Untold Stories of the ER · S4 · E5
Life and Limb
Seven‑year‑old boy who was struck by a truck and suffered a traumatic amputation of his left arm A patient with a dangerous rash A 16‑year‑old football player who suddenly could not walk
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Seven‑year‑old boy who was struck by a truck and suffered a traumatic amputation of his left arm A patient with a dangerous rash A 16‑year‑old football player who suddenly could not walk
Season 4

1Shot Through the Heart
45 minJun 28, 2006
A jewelry shop owner undergoes open-heart surgery after being shot during a robbery.

2Sudden Killers
45 minJul 5, 2006
A Woman is attacked by mountain lion. A difficult lady has abdominal problems. A child with large thorns and splinters all over her body

3Hidden Dangers
45 minJul 12, 2006
A man comes into the ER coughing up blood A patient complains of having bugs in her scalp A 15-year-old hit in the head with a baseball appears to have a concussion, but a CT scan reveals massive brain bleeding, and he suffers kidney failure. A patient has lost a finger in a snow blower.

4Deadly Diagnosis
45 minJul 19, 2006
An 11-year-old girl has streptococcal pneumonia, which has a high fatality rate.
5Life and Limb
45 minJul 26, 2006Now viewing
Seven‑year‑old boy who was struck by a truck and suffered a traumatic amputation of his left arm A patient with a dangerous rash A 16‑year‑old football player who suddenly could not walk

6Code Black
45 minAug 2, 2006
The force of a tornado drove a fence picket through Julie's neck. Father‑son surgeons working together in the ER, each dealing with a separate trauma while managing a short staff. A child admitted with symptoms resembling scurvy, prompting a diagnostic and treatment challenge.

7Liver Die
45 minSep 27, 2006
A teenager rushes to the ER after a football game. A woman admitted after eight days of persistent hiccups — an unusual and potentially serious condition. An ER “frequent flyer” who becomes combative after doctors suspect she is trying to deceive staff into giving her painkillers.
8Elements of Danger
45 minOct 4, 2006
A skier hits a tree at 50 mph. Spear-fishing accident – A spear-fisher catches a fish but accidentally skewers a friend’s leg, creating a medical emergency. Child choking – A young child is admitted to the ER after choking on a foreign object.

9Crushed
45 minOct 11, 2006
A stack of drywall collapses on a young boy. An inmate is admitted after she has swallowed three toothbrushes. A Greek woman is admitted with abdominal pains, complaining about the female doctor, not realizing that she understands Greek.

10Deadly Impact
45 minOct 18, 2006
A six-year-old girl is Rushed to the ER with intermittent Seizures. A driver falls asleep at the wheel, suffering a traumatic amputation A woman with psychiatric problems fakes fainting

11Under Siege
45 minNov 1, 2006
A crazed gunman storms a large metropolitan hospital and opens fire in the ER. A handyman who fell of a ladder makes a concrete cast for his broken ankle. A child is hit in the head with a golf ball.

12Family Tragedy
45 minNov 8, 2006
A car accident ejects a young boy from a vehicle. A 56-year-old man breaks his leg walking his daughter down the aisle at her wedding Officers bring in a man stabbed at a nearby bus stop.

13Officer Down
45 minNov 15, 2006
A team of doctors tries to save a patrol officer's life.

14Too Close to Home
45 minNov 29, 2006
A rattlesnake bites the 2-year-old son of a snakebite expert. A golf course injury — A scuffle between two men, Alex Mulligen and his cousin Jamie, in Palm Springs ends with Jamie driving a golf club through Alex’s ear and out the top of his head. severe fall — A young man sustains a badly broken leg after jumping from a second‑story window, with his girlfriend’s father arriving close behind

15Hooked Alive
45 minDec 13, 2006
A 4lb steel hook impales the skull of construction worker. A man keeps passing out for no apparent reason after bowel movements

16Director Down
45 minDec 20, 2006
A ruptured brain aneurysm threatens to kill the ER's medical director. A patient with a bug lodged in her ear. A frat boy experiencing seizures.

17A Shot in the Dark
45 minDec 27, 2006
A mugging victim arrives with two bullet wounds to the brain. A bodybuilder with a large boil needing lancing. A man with maggots in his foot. A double shooting in a parking lot after a church service

18Baby Blues
45 minNov 8, 2006
Follow the case of a boy with an oxygen deficiency and bizarre brown blood. A young mother preparing for gall bladder surgery is shocked when she learns her son is critically ill A disoriented minister is found wandering a shipyard, making bizarre statements about wanting to buy an aircraft carrier A man suffers a severe hand injury after getting it caught in a meat grinder
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