Untold Stories of the E.R.

A behind-the-scenes look at activity in a hospital emergency room; first-person accounts and re-enactments.
Grave Diagnosis
S13 E1

A teenage girl is impaled through the neck on an iron fence; a patient is convinced he's turning into a vampire; a first-year attending physician stands up to a room full of senior specialists to save the life of a critically ill pregnant woman.

Skin Deep
S13 E5

A man passes out from abdominal pain; a woman helps solve the mystery of her estranged father's deadly symptoms; a group of delirious Civil War re-enactment soldiers arrives in the ER.

Blackout, Bleedout
S13 E6

A wrist fracture turns into a medical mystery; two fishermen get stuck on the same lure; a cheerleader with a sprained finger nearly dies of an unexpected cause; a power outage foils the ER team's effort to get a dying patient to the O.R.

Shark!
S12 E2

A patient gets brought in with a live shark clamped onto his thigh, and he wants to save the shark; complications arise for a woman with a life-threatening condition; a mysterious condition causes a man to pass out.

Wipeout!
S12 E3

A surfer is impaled between the legs; a football player's severe leg pain leads to an unexpected diagnosis; a woman is given a clot-busting drug to cure her stroke, but she has another condition that could cause that same drug to kill her.

Can't Stop Itching
S12 E4

A man's itchy rash turns out to be more than just poison oak; a young woman bleeds profusely from the inside of her lip, but there is no obvious cause; a family of three is admitted as car accident victims, but the doctor makes a shocking discovery.

Hooked
S12 E5

A fishing lure embedded in a man's face turns out to be the least of his problems; a pair of unconscious teenagers get brought to the ER, where dramatic family secrets come out; an ER technician collapses and refuses traditional medical treatment.

Blackout
S12 E6

Police officers bring in a criminal that is comatose; a man found passed out in the snow with no jacket or shoes arrives in the ER and a doctor is faced with a family emergency on her day-off.

Temperature Rising
S12 E7

An urgent care physician must think outside the box to care for two emergencies at once; a woman with abdominal pain receives an unexpected diagnosis; a yoga instructor has a dangerously high temperature for no obvious reason.

Bit By a Boa
S12 E8

A boa constrictor has wrapped around a man's arm and won't let go; a young woman has a severe laceration, but doctors begin to suspect there may be more to her case than the injury; a young man goes into anaphylactic shock after a dinner out.

ER Runaround
S12 E9

A patient appears to be hallucinating and sends ER staff on a wild goose chase; a new nurse makes a shocking mistake; doctors try to help a former EMT who was found lethargic and slurring his words.

Raining Cats & Dogs
S12 E10

A patient's pet causes pandemonium; a man experiences paralysis that climbs up his legs to his chest until he can no longer breathe; a war veteran suffers from phantom pain in his amputated hand.

Couch Creature
S11 E1

A woman believes her neighbors want to kill her; a man is near death after an arrow pierces his chest; two women with swollen abdomens refuse to explain the cause of their pain.

Old School Medicine
S11 E2

A man with a slashed wrist has a startling secret; a woman gives birth unexpectedly, shocking the ER staff; a surgeon requires urgent treatment after falling off a bed while trying to help his patient.

Heeled!
S11 E4

A man is impaled in his abdomen by a stiletto heel; a seemingly healthy outdoorsman has a series of seizures that baffle his doctors; two patients make their doctor suspicious when they both complain about identical headaches that started during sex.

Doctor's Dilemma
S11 E5

A young pregnant woman in labor begs the ER doctor to keep her pregnancy a secret from her father; twins share confusing symptoms; a man with no pulse or blood pressure is still alive and breathing.

Sleepover Nightmare
S11 E6

A young boy at a sleepover party mysteriously loses control over his arms and legs; a woman is shot in the leg at her own bachelorette party; bubbles in a woman's arteries are causing a stroke.

Learning Pains
S11 E7

A patient suddenly starts seizing; an ER physician is at a restaurant when she is thrown into an emergency situation to save a child; a pregnant woman's heart is racing.

Hockey Player Down
S11 E8

A young girl is mysteriously paralyzed from the waist down; a young man complains of a splitting headache; a bride-to-be has appendicitis on her wedding day.

Dr. Robot
S11 E9

Doctors use a robot to treat a seizing 7-year-old boy; a chef's tongue is swelling; a woman who crashed her car insists her injured dog be treated first.

Hiccup Circus
S11 E10

A circus sword-swallower suffers from a persistent case of hiccups; a mother and daughter mysteriously collapse in the ER; a woman loses control of her legs at her daughter's graduation.

Oh, Deer!
S10 E1

A student's head is impaled by a trophy deer's antlers; a semi-conscious car crash victim; a woman with an allergic reaction.

Zombie Uprising
S10 E2

A Halloween zombie with a problem below the belt mystifies doctors; two unconscious men are involved in an accident, a doctor makes a mistake that amazingly explains a patient's condition.

Size Matters
S10 E3

A woman risks losing her finger after trying on an ill-fitting engagement ring; a body builder can't breathe and doctors are shocked to discover why; a gunshot victim.

