Occasionally Emergency! Stepped above the normal rescue vignettes for an overarching drama to dominate an episode.
Here the drama comes in the form of a troubling EKG after a routine checkup for Dr. Joe Early. He admits to Cal he's had some angina in the last year, and especially in the last week. After further examination, he's found to have a blocked artery and requires a bypass.
The show serves as a cautionary tale for men or women who have chest pain but are in denial. Heart disease is the number one killer in the USA, and a lot of those deaths could be prevented with regular checkups and investigating chest pain. Unlike what you see in medical and rescue dramas, 95% of people who have a heart attack outside of the hospital die.
Take chest pain seriously.
Here the drama comes in the form of a troubling EKG after a routine checkup for Dr. Joe Early. He admits to Cal he's had some angina in the last year, and especially in the last week. After further examination, he's found to have a blocked artery and requires a bypass.
The show serves as a cautionary tale for men or women who have chest pain but are in denial. Heart disease is the number one killer in the USA, and a lot of those deaths could be prevented with regular checkups and investigating chest pain. Unlike what you see in medical and rescue dramas, 95% of people who have a heart attack outside of the hospital die.
Take chest pain seriously.