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How Can This Happen

S2 : E9

TV-14 | 45 min | Aired: 05.30.05

Neurosurgeon Dr. Smith is under extreme pressure after a young boy punctures his skull with a pitchfork.

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A behind-the-scenes look at activity in a hospital emergency room.

Cast

Armando Valdes-Kennedy, Robert Slay, Jenne Kang

Executive Producers

Gary R. Benz, Michael Branton

full-episodes (15)

The Big Save

S1 : E1 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 04.26.04

An anesthesiologist has a heart attack, a pregnant woman has a cerebral aneurysm, a man is stabbed in the heart and a sex worker's unusual hiding place for money is found.
My Job Is Mayhem

S1 : E2 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 04.12.04

An opera singer suffers a severe neck injury, a patient's artificial hip has become dislocated and a 25-year-old has been shot in the chest after being accused of cheating at cards.
We Have a Heartbeat

S1 : E3 | TV-14 | 50 min | Aired: 05.03.04

A policewoman has been shot by a carjacker, a homeless woman has cellulitis, a drug dealer is unresponsive after being beaten.
No Time to Think

S2 : E1 | TV-14 | 45 min | Aired: 04.04.05

A circus performer is bitten by a poisonous snake, a baby is delivered in a car park and more.
Red Blanket

S2 : E2 | TV-14 | 45 min | Aired: 04.11.05

A patient who comes in after his hand has been chopped off by a lawnmower.
A Scary Feeling

S2 : E3 | TV-14 | 45 min | Aired: 04.18.05

A teen is brought in with a live cockroach stuck in his ear canal, a man slices his hand with a saw and more.
A Day from Hell

S2 : E4 | TV-14 | 45 min | Aired: 04.23.05

A supposedly chronically ill boy comes into the ER and eyes turn to his mother.
Prepare for the Worst

S2 : E5 | TV-14 | 45 min | Aired: 05.02.05

Two gang members threaten to kill Dr. Carroll while he tries to save three men with gunshot wounds.
No Down Time

S2 : E6 | TV-14 | 45 min | Aired: 05.09.05

Dr. Castillo thought he had seen it all until the day a seven-foot man comes in blind drunk and unconscious.
We Need a Miracle

S2 : E7 | TV-14 | 45 min | Aired: 05.16.05

Dr. Michos has his hands full when ten critically ill teenagers are brought in after experimenting with drugs.
I Need Some Help Here

S2 : E8 | TV-14 | 45 min | Aired: 05.23.05

A woman complaining of abdominal pain finds out that she is in fact pregnant.
How Can This Happen

S2 : E9 | TV-14 | 45 min | Aired: 05.30.05

Neurosurgeon Dr. Smith is under extreme pressure after a young boy punctures his skull with a pitchfork.
Call the Code

S2 : E10 | TV-14 | 45 min | Aired: 06.06.05

A 21-year-old man has suffered internal injuries in a motorcycle accident.
What a Day

S2 : E11 | TV-14 | 45 min | Aired: 06.13.05

A woman comes into the ER with severe abdominal pain and claims there is an alien in her stomach.
Nothing's Working

S2 : E12 | TV-14 | 45 min | Aired: 06.20.05

Another day, another surprise pregnancy. A woman in the ER discusses whether she's ready to be a mother.
We Need Further Tests

S2 : E13 | TV-14 | 45 min | Aired: 06.27.05

It's a busy day in the ER as Dr. Heilbron battles to treat a man whose intestine has come out, among others.
Pressure Is Building

S2 : E14 | TV-14 | 44 min | Aired: 07.04.05

A boy is rushed in after breathing in an unspecified poisonous chemical. Has it permanently damaged his lungs?
Surgery Won't Help

S2 : E15 | TV-14 | 44 min | Aired: 07.11.05

Crisis breaks out in the ER when a depressed man walks in, pulls out a gun and takes a doctor hostage.
Jaws of Life

S3 : E1 | TV-14 | 44 min | Aired: 10.10.05

A car with teen girls crashes into a fence, with a pole shooting through the windshield and into the driver.
A Day at the Beach

S3 : E2 | TV-14 | 44 min | Aired: 10.17.05

A young boy is attacked by a shark and comes close to death as surgeons battle to save his life.
Say Your Prayers

S3 : E3 | TV-14 | 44 min | Aired: 10.04.05

A man is bitten by a deadly rattlesnake but because of religious reasons cannot receive a blood transfusion.
A Life in Their Hands

S3 : E4 | TV-14 | 44 min | Aired: 10.31.05

A young girl comes into the ER and can't move from the waist down.
Code Green in the ER

S3 : E5 | TV-14 | 44 min | Aired: 11.07.05

Doctors perform a chest incision while awaiting surgeons. An iguana is brought in following a car accident.
Exorcism in the ER

S3 : E6 | TV-14 | 44 min | Aired: 11.28.05

A man goes into anaphylactic shock, a tough guy fears needles and a man stabs himself with a ninja sword.
The Golden Hour

S3 : E7 | TV-14 | 44 min | Aired: 12.02.05

A soldier comes into the ER with a stab wound. A woman overdoses on diet pills.
Toilet Paper-Eating Patient

S3 : E8 | TV-14 | 44 min | Aired: 12.12.05

A woman complains of stomach pains after eating toilet paper. An inmate has a 108-degree fever.
Long Live the King

S3 : E9 | TV-14 | 44 min | Aired: 12.19.05

Doctors are baffled when a retired admiral is growing weaker by the day.
Coma Woman Surprise