Shocking!
S10 E4

A pianist's finger goes missing after getting accidentally sawed off; a man's pacemaker threatens to kill him; a man behaves bizarrely.

Medieval Mayhem
S10 E5

A man injured in a medieval role playing battle has a sword impaled in his head; a critically ill patient is so afraid of germs he won't allow doctors to treat him; two patients with the same life-threatening symptoms.

Face Off
S10 E6

A woman's face-lift goes terribly wrong; a hospital chaplain's sudden personality change; a pregnant woman's life-threatening symptoms need urgent treatment.

Beyond Recognition
S10 E7

A man's face and body suddenly double in size; a young woman is burning up from the inside out after a day at the beach; a grumpy old man nearly dies before revealing an emotional secret.

I'm So Dead
S10 E9

A woman stops eating because she believes she is dead; a runner goes blind in one eye during a marathon; an ER tech's stroke-like symptoms.

Perfect Storm
S10 E10

A pregnant woman is shot in the abdomen; a doctor is the victim of a car burglary; a storm is preventing a patient's life-saving surgery.

Back From the Dead
S10 E11

A pregnant woman's leg pain turns out to be flesh-eating virus, threatening life and limb; a Desert Storm war veteran swallows razor blades on a dare; a bride-to-be spends her wedding day in the ER after collapsing at the altar.

Nurse in Charge
S10 E15

From extraordinary challenges to outrageous predicaments, nurses tell true medical stories from their unique perspectives.

Turtle Trouble
S9 E1

An alligator snapping turtle is clamped to a man's neck; an impending hurricane; impaled by a chainsaw.

Skewered Skydivers
S9 E2

Two skydivers are impaled by a fence post; multiple patrons stop breathing; a bride's finger gets stuck in a make-up jar.

Dr. Epi
S9 E3

A party attendee becomes paralyzed; a boy crushed by an ATV; a girl injects herself with epinephrine accidentally.

I Hate Doctors
S9 E4

A hospital worker feels like she is dying; a physician's young son is her patient; wild mushroom picking.

Shredded!
S9 E5

A man's mysterious injury; a patient says they've been shot in the head; a woman is brain dead.

Why Am I Blue?
S9 E6

Featuring a man with blue skin; abdominal pains for a girl; the only survivor of a plane crash.

Drama Mama
S9 E7

A teenager's bulging tummy and stomach pains; a man's own attempted murder; a college coed stops breathing mysteriously.

Clueless!
S9 E8

A man thinks he's constipated; a young woman in cardiac arrest; a patient's family is clueless.

Don't Touch That!
S9 E9

A student has difficulty breathing; a man impaled by a shovel; a police officer has a heart attack.

Dr. Bikini
S9 E10

A man injured by a boat propeller; a deadly chain of events; the ER comes to a standstill.

Don't Push It!
S9 E11

Two gunshot victims; a jogger goes into a coma; the ER staff becomes detectives.

Plastered!
S9 E12

A college student's face covered in a plaster mask; a stroke patient's heart keeps stopping and restarting without intervention.

Over-Juiced
S9 E14

A elder playboy has a minor injury that turns deadly; a health fanatic's juice diet leaves him in a comatose state; while juggling multiple critical patients, doctors nearly misdiagnose one who has suddenly deteriorated.

Cop-Shocker
S9 E15

A patient gets drunk to save his life; a patient is stiff after a fall; a patient tasered by the police; a boy impaled by a bottle rocket in the neck.

Out of Control
S9 E16

A golfer's life-saving surgery; three nearly naked adults in the ER; a patient accidentally shot by his brother.

Drunk & Drunker
S9 E17

Bizarre fishing injuries; deadly abdominal pains; teenage victims of a car crash.

Twist & Shout
S9 E18

A newlywed's hand gets stuck in a kitchen appliance; a student with an injury down under; a heavy drinker has complications.

Worst Day Ever
S9 E20

A first hand look at individuals who didn't expect to become human shish kabobs.

Party Fails
S9 E22

A night on the town quickly turns into a fiasco in the ER.

Cows & Stilettos
S8 E1

A man crashes his car into a cow ending up covered in manure; a stiletto heel jammed into a woman's cheek; a patient dying of a broken heart.

Escaping Diagnosis
S8 E2

A disoriented woman in a bunny costume; a severed thumb; a man paralyzed from the waist down.

Headaches & Zombies
S8 E9

A violent patient that can't be sedated; an unexplained headache; a fencepost through a man's torso.

Twists & Turns
S8 E10

A convicted murder with paralysis; a father stabbed in the heart; a college cheerleader in cardiac arrest.

Dumpster Smash
S8 E11

A man smashed by a dumpster; an elderly nun and a drunken prostitute in the ER: a deadly rare virus.

Deep Trouble
S8 E12

A physician diagnoses his own illness; an ER doctor is threatened.

Creepy Crawlies
S8 E13

A woman bitten in the face by a dog; an ER doctors overcomes his fears; cardiac arrest.

Frozen
S8 E14

A young man is frozen; a man gets deathly ill; a heart attack patient.

