Deb Shocks Carter With A Defibrillator | ER

While helping Mark with a patient, new med student Deb Chen accidentally electrocutes Carter with charged defibrillator paddles and he knocks himself unconcious as he falls.
From "Luck Of The Draw" (Season 1 Episode 13)
First broadcast January 12th, 1995

[@iamnerd223]

I respect how professional Dr. Greene was in this situation, he didn’t get mad, he didn’t shout, he was just like “accidents happen, he’ll be fine, moving on”

[@sonrouge]

Take it from someone who worked in the ER: you see a lot and can eventually get to the point where nothing really bothers/surprises you. I often joked that a patient running up and down the halls buck naked and doing the "booga booga" dance would get little more than a raised eyebrow from me.

[@maggiemakgill]

@@sonrouge Isn't the head wound a bigger concern? Tv and film have a really bad habit of minimizing getting "knocked-out" but I had the impression that ANY time you get hit hard enough to lose consciousness there is a moderate to major concussion and issues lasting a few day to longer (It's like throwing your phone against a wall hard enough to jar the electronics to the point where it cannot say on ... do you think your phone is in good shape?). And prolonged unconsciousness is a bigger warning sign, unless they anesthetized so Deb could do more procedures .. but that is bad because they cannot monitor how long is is unconscious because of the injury (there are also BIG ethical issues with lack of consent). The rail he hit his head on is narrow and close to the floor which means he hit it with near the maximum speed of someone falling unconscious and the small size will increase the impact forces (Dr. Green didn't see this of course because he doesn't have eyes in the back of his head but Deb and the Nurse likely saw).

[@sonrouge]

​@@maggiemakgill Not really, as the patient they were working on was already emergent (things are very bad when you have to use the AED). Plus, as shown, he got seen to by the nurses (believe it nor not, nurses often do more work in the ER than the docs). Also, while a hit on the head like that is serious, how serious would depend on what signs and symptoms are shown. Considering the nurse's reaction when she checked his pupils, he wasn't showing any sign of traumatic brain injury (ie, mismatched pupils, lack of reaction to light) and there's no sign later that he bled from the ears.

[@wave201988]

It was funny lol! 😅😅😅😅😅

[@MM-lt5bk]

Helleh too! She’s just like “200...” nbd

[@blackspider1405]

I love the nonchalant reaction when Carter got shocked. Nobody blinked.

[@JackDManheim]

Yeah, I wonder how often that kind of accident happens

[@red2977]

Yea I'm pretty sure in most ERs they would at least shown some concern for the guy that got accidently hit with the paddles.

[@evyvandeketterij165]

Me to and i love ER 😁

[@trishabray9184]

He should be okay

[@Em-os1yz]

Actually these aren’t a toy. If it was real it could stop his heart.

[@Abrxas01]

Carter ends up a patient more than some of their regulars.

[@maggiemakgill]

Well he is IN the E.R. a lot so it stand to reason he'll get injured the most there. And if you're around doctors they will want to check any injury and the ones right there will be doing it. Contrast a construction worker who would have an easier time skipping the doctor's visit and might end up and different hospitals do to working on different sites around the city.

[@Abrxas01]

@@maggiemakgill My point was that there are people who go their entire lives without ever going to the ER but Carter manages to end up their with alarming frequency.

[@ParadoxProdux]

Hehe he’s pretty clumsy which doesn’t help :)

[@satyendrandonibanerjee8682]

@@ParadoxProdux To be fair one of the main times he was a patient he was a victim of an intentional stabbing, so it isn't because of clumsiness all the time. He's just very unlucky.

[@alphanerd7221]

@@satyendrandonibanerjee8682 Unlucky? He lived in Chicago his whole life and only got stabbed once.

[@Xerruy]

Greene’s deadpan reaction is priceless. “Thank you.”

[@Nandini_Dwivedi]

Yeah 😂😂

[@annahasty7191]

Carter falls, slips, trips so many times during the series that I wonder how much of his time was spent on the floor. Lol

[@ArtemisScribe]

every time Noah Wyle appears in a show I know a prat fall is soon to follow

[@cathyskywalker77]

Yeah his character should have been named Dr Pratt.....😉

[@TheFlyingmartini]

@@cathyskywalker77 Paging Dr. Pratt Fall........

[@cathyskywalker77]

@@TheFlyingmartini 😂😂😂

[@MistaLovaMan]

How many times has Carter’s ass been on a gurney on this show?😆

[@CCEkeke]

Dr. Greene is so cool under pressure.

[@nygirl7195]

What was it set on? 200. Eh he'll be all right.

[@Grevlain]

The character of Dr. Greene is a master-class in stoicism. (Don't let emotions diminish your brain.)

