You Bet Your Life
Carter puts his career in jeopardy when he circumvents channels to arrange surgery for a racetrack gambler. Jeanie reconsiders her plight when she cares for an AIDS victim loathed by her unforgiving husband. Carol's inferiority about being a nurse instead of a doctor causes her to clash with the younger Maggie. Greene learns that Rachel is having problems at school, and must balance his time between Rachel and improving his chance to attain tenure by publishing interesting ER cases.
Summary
Carter goes behind Anspaugh’s back to get a gambler admitted for surgery, earning Anspaugh and Hicks’ wrath and jeopardizing his residency. Carol clashes with Doyle, angered that a 25-year-old intern is able to order her around. Peter illegally obtains Carla’s ultrasound to look for abnormalities. Doug treats an ill teenager who doesn’t want to miss her prom. Greene deals with a patient who feigns symptoms because she likes having surgeries. Jeanie faces her feelings towards Al when she cares for a remorseful AIDS patient who infected her child. Jerry hits on a way to make money from a sperm bank: pass himself off as ‘Dr. Markovic.’
Review
Carol clashes with Doyle, mostly because Doyle’s a doctor, and Carol feels she could have been, except she’s not that talented. That said, Doyle can’t give a patient a blood gas and Carol can. Finally, the two conflict over an older man in renal failure, with Carol wanting a central line and Doyle wanting to get his heart going. Doug agrees with Doyle, much to Carol’s disgust.
Quotes
EMT: Old guy was playing cards with his pals when he keeled over.
Maggie: Must’ve gotten a bad hand.
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