Hit by a Train
S8 E15

A mountain biker has multiple injuries; a man's legs are severed; a drunken bachelor.

Minutes to Live
S5 E5

A woman is bleeding internally; doctors must convince a surgeon to take a case; a woman with a knife in her chest.

Death Breath
S5 E7

An ER nurse discovers her delirious husband's breath smells like mothballs; a young mother goes into convulsions; identical doctors in the ER.

Sudden Killers
S4 E1

A mountain lion attacks a young woman.

Shot Through the Heart
S4 E2

A jewelry shop owner undergoes open-heart surgery after being shot during a robbery.

Hidden Dangers
S4 E3

Dr. Keller thinks a boy struck by a baseball bat has a concussion, but a CT scan reveals massive brain bleeding, and he suffers kidney failure.

Deadly Diagnosis
S4 E4

An 11-year-old girl has streptococcal pneumonia, which has a high fatality rate.

Liver Die
S4 E7

A teenager rushes to the ER after a football game.

Elements of Danger
S4 E8

A skier hits a tree at 50 mph.

Under Siege
S4 E11

A crazed gunman storms a large metropolitan hospital and opens fire in the ER.

Family Tragedy
S4 E13

A car accident ejects a young boy from a vehicle.

Too Close to Home
S4 E15

A rattlesnake bites the 2-year-old son of a snakebite expert.

A Shot in the Dark
S4 E17

A surgical resident puts her training to the test when a mugging survivor arrives with two bullet wounds.

Jaws of Life
S3 E1

A car accident leaves a pole impaled through one teenager's chest and through another girl's thigh.

A Day at the Beach
S3 E2

Treating a boy attacked by a shark; a woman needs something removed from her ear.

Say Your Prayers
S3 E3

Doctors race to save a man bitten by a rattlesnake.

A Life in Their Hands
S3 E4

A young girl paralyzed from the waist down arrives at the emergency room.

Code Green in the ER
S3 E5

Doctors perform a chest incision while awaiting surgeons; an iguana is brought in following a car accident.

Exorcism in the E.R.
S3 E6

A man goes into anaphylactic shock; a tough guy fears needles; a man stabs himself with a ninja sword; a patient believes she needs an exorcism.

The Golden Hour
S3 E7

A soldier has a stab wound; a young man bleeds from the ears; diet pill overdose.

Toilet Paper Eating Patient
S3 E8

A woman complains of stomach pains after eating toilet paper; an inmate has a 108-degree fever.

Long Live the King
S3 E9

The king of the Gypsies; doctors search for the cause of a patient's weakness.

Coma Woman Surprise
S3 E10

A small community ER must handle three survivors of a plane crash.

'Til Death Do Us Part
S3 E11

A car crash injures a bride on the way to her wedding; a prisoner arrives in the ER.

Mystery of the Traveling Bullet
S3 E12

A cowboy shows the staff how to treat patients; a patient with a gunshot wound in the thigh complains of chest pains.

An ER Miracle
S3 E13

An accident severs a boy's head; a patient complains of chest pains.

A Real Pain in the Neck
S3 E14

A patient with multiple personality disorder; a man with a neck injury.

No Time to Think
S2 E1

Dr. Bush must figure out what type of anti-venin to use on his patient.

Red Blanket
S2 E2

A patient is passing out for no apparent reason.

A Scary Feeling
S2 E3

A budding artist accidentally cuts his hand off at work.

A Day From Hell
S2 E4

When a 6-year-old's illness has no discernible cause, the doctor begins to suspect his mother is poisoning him.

Prepare for the Worst
S2 E5

Two gang members threaten to kill Dr. Carroll while he tries to save three men with gunshot wounds; reattaching fingers; car burglar.

No Down Time
S2 E6

An unconscious patient suddenly awakes; a family with a mysterious condition; a man with a knife wound refuses help.

We Need a Miracle
S2 E7

Ten critically injured teens; a victim has a tree branch in his neck.

I Need Some Help Here
S2 E8

A pregnant accident-victim; an ax lodged in a patient's head.

How Can This Happen?
S2 E9

A 6-year-old boy punctures his skull with a pitchfork; a racist woman refuses treatment from a black doctor.

Call the Code
S2 E10

A man, 21, suffers massive internal injuries in a motorcycle accident; four trauma patients hurt in a car crash are treated.

Nothing's Working
S2 E12

A man stabilizes his wife's condition; a homeless woman goes into labor.

We Need Further Tests
S2 E13

Small intestines bursting; gun shot wound to the chest; a car crashes into the hospital.

Pressure Is Building
S2 E14

A 3-month-old baby loses consciousness for no apparent reason; a patient complaining of stomach cramps is pregnant.

Surgery Won't Help
S2 E15

A man appears to have a minor laceration to his upper eyelid.

The Big Save
S1 E2

Dr. Greg Bush, an emergency room rookie, is about to be initiated into the operating room.

We Have a Heartbeat
S1 E3

A trauma surgeon must squeeze a woman's heart in order for it to pump blood; an emergency room veteran is surprised by a patient.