Urgencias

Young doctors face life and death daily in the emergency room of a major hospital.

An elderly man insists on keeping his dying wife on life support against her wishes. An attractive patient and an outbreak of food poisoning bedevil Carter.

A confused patient wanders the hospital, singing; Ross prescribes a spinal tap for an 18-month-old boy, alarming the father.

Ross takes under his wing the son of a schizophrenic patient; a married heart-attack patient arrives handcuffed to his girlfriend.

A patient will not last the night without a heart transplant; Ross admonishes a woman for not buying her daughter asthma medicine.

A pizza-delivery man crashes through the hospital's doors; a deadbeat sister wants to stay with Lewis.

Working together on a boating-accident victim rekindles old feelings for Ross and Hathaway.

Ross tries to maintain order at the emergency room on Greene's day off; a rape victim is afraid to cooperate with police.

An injured teen confesses to Hathaway that he was responsible for two deaths in a car accident but denies it when police arrive.

A multiple-car accident floods the emergency room with patients; a patient believed to be mentally impaired surprises the doctors.

A nearly drowned boy pre-empts Greene's Christmas shopping; Madame X switches to holiday fare.

Carter is allowed to observe surgery; Lewis learns Chloe is leaving; Ross teaches a teen mother how to nurse her baby.

Greene's criticism shakes Lewis' confidence; a man considers removing his brain-damaged son from life support.

Lewis goes before the review board when a hostile attending doctor holds her responsible for a patient's death.

Morgenstern offers Greene a prized position on the hospital's staff; a terminally ill patient begs Greene to end her pain.

A woman abandons her recently adopted, AIDS-stricken daughter at the emergency room; a cop brings in a dog he hit with his car.

Carter mistakenly throws a birthday bash for Benton; Ross loses his temper with an abusive parent.

After 48 hours of duty, Benton won't go home; Hathaway's plans to adopt a Russian girl are threatened when her past is investigated.

Complications threaten the lives of a woman and her unborn child; Ross has a date; a teen is poisoned by insecticides.

A full moon brings in unusual cases; Benton confronts his mother's condition; Ross and Greene are called in to meet the new chief.

Dr. Greene fears a contagious patient may flee; competitive Deb Chen goes too far; Dr. Lewis treats an armed woman.

Benton dazzles the staff; Lewis suspects a doctor/patient is not what he seems; Ross agrees to coach Jake's Little League team; Greene goes to Milwaukee.

Greene and the new chairman clash over an attempted suicide; Greene feels he is losing his wife.

Dr. Lewis' mother drops by the hospital to see her and Chloe; Ross treats eight children with digestive trouble.