn't someone else think of that? Oh, right -- because it's a train car, and unfortunately David Banner isn't around to turn into the Incredible Hulk and lift it off him. They pass in front of a van, which allows a PA time to help the actually pregnant Alex Kingston gently onto the ground; by the time the camera's moved to the far side of the van, Elizabeth's screaming in pain. Carter hurries back to her and asks if she's okay; she groans "dammit" a few times, but insists that she's fine as Carter helps her to her feet. They continue their march to Crushed Firefighter; Carter proudly tells her that he inflated two blood-pressure cuffs to use as tourniquets.

Carter and Elizabeth arrive at the site of Crushed Firefighter's crushening. She introduces herself to Crushed Firefighter and tells him she's a surgeon. "You gonna cut 'em off?" Crushed Firefighter chokes. "Only if I have to," Elizabeth tells him, continuing, "We can't give much more pain medication because we need to keep your blood pressure up, so I'm going to give you a nerve block, okay?" "Do it fast!" Crushed Firefighter exhorts her. Elizabeth calls out drug orders, including the word "groin," which never fails to amuse me. Hee! "Groin." Pam administers the drugs. Carter says that the blood-pressure cuffs aren't holding, and that he'll re-inflate them. Capt. Davis asks Crushed Firefighter, "Do you want me to call Patty?" "No!" Crushed Firefighter barks. Capt. Davis asks if he's sure, and Crushed Firefighter snaps, "I'm not dying, man!" Carter and Elizabeth exchange a look that says, "Uh. He should call Patty, dude." Elizabeth asks Crushed Firefighter, "Who's Patty?" Crushed Firefighter replies, "Patty's my ex-wife. The guys and I were going out after the shift to celebrate my divorce going through." Aw. That's sweet! What kind of wine does one bring to such a celebration? Capt. Davis tells everyone to get back so that they can "hammer through this concrete." "Just a second!" Elizabeth shrieks, over all the din. Crushed Firefighter protests, "Come on, let's do this!" Elizabeth begs him to hold on. "Get me out!" Crushed Firefighter bellows, as who among us would not? Carter and Elizabeth finish whatever the hell they were doing to Crushed Firefighter's legs as they totally weren't cutting them off, and get out of the way as another firefighter starts jackhammering the concrete under Crushed Firefighter, or around him; it's kind of hard to tell. I say they just give up and turn Crushed Firefighter into MAN TRAIN!

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