I sense you want me to say yes.
[ Sighs ] She probably hasn't even opened it.
I don't know why I haven't learned.
The only ideas that get through to her are her own.
It's hard being a problem-solver
when the problems are so complex.
I could never do her job.
Yeah, well, it'd be easier if she wouldn't ignore good advice
from people trying to help her.
Wouldn't even bother me as much if it was just me.
Alma Ortiz and I worked really hard on a lot of good ideas
based on her previous experience.
Well, listen, give her time.
We're all feeling next-level stress.
Something tells me that after a week,
she'll be a little more open.
[ Scoffs ] We just pulled a hunk of metal out of this woman,
and you're seriously being super positive right now?
You know, you barely missed getting hit yourself.
Yeah, it should have never happened.
I'm just thankful that the damage isn't worse.
What got me -- Well, you saw her.
She wasn't fazed.
She was -- She was energized. You know what I mean?
There's power in gathering like that,
I mean, where the truth brings so many people together.
I mean...
Well, you know.
[ Respirator hissing ]
Actually, no, I don't.
Honestly, I've never been to a real protest.
I mean, I've protested plenty of things --
I've boycotted businesses, signed petitions.
[ Sighs ] Done surgeries for free, given talks.
It seems like every time folks took to the streets,
I always had a reason not to.
I had to work, I had to study.
I could always see how useful money was to the cause,
you know, so I guess I always felt
that writing a check was a worthwhile substitute.
And, hell, maybe it is.
In this country, at least.
You think that's a cop-out?
I try not to judge the way that anyone handles
the traumas that come with living here.
And that includes you.
And your mother.
Clamp.
[ Beeping continues ]
[ Line ringing ]
Winston: Hi, you've reached Dr. Winston Ndugu.
[ Breathing heavily ] [ Monitor beeping rapidly ]
Dr. Pierce! Just -- Just -- Come on.
Dr. Pierce! [ Line ringing ]
He's in V-fib again! [ Ringing stops ]
Owen: Let's push a 6-milligram bolus of adenosine.
Oh, Ortiz! I need you to keep calling this number.
It's my fiancé, Winston. Owen: He's still in V-tach.
If he picks up, you tell me.
If he doesn't, just keep calling.
Just do not stop.
Everything okay? He got pulled over.
I want the officer to know that someone is checking in on him.
Mm.
Let's charge to 200!
[ Beeping continues ]
Mask up, Mr. Anderson.
Mm. Sorry, I forgot. [ Door closes ]
The whole "coro-no-virus."
Sir... [ Chuckles ]
...I need you to listen to me.
Your COVID test came back positive.
Additionally, you have
ground glass opacities in your lungs.
That's why you're having trouble breathing.
And your toes aren't red because you run without socks.
Y-You have what's being referred to as "COVID-toe."
"COVID-toe"?
Yes. Really?
That's the best you got? [ Laughing ] COVID-toe?
Are you guys even trying? [ Chuckles ]
This ultrasound of your leg reveals a clot
that we need to treat immediately, so --
Okay, well, whose leg is that?
I'm sorry?
Well, see, I'm a -- I'm a runner.
We don't get blood clots. But it's a --
That's a -- That's a nice try, though.
Mr. Anderson, please. Okay. Look.
You know what I've figured out?
Huh? [ Sniffles ]
I figured out that this little cold
that y'all are so terrified of --
biggest moneymaker since crypto-currency.
And speaking of, h-how do you get your kickbacks?
I mean, is it like a flat fee
from every patient that you diagnose,
or is it like a -- a percentage deal, or...?
My m--
[ Stammering ]
Um, I--
Be back in a moment. I need to answer a page.
Yeah, yeah. Take your time. [ Door opens ]
♪
[ Sniffles ]
♪
What?! What?!
Okay.
Breathe. Breathe. Breathe.
W-What?!
Stop.
♪
[ Wheezing softly ]
[ Door opens ]
Okay, let's try this.
Your blood oxygen is dangerously low.
Your lungs are getting worse.
And if untreated, the clot in your leg
could travel to your lungs and kill you.
We're seeing cases like yours all of the ti-- [ Chuckles ]
Sir, this is not just a cold.
It's not asthma.
This won't magically go away.
Sir, please, let us admit you
so that we can start you on steroids... [ Scoffs ]
...and -- and put you on blood thinners.
Look, because even if you are a little bit wrong,
it could be fatal.
[ Clicks tongue, sniffs ]
You know, I'm still waiting on
that albuterol prescription, Doc.
[ Wheezing ]
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Thank you. 00:04:38.653,00:00:00.000 [ Clears throat ]