About this season
Doctors recount the most memorable cases they’ve ever encountered. Unusual, touching, humorous or life-changing – no story is too big or too small when it comes to the ER.
Episodes (8)
1. My Job Is Mayhem
Aired 26 April 2004 • 45 min
In order to get a snakebite victim the correct anti-venom, a doctor has to find the type of snake that he has been bitten by.
2. The Big Save
Aired 3 May 2004 • 45 min
The doctors treat patients with various problems. Two patients have internal bleeding, one passes out after drinking cold water, and a man who cut off his own hand with a meat cleaver because he was tired of the problems it was giving him.
3. We Have a Heartbeat
Aired 21 June 2004 • 45 min
An artist has to have his hand reattached after accidentally cutting it off while working on a new project.
4. How Can This Happen
Aired 30 May 2005 • 45 min
A 6-year-old boy who punctured his skull with a pitchfork is rushed into surgery; a woman refuses treatment by a black doctor.
5. Call the Code
Aired 6 June 2005
Victims of a plane crash bring reporters when they come to the small E.R. Meanwhile, a doctor faces a difficult decision about a teen patient.
6. What a Day
Aired 13 June 2005 • 45 min
A 33-year-old is declared brain-dead from a gunshot wound, and the victim's wife agrees to keep her husband on life support until his organs can be harvested and donated.
7. We Need Further Tests
Aired 27 June 2005 • 45 min
Cops arrive at the E.R. with a suspected criminal. Meanwhile, the doctors try their best to save a boy with severe head injuries.
8. Surgery Won't Help
Aired 11 July 2005 • 45 min
An X-ray reveals a five-inch piece of glass lodged in a man's brain.