I'm going to cut here from the base of the neck to the rib cage. I want you to hit the bleeders.
I still don't think we should be doing this.
[Derek cuts into the patient's back.]
This guy has a spinal hematoma.
We don't know that.
Which left untreated are almost always fatal.
You're cutting blind. Whatever happened to being practical?
I need to see more here. Retractor. [uses retractor to expose the spinal column]
Wow. The spine.
There's no wow in "practical".
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