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The following is a list of appearances in the episode "24 Hours".

Characters[]

Themes[]

  • Dr. Doug Ross: alcohol abuse, relationship problems, sensitivity to minor abuse
  • Dr. Mark Greene: family, job search
  • Dr. Peter Benton: ambition, love of surgery, mentorship
  • John Carter: wealth, inexperience, new beginnings
  • Nurse Carol Hathaway: relationship with Dr. Ross, suicide


  • Bedside manner
  • Sleep deprivation among medical professionals
  • Delivering news of a patient’s death
  • Angry relatives
  • Nurses’ responsibilities in the ER
  • Doctor’s salaries
  • Coping with stress of ER work
  • ER staff in mortal danger
  • Race
  • Gang violence
  • Mass casualty incidents
  • Angry relatives
  • Examining a child away from caregivers
  • Worker's compensation
  • Chronic smoking
  • Diagnosis of cancer
  • Delivering difficult news to a patient
  • Patients using the ER as a social outlet
  • Forgiving parents
  • Difficult child
  • Patient overreaction
  • Caregiver abuse of minor
  • Children and Family Services
  • 3rd party reporting abuse of a minor
  • Patients flirting with ER staff

Medical conditions[]

  • Ankle fracture
  • Aortic aneurysm
  • Burns
  • Ectopic pregnancy
  • Gunshot wound
  • Labor
  • Open fracture
  • Otitis media
  • Partial amputation
  • Poisoning
  • Seeing double
  • Swallowed object
  • Vomiting blood

Medical procedures[]

  • Ambu bag ventilation
  • Defibrillation
  • Intubation
  • Palpation of the abdomen
  • Restraints
  • Stitches
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