Victoria Javadi quotes from The Pitt

Doug Driscoll

Excuse me. Excuse me. I've been here for over five hours, okay, way longer than that chick. Can you check the list? Driscoll? Doug Driscoll.

Javadi

E-everybody is seen as quickly as possible and in order of medical care needed.

Doug Driscoll

Unless they die waiting.

McKay

Would you look at that, Mr. Driscoll? It's actually time to bring you back.

Doug Driscoll

Thank God.

McKay

Would you take care of Mr. Driscoll?

Javadi

Yeah, absolutely.

Javadi

Has Kiara been here yet?

No, who's Kiara?

Javadi

Oh, she's the hospital social worker. She can help you out with, like, housing and childcare - and food and security

[to Dr. McKay] You told her?

McKay

No, I-I...

Javadi

No, no, it's all free. The system works if you use it. You just have to...

McKay

Enough!

I don't need your help. Nice speech. Next time, mind your own business.

McKay

You ever heard of impact over intent?

Javadi

I would never intentionally embarrass anybody.

McKay

But you did. You didn't have a conversation with Sherry or ask her what she needed. Instead, you walked in here and told her what to do. You gotta slow down, take a beat, and listen instead of judging people. Look, maybe I have a better perspective because I've been on both sides, but we gotta try to at least put ourselves in their shoes. Listening and building trust will make us better doctors and better people.

Javadi

Um, I'm sorry.

McKay

I'm not telling you this to reprimand you. I'm trying to teach you to help you.

Collins

OK, you're gonna pretend you're a pirate with your foot on a keg of rum.

Javadi

Are you serious?

Collins

Yep. This is the Captain Morgan technique for hip reduction.

Javadi

Who's Captain Morgan?

Langdon

The guy on the rum bottle?

Collins

I'll stabilize the pelvis.

Langdon

OK, you're gonna step up here.

Javadi

Actually, let me just...sorry.

Langdon

Yeah, and you are gonna put your right leg behind his knee.

Javadi

Like this?

Langdon

Yeah. And you are gonna use your leg as a hinge to put anterior force on his femur.

Robinavitch

Physics.

Collins

Push down on the lower leg with your left hand.

Langdon

You got this. Put your back into it. The hip is a big joint with lots of muscle stabilizing it.

Javadi

Yeah! OK.

Robinavitch

Whoa!

Javadi

Oh, shit... I mean, shoot.

Collins

And that is what a hip reduction feels like.

Doug Driscoll

I know you hear me. You can pretend you don't, but I know you do. This glass might be bulletproof, but it ain't soundproof. Huh? Hello? Can you hear me now? Huh? Hello!

Dana

Whoa. Whoa. Whoa, sir. Sir, what is the issue?

Doug Driscoll

Oh, same issue. I've been here all day, and you people have done nothing to fucking help me.

Javadi

We're still waiting on your second troponin. We can't clear you medically until it comes back. For instance, if it comes back elevated, that could indicate a silent heart attack. And you'd need to be admitted for monitoring in a cardiology consult.

Doug Driscoll

That's all I'm asking for. I'm afraid I've had a silent heart attack. I just want someone who knows something about hearts to tell me what's happening to me. You know, unlike most of these losers, I have insurance, good insurance. And I pay my taxes, which pays for them to not have any insurance.

Dana

Sir, you've got about five seconds to change your whole attitude before security and the police get involved.

Doug Driscoll

Fuck it. I'm leaving.

Langdon

Hey. Hey! You are absolutely free to go. But if you do, you will be leaving AMA, against medical advice. This form states that I have advised you to stay and complete your evaluation, but you are choosing to leave, understanding and accepting all risks of heart attack, stroke, disability, and death.

Doug Driscoll

Sounds like a CYA form in case I drop dead on the curb.

Langdon

That's exactly what it is.

Doug Driscoll

I just want to be treated fairly.

Langdon

I assure you that is our intention. We are not back here playing Go Fish.

Dana

We're doing our best to help some very sick people. You will be seen, OK?

Langdon

Robby's gonna love that patient satisfaction score.

Crazy people.

Javadi

It's like…my parents took me skiing in Utah for Christmas, and from the moment I got off the plane, I could not catch my breath. No matter how hard I tried, the altitude made me feel, like, awkward and uncoordinated. I couldn't concentrate, I couldn't get my bearings. And I'm a very good skier, but I spent the entire vacation just, like, on my butt, dizzy and panting.

Javadi

Mateo is like a human Utah.

Dana

[laughs understandingly] Oh honey! I've worked with a few human Utahs. I wish you many, many Utahs in your life.

McKay

Look, do I think he needed to chill out a little bit? Yes. But he's a parent, and this might be his way of coping with the stress of a very frightening situation.

Javadi

I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me.

McKay

No, I do. You and that baseball kid are two pressure cooker prodigies in a pod. Just as physicians, we gotta learn to keep our emotions in check and not let our personal experiences interfere with our professional responsibilities.

Javadi

How long did it take you to learn that?

McKay

I'm still learning. And I also learned to never get on your bad side.