S3 : E10 | TV-14 | 44 min | Aired: 01.08.06

Doctors must decide whether to put a hole in a teenager's head or wait for more help.
Til Death Do Us Part

S3 : E11 | TV-14 | 44 min | Aired: 01.16.06

A bride on the way to her wedding suffers facial injuries after a car accident.
Mystery of the Traveling Bullet

S3 : E12 | TV-14 | 44 min | Aired: 01.23.06

A patient is brought into the ER after being shot in the thigh.
An ER Miracle

S3 : E13 | TV-14 | 44 min | Aired: 01.30.05

A young boy is taken to the ER after being in a horrific accident.
A Real Pain in the Neck

S3 : E14 | TV-14 | 44 min | Aired: 02.06.06

A man is rushed to the ER with a 16-inch bar protruding from his neck.
From ER to Rushing River

S3 : E15 | TV-14 | 44 min | Aired: 10.24.05

A young boy's feet have been crushed by a train and ER surgeons work desperately to save his life.
Heart in Hand

S5 : E1 | TV-14 | 44 min | Aired: 10.31.10

A doctor opens a nurse's chest and takes her heart in his hand in a desperate effort to save her life.
Life and Limb Too

S5 : E2 | TV-14 | 44 min | Aired: 11.10.10

A pregnant woman's leg pain turns out to be a flesh-eating virus, threatening life and limb.
Ice Cold Mom

S5 : E3 | TV-14 | 44 min | Aired: 11.17.10

A grown man screams incessantly, a young mother is ice cold and a boy denies overdosing on drugs.
Grandma's Back

S5 : E4 | TV-14 | 44 min | Aired: 11.11.10

A college student collapses in the ER, and doctors do hours of CPR, hoping she'll revive.
Short-Circuited Heart

S5 : E5 | TV-14 | 44 min | Aired: 12.01.10

A young nurse collapses in the ER and her co-workers must restart her heart.
Minutes to Live

S5 : E6 | TV-14 | 44 min | Aired: 12.08.10

An unconscious woman is bleeding internally. A man with a 4-day erection needs extraordinary help.
Man with Two Faces

S5 : E7 | TV-14 | 44 min | Aired: 12.15.10

A woman is dragged out of a house fire and has a heart attack in the ER.
Death Breath

S5 : E8 | TV-14 | 44 min | Aired: 12.22.10

An ER nurse brings her delirious husband to the ER, then notices that his breath smells like mothballs.
Pipe in Head

S6 : E1 | TV-14 | 43 min | Aired: 01.07.12

A young man has a 2-inch pipe through his head. A young bride is bleeding uncontrollably.
The Doctor's Wife

S6 : E2 | TV-14 | 43 min | Aired: 01.14.12

A six-year-old boy suffers a life-threatening stroke. A man has a camp stove stuck on his privates.
Rottweiler in the ER

S6 : E3 | TV-14 | 43 min | Aired: 01.21.12

A shooting victim is brought to the hospital. A Rottweiler gets loose in the ER.
Radioactive Rocks

S6 : E4 | TV-14 | 43 min | Aired: 01.28.12

A dialysis patient is bleeding and doctors can't get it to stop. A naked man falls onto a cactus.
Stabbed in the Heart

S6 : E5 | TV-14 | 43 min | Aired: 02.04.12

A stabbing victim's heart has a hole in it, and it must be pumped by hand to keep him alive.
Girlfriend, Wife, Stroke!

S6 : E6 | TV-14 | 43 min | Aired: 02.11.12

A paralyzed stroke patient watches in horror as his wife and his two girlfriends fight over him.
Child Endangerment

S6 : E7 | TV-14 | 43 min | Aired: 02.18.12

Treatment of a young boy's broken leg turns into an investigation that may reveal child abuse.
One Bloody Night

S6 : E8 | TV-14 | 43 min | Aired: 02.25.12

A doctor struggles with the decision to revive an older patient after prolonged CPR.
Bridesmaid Meltdown

S7 : E1 | TV-14 | 43 min | Aired: 10.20.12

A bridesmaid drinks herself into a dangerous coma, a man's eyeball pops out of his head and more.
Crowbar in Head

S7 : E2 | TV-14 | 43 min | Aired: 10.27.12

A man is impaled through the skull with a crowbar, a woman has an internal worm infection and more.
Frat Boy Blues

S7 : E3 | TV-14 | 43 min | Aired: 11.03.12

An entire fraternity is plagued with blue urine, a pregnant woman is bitten by a spider and more.
I Can't Remember

S7 : E4 | TV-14 | 43 min | Aired: 11.10.12

A patient can't remember the past 20 years and her doctor desperately needs to know what she's forgotten.
Delusional Bride

S7 : E5 | TV-14 | 43 min | Aired: 11.17.12

A bride can't go through with her wedding because she feels possessed by creatures crawling in her head.
Deadly Sore Throat

S7 : E6 | TV-14 | 43 min | Aired: 11.24.12

A grown man suddenly begins acting bizarrely like a child, a wheezing woman has a breathing problem and more.
My Head's Exploding

S7 : E7 | TV-14 | 43 min | Aired: 12.01.12

A patient with a headache begins seizing, a wrestler has been vomiting for five days and more.
Diagnose Me

S7 : E8 | TV-14 | 43 min | Aired: 12.08.12

A teen is bleeding internally from an ectopic pregnancy but denies ever having had sex.
Holiday ER

S7 : E9 | TV-14 | 49 min | Aired: 12.15.12

A man dressed as Santa is near death and his wife asks to harvest his semen.

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