[voiceover] Biology says that we are who we are from birth. That our DNA is set in stone. Unchangeable. Our DNA doesn't account for all of us though. We're human. Life changes us. We develop new trades. Become less territorial. We stop competing. We learn from our mistakes. We face our greatest fears. For better or worse. We find ways to become more than our biology. The risk, of course is that we can change to much, to the point we don't recognize ourselves. Finding a way back can be difficult. There is no compass, no map. We just have to close our eyes, take a step and hope to God we'll get there.
S7 E4Can't Fight Biology
S7 E5Almost Grown
[voiceover] They train doctors slowly. They watch us practice on frogs, and pigs, and dead people, and then live people. They drill us relentlessly. They raise us like children. And eventually, they take a cold, hard boot, and they kick us out of the nest.
I like the dark blue scrubs on you. You look good. You okay?
My patient deserves a doctor.
You don't have to cut, nobody's asked you to...
I know what's being asked of me and I'm doing it.
Did you just stop that bleeder?
Uh-huh.
How did you even know to do that?
Okay. Sorry I'm late.
That's okay. Lexie made a good call. I've got it under control.
What do we got?
Let me finish, Derek. I got this.
Yes, you do.
I'm gonna find a cure for Alzheimer's.
The cure for Alzheimer's... With $1 million?
With $1 million. It's a start.
You're talking about a clinical trial. A clinical-surgical trial?
Yes.
Start-up costs alone, never mind the FDA, Derek, it's...
Today I watched Meredith perform an emergency craniotomy by herself. She was perfect. She's got her mother's talent. She's got her mother's looks, Richard. What if she has her mother's disease? Ellis was young when it started. Every time Meredith forgets her keys or asks what day of the week it is, I... When that $1 million runs out, investors are gonna throw money my way for the same reason I am gonna throw everything I got at this trial - because their dad has it or their wife. Breakthroughs don't happen because of the medicine. Real breakthroughs happen because someone is scared to death to stop trying.
[voiceover] We all want to grow up. We're desperate to get there, to grab all the opportunities we can... to live. We're so busy trying to get out of that nest... We don't think about the fact that it's going to be cold out there... really freakin' cold. Because growing up sometimes means leaving people behind. And by the time we stand on our own two feet... we're standing there alone.
S7 E6These Arms Of Mine
Doctor Yang and my wife sometimes have sleepovers, in my bed, with me in it.
Being a hero has its price.
S7 E7That's Me Trying
[voiceover] Question: When was the last time a complete stranger took off her clothes in front of you, pointed to a big purple splotch on her back, and asked, "What the hell is this thing?" If you're a normal person, the answer is hopefully "never". If you're a doctor, the answer is probably about five minutes ago. People expect doctors to have all of the answers. The truth is we love to think that we have all of the answers too. Basically doctors are know-it-alls until something comes along that reminds us we're not.
[running a simulation] Sir! You said the helicopter was gonna be here hours ago, And it's not here, and I'm not complaining, but where is it?
Well, the rain's still pretty bad. Probably got caught in a hail storm.
[Intern Steve approaches with index card update on "patient's" condition]
No! No! I know what that card is gonna say. It's gonna say he has cardiac tamponade with associated hypotension and bradycardia, but he can't, 'cause I already did a pericardiocentesis and bolused with IV fluids.
SSteve
She's right. What do I do? Do I ...
Karev! Grab his feet. [Karev goes to grab Steve's feet] The patient! Come on!
Hey, hey, hey. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
This is awesome! [helping to load dummy onto ambulance]
Whoa, whoa, whoa. What do you think you're doing? This ambulance is not in play.
Oh, you're just making stuff up, which I can do too! And I say it is in play. Can't fit nine patients on an ambulance, but two will fit just fine. Seven of my patients may have died today, but these two won't! 'Cause I'm gonna get them on this ambulance, and I'm gonna take 'em to that hospital right there!
Alright!
Kepner, this ambulance was involved in the accident and no longer runs.
There are keys in the ignition, so let's see. Looks like I got triple-A. Ha! Apparently they could get here when the helicopter couldn't. Now MOVE! Or I will run you down!
[to Alex] Go. Let's go. [They run to hospital entrance. Ambulance pulls up]
John Doe, multiple chest and extremity trauma. Still hypotensive despite two large-bore IVs started in the field.
All right, Kepner. That's enough.
We need a full workup and likely a thoracotomy. [walks into hospital carrying dummy over her shoulder] I suspect active bleeding in the chest.
Will you tell us we won, or she's never gonna stop.
It's not a contest.
Karev! Call the OR and make sure that there's a room available.
Will do.
All right, all right, fine. Blue team wins.
Blue team wins?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you win. He's gonna live for 40 more years and have 15 grandkids. You happy?
[drops dummy] Blue team wins!
Yes.
[hugs Alex] Yeah!
Callie Okay. Fine. I don't want to go to Africa. But I do wanna be with you. Okay? So, I'm really trying here. We're going miss our plane, let's go. Oh my god! Okay, you wanna fight? The flight is eighteen hours, we can fight on the plane.
Arizona You are ruining this for me. And I don't wanna do this.
What? What does that mean? What, you suddenly don't wanna go or?
I don't wanna go to Africa with you.
Arizona. No, okay? No.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
You're sorry, you're sorry? It's three years.
I'm gonna miss my plane. You take care of yourself.
No. No! Please. Please I can - we can do this, we can figure this out.
You stay here and be happy. And I'll go there and be happy.
If you get on that plane, if you go without me, we are done. Do you hear me? We are over.
We are standing in the middle of an airport, screaming at each other. We're already over.
[voiceover] We're all looking for answers in medicine, in life, in everything. Sometimes the answers we're looking for have been hiding just below the surface. Other times we find answers when we didn't even realize we were asking the question. Sometimes the answers can catch us completely by surprise. And sometimes, even when we find the answer we've been looking for, we're still left with a whole hell of a lot of questions.
S7 E8Something's Gotta Give
[voiceover] The human body is a highly pressurized system, the blood pressure measures the force of blood pulsating through the arteries. It's important to keep this pressure regulated, low or inadequate pressure can cause weakness or failure. It's when the pressure gets too high that problems really occur. If the pressure continues to increase, a closer examination is called for because it's the best indicator that something is going terribly wrong.
Why do we so many post-op fistulas after pancreas surgeries? I mean, your operation is flawless. It doesn't matter. We still see fistulas in what? 20 percent of patients? I- I think there's a way to bring that number down. I just gotta find it.
Miranda...
I needed a win, sir. I've got a string of big losses and I could use a win, that's all. Yang... Yang was the one I didn't have to worry about.
I know. I know. Look into the pancreatectmy patients, figure it out and then let me know how I can help.
Uh, can I use Avery? He actually gave me the idea. He was great today.
That's good to know. You know, Alex Karev saved a baby's life with a ping pong ball?
A ping pong ball?
Yes, he did.
Hmm. Alex Karev.
[voiceover] Every pressurized system needs a relief valve, there has to be a way to reduce the stress, the tension before it becomes too much to bear. There has to be a way to find relief because if the pressure doesn't find a way out it'll make one. It will explode. It's the pressure we put on ourselves that's the hardest to bear. The pressure to be better than we are. The pressure to be better than we think we can be. It never ever ever lets up. It just builds and builds and builds.
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