[@Xerruy]

You’d think this happens every week 😂

[@chuchulainn9275]

@@Xerruy ... ummm...

[@mikeL65000]

He's definitely not green. 😂

[@WarGrowlmon18]

"What's it set on???" "200." "He'll be fine."🤣🤣🤣

[@Poppyseed0990]

😂😂😂

[@CG87343]

I love how Mark just casually says “he’ll be ok”. Like it happens all the time.

[@redlightmax]

"Like it happens all the time." Well, it does to Carter.

[@krisstinawilson4461]

~Carter gets shocked, falls over, is unconcious on the ground~ "What was that set on?" "200." "He should be okay."

[@josephinakeam6197]

What's the point of your comment?

[@krisstinawilson4461]

@@josephinakeam6197 I think it's funny and I want people to know my favorite part of the clip.

[@Slazerable]

@@krisstinawilson4461 Omg you two are so cute! You should be a husband and wife or something.

[@firstnext5482]

@@josephinakeam6197 She was extolling the thing she liked. What's the point of your comment- to sate curiosity or to demean? Hopefully the first option but since most people who ask that question on this site do so to be a prick I imagine it was the later.

[@cynthiaerickson3646]

Mark greene,the best character of the show.ok,be honest,how many of u cried when he died???i still do when i watch the episode

[@annahasty7191]

I feel like crying just thinking of that episode. 😣

[@strutter051085]

It's weird, I cried on the episode before he died and I never understood why until a few years ago. In the previous episode he left the hospital knowing he wasn't coming back. In that moment Dr. Greene was gone and only Mark Greene was left. That crushed me back when I first saw it.

[@F5_cena]

That paragraph made me cry!

[@gutsfinky]

I sobbed

[@russelconor8704]

''you give me a rectal ?!'' Lmao 😆🤣 I love this scene !

[@sweetlife031]

That loud whisper gives me the giggles every time lol

[@ventilator98]

When Carter gets shocked, it's always hilarious!

[@GoodNaughtypupper12]

Mark:What was that set on Intern:200 Mark:Well he should be ok I loved mark on ER

[@theferryman4916]

God - the early years of the show were so great...

[@susanaaguayo9442]

First this .In season 5 he gets kicked in the chest by Lucy, in season 6 (last episode) he is kicked off the gurney by a patient (hurting his back). In season 5 his shoulder is dislocated. Of course, he was stabbed in the back in season 6. He is attacked by a parent (season 6, I think?) Poor Carter.

[@Tiekin515]

Don't forget when he fell on ice hurrying out of a port a potty cause I think Lucy sent him a fake emergency page

[@Mary-zj9jz]

and getting his leg as a prank

[@candwill]

And in the first season Mark and Susan stuck his leg in a cast lol

[@MrBadBoy2105]

Dude has been through the ringer

[@ColinsTravels]

Didn’t he get hit in the “family jewel” when he was Chief Resident by a patient whose hands seized during a defibrillation?

[@tanyaschuring5740]

Love when Dr. Greene said he should be okay. I still laugh at that.

[@brandonoconnor1079]

Carter got off easy!!! I work as a surgical tech, and I had to have an emergency lap appy. When I came back to work, all the staff talked about seeing my junk!

[@misssmisssymaria]

Brandon O'Connor I’m sorry for laughing so hard 😂

[@debd7631]

My fiance used to work as a paramedic. One time he was in the ambulance when they hit a huge bump and he feel back right onto the nozzle of an oxygen tank...which resulted in a hole just at the start of his butt crack. The ER docs had to stitch him up and of course all of the nursing staff and coworkers had to make the rounds to see the hole in his butt.

[@demonknight7965]

@@debd7631 i slid down a square bale l Ioader and jabbed 2 spikes in my butt and uncle and his buddies told me to drop pants so they could see extent of the damage right as the buddies wives were driving up. (Uncle is a bit of a joker and can be an asshole)

[@debd7631]

@@demonknight7965 that's funny!

[@haroldbenton979]

As someone that has an internal Defib/pacemaker combo due to atrial fib and has had that sucker fire off before I can tell you being hit with 30 Joules the internal equivalent of 200 external is like being kicked in the chest by a MULE. He more than likely was hurting for a couple days. I know I feel sore for a couple days afterwards

[@TruForte401]

It's a television show, Harold.

[@haroldbenton979]

Same here. Mine malfunctioned and was going off randomly until it was reprogrammed. I'm also an epileptic and would have taken constant GTC seizures over those kicks to the chest.

[@kevinkatz7027]

"yea, he should be ok..." hahaha...

[@BaldursPicketFence]

Ming Na Wen looks exactly the same now as she did way back. She hasn’t aged at all.

