Untold Stories of the ER Season 4, Episode 15: Hooked Alive

1

Shot Through the Heart

A jewelry shop owner undergoes open-heart surgery after being shot during a robbery.

45 min

2

Sudden Killers

A Woman is attacked by mountain lion. A difficult lady has abdominal problems. A child with large thorns and splinters all over her body

45 min

3

Hidden Dangers

A man comes into the ER coughing up blood A patient complains of having bugs in her scalp A 15-year-old hit in the head with a baseball appears to have a concussion, but a CT scan reveals massive brain bleeding, and he suffers kidney failure. A patient has lost a finger in a snow blower.

45 min

4

Deadly Diagnosis

An 11-year-old girl has streptococcal pneumonia, which has a high fatality rate.

45 min

5

Life and Limb

Seven‑year‑old boy who was struck by a truck and suffered a traumatic amputation of his left arm A patient with a dangerous rash A 16‑year‑old football player who suddenly could not walk

45 min

6

Code Black

The force of a tornado drove a fence picket through Julie's neck. Father‑son surgeons working together in the ER, each dealing with a separate trauma while managing a short staff. A child admitted with symptoms resembling scurvy, prompting a diagnostic and treatment challenge.

45 min

7

Liver Die

A teenager rushes to the ER after a football game. A woman admitted after eight days of persistent hiccups — an unusual and potentially serious condition. An ER “frequent flyer” who becomes combative after doctors suspect she is trying to deceive staff into giving her painkillers.

45 min

8

Elements of Danger

A skier hits a tree at 50 mph. Spear-fishing accident – A spear-fisher catches a fish but accidentally skewers a friend’s leg, creating a medical emergency. Child choking – A young child is admitted to the ER after choking on a foreign object.

45 min

9

Crushed

A stack of drywall collapses on a young boy. An inmate is admitted after she has swallowed three toothbrushes. A Greek woman is admitted with abdominal pains, complaining about the female doctor, not realizing that she understands Greek.

45 min

10

Deadly Impact

A six-year-old girl is Rushed to the ER with intermittent Seizures. A driver falls asleep at the wheel, suffering a traumatic amputation A woman with psychiatric problems fakes fainting

45 min

11

Under Siege

A crazed gunman storms a large metropolitan hospital and opens fire in the ER. A handyman who fell of a ladder makes a concrete cast for his broken ankle. A child is hit in the head with a golf ball.

45 min

12

Family Tragedy

A car accident ejects a young boy from a vehicle. A 56-year-old man breaks his leg walking his daughter down the aisle at her wedding Officers bring in a man stabbed at a nearby bus stop.

45 min

13

Officer Down

A team of doctors tries to save a patrol officer's life.

45 min

14

Too Close to Home

A rattlesnake bites the 2-year-old son of a snakebite expert. A golf course injury — A scuffle between two men, Alex Mulligen and his cousin Jamie, in Palm Springs ends with Jamie driving a golf club through Alex’s ear and out the top of his head. severe fall — A young man sustains a badly broken leg after jumping from a second‑story window, with his girlfriend’s father arriving close behind

45 min

15

Hooked Alive

A 4lb steel hook impales the skull of construction worker. A man keeps passing out for no apparent reason after bowel movements

45 min

16

Director Down

A ruptured brain aneurysm threatens to kill the ER's medical director. A patient with a bug lodged in her ear. A frat boy experiencing seizures.

45 min

17

A Shot in the Dark

A mugging victim arrives with two bullet wounds to the brain. A bodybuilder with a large boil needing lancing. A man with maggots in his foot. A double shooting in a parking lot after a church service

45 min

18

Baby Blues

Follow the case of a boy with an oxygen deficiency and bizarre brown blood. A young mother preparing for gall bladder surgery is shocked when she learns her son is critically ill A disoriented minister is found wandering a shipyard, making bizarre statements about wanting to buy an aircraft carrier A man suffers a severe hand injury after getting it caught in a meat grinder

45 min