Untold Stories of the ER – Season 12
Episodes
Raining Cats & Dogs
Involves three patients sneaking their pets into the hospital, which quickly turns into a full-blown mess in the ER, forcing staff to manage both human and animal emergencies A man whose paralysis begins in his legs and gradually moves upward, eventually affecting his lungs and threatening to suffocate him. A war veteran suffering from phantom pain in his amputated hand
ER Runaround
A patient appears to be hallucinating and sends ER staff on a wild goose chase A new nurse making a shocking mistake that puts a patient’s care at risk p Doctors trying to help a former EMT who is found lethargic and slurring his words, adding another layer of urgency and complexity to the ER’s workload
Wipeout!
A surfer is impaled between the legs; a football player's severe leg pain leads to an unexpected diagnosis; a woman is given a clot-busting drug to cure her stroke, but she has another condition that could cause that same drug to kill her.
Bit By a Boa
A boa constrictor has wrapped around a man's arm and won't let go; a young woman has a severe laceration, but doctors begin to suspect there may be more to her case than the injury; a young man goes into anaphylactic shock after a dinner out.
Temperature Rising
An urgent care physician must think outside the box to care for two emergencies at once; a woman with abdominal pain receives an unexpected diagnosis; a yoga instructor has a dangerously high temperature for no obvious reason.
Shark
A patient is brought to the ER with a live shark clamped onto his thigh, and he wants to save the shark! Complications arise for a woman with a life-threatening condition, and the mysterious condition that caused a man to pass out.
Blackout
Police officers bring in a criminal that is comatose; a man found passed out in the snow with no jacket or shoes arrives in the ER and a doctor is faced with a family emergency on her day-off.
Hooked
A fishing lure embedded in a man's face turns out to be the least of his problems; a pair of unconscious teenagers get brought to the ER, where dramatic family secrets come out; an ER technician collapses and refuses traditional medical treatment.
Can't Stop Itching
A man's itchy rash turns out to be more than just poison oak; a young woman bleeds profusely from the inside of her lip, but there is no obvious cause; a family of three is admitted as car accident victims, but the doctor makes a shocking discovery.
Rear Ended
Two separate car crash victims are brought to the ER in their underwear; a woman is acting delusional and refuses to allows the ER staff to touch her; and a doctor struggles to diagnose a dehydrated and nauseous 10-year-old.