Dr. Connor Rhodes quotes from Chicago Med

Dr. Connor Rhodes

Is every day like this?

Sharon Goodwin

Some days, we're busy.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

[observes Sarah Reese putting a central line into a dummy] I can't tell you how many times I missed before I finally got it.

Sarah Reese

I know how to do it. I just couldn't do it in there.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

It takes practice, that's all.

Sarah Reese

I'm fine with him. I never miss.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

Yeah, he's the ideal patient. You can't hurt him, and his life's not hanging in the balance.

Sarah Reese

If this rotation weren't a requirement, I wouldn't be here.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

Where would you be?

Sarah Reese

I'm a lab person.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

Pathology?

Sarah Reese

Maybe.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

Every med student, once they start dealing with patients, thinks they'd do better in Pathology. I did.

Your father, is he as big a tube steak as he seems?

Dr. Connor Rhodes

That he is.

You leave him out there, Rhodes. Don't bring him in here.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

Look, I wish I had more to tell you. Russell's on his way to CAT scan right now, so we can figure out what's injured. We think that it has something to do with the subclavian artery.

English?

Dr. Connor Rhodes

The one that supplies blood to the arm. He's gonna need an operation. We have to remove the glass and...

You haven't removed the glass?

Dr. Connor Rhodes

It's actually keeping him from bleeding to death. We are trying to get good imaging so that when we operate, we're not going in blind.

So get it.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

Is this how it's gonna be?

What did you expect?

Dr. Connor Rhodes

I had to leave, okay? The way things were with dad, there was no...

Right, you left him, Connor, but you left me, too. Just go take care of Russell.

Dr. Daniel Charles

That's your dad?

Dr. Connor Rhodes

Yep.

Dr. Daniel Charles

Fathers like that keep me in business, baby.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

Is it true? Lucy Simms' liver is on its way back to the hospital?

Sharon Goodwin

The intended recipient died in pre-op.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

Peter is an HLA match. It can go to him.

Sharon Goodwin

Yeah, there are names ahead of him on the list.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

None of them are in this hospital. It has already been three hours; livers are viable for less than twelve. By the time the list gets sorted out, the... the patient prepped, organ shipped, it may be too late. Lucy's husband can direct donate to whomever he chooses. Ask him to give it to Peter.

Sharon Goodwin

You're talking about the man responsible for his wife's death.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

And he has done a horribly stupid thing, I know, but he's a kid. Peter deserves a chance to turn his life around.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

You look a little lost.

Sarah Reese

I'm not sure what's going on with my patient. Her labs are inconsistent with how she presents.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

Whenever I get confused, I always go back to the history and the physical. It's the best place to find answers.

Dr. David Downey

Mr. Mosconi's gas exchange is good. We'll rest him overnight, hopefully extubate him in the morning.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

I thought maybe you'd be at home resting after that episode in the OR.

Dr. David Downey

Episode?

Dr. Connor Rhodes

You didn't need me to take over.

Dr. David Downey

I've usually found, Dr. Rhodes, that when given responsibility, people rise to the occasion. I know the last few weeks have been... challenging, and I'd be lying if I said the months to come will be any easier. I have an impossible amount to teach you in a diminishing amount of time. You don't have to show me how smart you are, and you don't have to please me. Just learn.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

Ms. Charles, what brings you to the ED today? Yellow fever? Plague?

Eh, just a plain old cough. Things have not been the same since the swine flu died down.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

Well, don't worry. There'll be another epidemic one day.

Eh, it's what I keep telling myself. You know, gotta stay positive.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

I never figured you for an optimist.

Are you kidding me? I still root for the White Sox.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

Wow.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

So this was your idea?

Sharon Goodwin

Dr. Choi volunteers at the zoo.

Dr. Ethan Choi

Normally we wouldn't bring an animal in here, but we couldn't diagnose without a CT.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

Well, that's fine, but I'm not a veterinarian.

