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The Pitt · Season 1, Episode 7

“1:00 P.M.” quotes from The Pitt

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“1:00 P.M.” · Season 1, Episode 7

In this episode: Dr. Frank Langdon (3), Terrance (3), Dr. Heather Collins (2), King (2), Robby Robinavitch (1), Gloria (1)

Patients come in already in distress, and waiting only makes it worse.

Wait time has nothing to do with this.

Which is why we're seeing hospital workers like Dr. Collins get assaulted.

Assaulted?

It was a little push.

Which we're gonna take seriously. We risk our lives coming to work here every day. What if that mother had brought a weapon?

We have metal detectors.

This is what happens when you keep all the hospital admissions stuck down here instead of properly staffing upstairs. I've got four patients waiting on ICU that have been here since before I got here, and it's already 1:00.

I can see that you're...

We've got four more waiting on psych. One of them's been here for a fucking week. So please, for the love of God, hire more nurses.

I'll come back later.

That's not gonna help anything.

I everted my ankle playing table tennis.

Everted?

Yes.

You mind if I take a look?

Are you an orthopedic surgeon?

No. I am an emergency medicine specialist.

Could I talk to an orthopedic surgeon? I'd prefer an expert in that area.

Well, I'm pretty good at ankle sprains.

How do you know it's a sprain?

Well, I'd have to examine you first, but...

Could it be a Jones fracture or a dancer's fracture?

Could be. Again, I'd have to look. Why don't I examine you, and that'll tell me.

Shouldn't you take a complete history on the present illness first?

It sounds like you're more interested in asking the questions, so...

You didn't ask me if I felt a pop or a snap. You didn't ask about previous injuries. You didn't ask about weight bearing.

Why don't I get you some fresh ice?

KWKristi Wheeler

Where is she?

She's OK. She just needs a minute.

KWKristi Wheeler

I have given her enough time. She can process this on the car ride home.

Can we talk for a moment? Please.

KWKristi Wheeler

I know you're trying to help, but this is really between me and my daughter. So if you could just bring her out, we will be on our way.

She's really upset.

KWKristi Wheeler

She'll get over it.

Weren't you about the same age when you got pregnant with her?

KWKristi Wheeler

Yes.

So, you know how hard it can be.

KWKristi Wheeler

It was very hard at the time. But she turned out to be the best thing that has ever happened to me.

And I hope she feels the same way when she's ready. But right now, she's not. For her, the world is ending. If you push her away, she might never come back.

[turns off the lights and draws the curtain] The, uh, ER can be very noisy.

I agree.

So, I heard that you might have sprained your ankle playing table tennis?

I everted it.

Yeah? What is your biggest concern today, Terrence? What worries you the most about the pain in your ankle?

What worries me? Do you mean right now in this moment?

Right now.

I'm worried I won't be able to play table tennis if it's a bad injury. There's a tournament in six weeks, and I already registered. It's my first tournament.

Wow, that's a big deal.

Yes. The championship is hosted by the South Park Table Tennis Club. Nine players have USATT ratings over 2,000. 1,400 is considered average. 2,000 is a master player. My goal is to get a rating over 2,000.

Well, let's get you to that tournament, then. So...

[Dr. Langdon enters]

Terrence, would you walk around the room for me, please? I'll be able to tell a lot more about your injury.

It hurts a little.

How painful on a scale from 1 to 10? 10 is the worst.

The worst? The worst I've ever felt or the worst that a human being can experience?

A little pain is a great answer, Terrence. Thank you. Well, based on your walking around, I don't think it's a serious injury.

Sometimes this tendon called peroneus brevis can pull off a piece of this bone, the fifth metatarsal.

That's the dancer's fracture, right?

Exactly. You most likely have a second-degree ankle sprain. The X-ray will tell us everything. Tech will come get you, and then I'll come back and show you the images.

Great.

OK... I'll put the orders in.

[Langdon and King leave]

How'd you do that?

Do what?

Talk to him.

I listened?

Funny. No, you unlocked something. I wasn't getting anywhere with him.

Oh, my sister is on the spectrum. And the ER can be a very, very overwhelming place for autistic people, so I... I don't know. It just takes a different approach.

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