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 (15)
1. No Time to Think
Aired 4 April 2005 • 45 min
Whe a man's religion keeps him from getting the proper treatment for a snake bite, the doctors try to find some way to help him.
2. Red Blanket
Aired 11 April 2005 • 45 min
Comprised of three stories: "Mother and Fetus Shot" "Frozen from Fiji" "Traveling Bullet"
3. A Scary Feeling
Aired 18 April 2005 • 45 min
While working on an art project, an amateur artist accidentally cuts off his hand.
4. A Day from Hell
Aired 25 April 2005 • 45 min
A chronically ill 6-year-old boy is brought to the ER. The doctor thinks the boy's being poisoned by his mother.
5. Prepare for the Worst
Aired 2 May 2005 • 45 min
Members of rival gangs are admitted and their fellow gang members come to the ER; Sister Della Rosa is admitted with trouble breathing, and she doesn't want treatment; A surgeon loses his fingers in a saw accident; A patient has cut his fingers and tells conflicting stories about how it happened.
6. No Down Time
Aired 9 May 2005 • 45 min
A patient who was completely unconscious suddenly awakens; a family of three has a mysterious condition; a man walks into the ER with a knife wound and refuses help.
7. We Need a Miracle
Aired 16 May 2005 • 45 min
One patient arrives with a tree branch stuck through his neck while doctors are treating ten teens that have been critically injured.
8. I Need Some Help Here
Aired 23 May 2005 • 45 min
Paramedics treat a teen who is unresponsive after a car accident and discover she's pregnant; a patient arrives with an axe in his head.
9. How Can This Happen
Aired 20 June 2005 • 45 min
Neurosurgeon Dr. Smith is under extreme pressure after a young boy punctures his skull with a pitchfork.
10. Call the Code
Aired 4 July 2005 • 45 min
A 21-year-old man has suffered internal injuries in a motorcycle accident.
11. What a Day
Aired 28 November 2005 • 45 min
A woman comes into the ER with severe abdominal pain and claims there is an alien in her stomach.
12. Nothing's Working
Aired 14 June 2006 • 45 min
Another day, another surprise pregnancy. A woman in the ER discusses whether she's ready to be a mother.
13. We Need Further Tests
Aired 21 June 2006 • 45 min
It's a busy day in the ER as Dr. Heilbron battles to treat a man whose intestine has come out, among others.
14. Pressure is Building
Aired 3 July 2006
A boy is rushed in after breathing in an unspecified poisonous chemical. Has it permanently damaged his lungs?
15. Surgery Won't Help
Aired 10 July 2006
Crisis breaks out in ER when a depressed man walks in, pulls out a gun and takes a doctor hostage.