Dr. Ethan Choi

She needs a cardiothoracic surgeon.

Sharon Goodwin

You've done this procedure many times.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

Oh, yeah, I have. On human beings.

Dr. Ethan Choi

Same plumbing, just bigger. Crack her chest and plug the hole.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

Are we sure that we're all comfortable spending our time and the hospital's resources to save an animal?

Sharon Goodwin

Dr. Rhodes, zoos rent pandas from the Chinese government for a million dollars a year. Why? Because people love pandas. So if we save this one, it's a public relations coup for this hospital. One which will lead to much needed donations to save human lives. And... and there's an issue beyond that. I've learned that there are less than 2,000 pandas left in the world.

Dr. Ethan Choi

Connor, we should do whatever we can to keep her alive.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

So, you volunteer at the zoo, huh?

Dr. Ethan Choi

Yeah.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

How come?

Dr. Ethan Choi

You'll laugh.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

Just try me.

Dr. Ethan Choi

[sighs] All right. A few hours ago I lost a kid who was shot. Another one. So much of my work...stabbings, shootings...i's dark, man. Worst of human nature. But animals...not to say they don't kill each other, but they don't do it out of malice. They're innocent. They're light.

Dr. Isidore Latham

I have recently been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. Asperger's.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

[slightly confused] Okay.

Dr. Isidore Latham

I'm not revealing this to elicit sympathy from you, or as a means to justify my behavior. I simply feel it might be beneficial for you to know.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

I think it might be.

Dr. Isidore Latham

I am unable to discern whether you're being sarcastic or not. That's part of the disorder. It also makes it difficult for me to improvise from my set routine. I confess, I... I'm uneasy about the surgery we are about to perform. Can I rely on you to help me through it?

Dr. Connor Rhodes

What happened?

I-I-I don't know. She was alert and talking a few minutes ago.

Dr. Jeff Clarke

No pulse.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

All right, Clarke, intubator. April, miligram of epi.

April Sexton

On it.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

Wheeler, get on her chest now. She's hemorrhaging.

Dr. Jeff Clarke

Abruption from the trauma?

Dr. Connor Rhodes

That might explain just a vaginal bleed, but not this. She's bleeding around her IV.

April Sexton

Dr. Rhodes.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

All right, likely an amniotic fluid embolism. Impact from the accident forced amniotic fluid into her bloodstream, disrupted her clotting factors. Trigger the MTP. We need to get this baby out now.

April Sexton

Page OB?

Dr. Connor Rhodes

No, there's no time. We've got about four minutes to deliver or we're gonna lose her and the baby.

Sharon Goodwin

Because of emergency surgeries, and a pregnant mother's serious bleeding disorder, we have used almost all of our O-negative. We can either treat Benjamin or Josh, but not both.

Dr. Will Halstead

Benjamin needs an angio emolization more urgently than Josh needs surgery.

Dr. Natalie Manning

How can you say that? Josh isn't compensating for his blood loss as well. He's in worse shape.

Dr. Will Halstead

I understand you're trying to protect your patient, but you're being emotional.

Dr. Natalie Manning

[insulted] Emotional? And what are you being?

Sharon Goodwin

Our recommendation needs to be based solely on clinical criteria. So I'm handing it over to the triage team.

Dr. Isidore Latham

Dr. Rhodes, your opinion?

Dr. Connor Rhodes

I have to agree with Dr. Halstead that Benjamin needs angio embolization more urgently than Josh needs surgery.

Dr. Isidore Latham

Not the issue. We're here to decide who has the best chance of survival, so...

Dr. Connor Rhodes

Unfortunately, even if Benjamin gets the embolization, there's only a 15% chance that the bleeding in his pelvis will stop.

Dr. Isidore Latham

Exactly. Whereas with Dr. Manning's patient, as the pressure in his thighs builds, the bleeding will eventually slow. Worst case, Josh loses a leg, but there is no question he has the best chance of survival.