[@Dularr]

She has many, many years when she jumps from they way she looks today to Asian grandma.

[@LaughingOwlKiller]

@@Dularr well she's currently 56.....so whats the cut off

[@Dularr]

@@LaughingOwlKiller I hear it's menopause. Asian women, particularly Japaneses and Chinese, hit menopause at a later age. So maybe 70.

[@joemckim1183]

@@Dularr Asian women look great until they're about 50 but once they cross a certain threshold they suddenly age over night and then look 70.

[@Calliope0954]

No - cheeses, wines, violins, fine brandy - they get magnificent with age - Ming Na has done the same. dammit.

[@heatherwanderer777]

what was that set on..200? he "should" be ok lmao

[@labrnts977]

heatherwanderer777 And he said that with a straight face which made it more hilarious 😂 🤣

[@michaelstalker3981]

Wonder how long it took him to be able to do without laughing

[@derekwall200]

200 as in 200 joules. those defibrillators can generate 800-1000 volts AC and that's more than enough to kill you. interesting how a device designed to save your life can (in the wrong hands) do the exact opposite

[@maggiemakgill]

​@@derekwall200 You need the RESISTANCE and TIME to go from energy to volts (actually the equations are in terms of power, energy per unit time, so the LENGTH shock matters too). There are three equivalent equations: P=IV, P=V^2/R, or P=RI^2 (because V=IR) so V=(E/t)/I, V=sqrt(RE/t), or V=sqrt(E/(tR) ). Also it's not voltage that kills, it is current and total energy, your body the take can take VERY high voltages at low currents for brief periods of time easily. The voltage in a static discourage from walking across a carpeted room is a MINIMUM of around 3000 V if you can feel it, but the MAXIMUM energy delivered is around 250 millijoules and the current is VERY low. WRT The design of the defibrillators. It's designed to "reset" a heart that is beating incorrectly (a heart fibrillating/in fibrillation hence the name "defibrillators") but on a healthy correctly beating heart it would cause it to maybe "skip a beat" and then "reset" ... back into normal rhythm. They are also typically DC device NOT AC. They are so sure that shocking a normal heart isn't a big concern that and the importance of shocking incorrectly beating hearts back into normal rhythm that they have put AED devices in enhanced first aid kits in shopping malls and the like to be used by layman/relative laymen. www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/danger-from-unneeded-defibrillation What is energy? Energy is that ability to do WORK. Change something. What is voltage/electric potential difference? (ASIDE: EPD is a dumb name because is it NOT a potential and is NOT always calculated using difference methods, so I have no issue with the term "voltage" however one should never use "amperage" because "current" is a perfectly reasonable term so we don't need to blend unit and quantity name there.) Voltage/EPD is Energy per unit charge. Essentially how much energy each electron is carrying around the circuit. What is current? The amount of charge that is flowing, Charge per unit time passing a point. Note that CURRENT is defined crossing a point and voltage across a path.

[@BassmanII]

@@derekwall200 Actually, it would be 200 watt-seconds.

[@amyzankowitz9921]

I always had a crush on Carter 😍

[@amandasmith2399]

Me too.

[@jeanneumana8659]

Writers write the stuff actors act. Carter was comic relief at beginning. Mark Greene was Mr. Take it in stride. They both reflect Michael Crichton's personal experience when he was at Harvard Med and Mass Gen'l in Boston. Mark and Carter are the north and south of ER. Glad show is making comeback. Tony Edwards was the actor's actor although everybody rose to such highs...George and Juliana and Dunst and Chastain et Al. Miss Crichton's genius.

[@MetalMadness_00]

Dunst was already established

[@vaskylark]

That's Mr. Crichton not Miss as he was Michael Crichton, the author of so many great books including Jurassic Park, Sphere and the Andromeda Strain and he is definitely a guy, or rather was since he is deceased now--may he RIP.

[@Groteskfull]

​@@vaskylark The OP is saying that they miss the genius of Michael Crichton. The title "Ms." is not being used here.

[@Animals_Gone_wild]

Still can catch it with Jurassic Park and world

[@lamario295]

That one time May almost killed the future president

[@1darkironman1]

dang agent of shield and falling skies ref. good one

[@haydenrodriguez4670]

Oh my god that’s her? I knew she looked familiar.

[@SamuelPearlman]

you mean The Cavalry ;) Nice one

[@MetalMadness_00]

Mulan shocked Steve Jobs

[@yahoochick365]

Idk what’s worse “average or normal” 🤣🤣

[@dangurney1042]

Honestly Carter and Deb would have made a cute couple. Kind of odd of all the relationships Carter has had in the course of eleven seasons, Deb wasn’t one of them.

[@nicholasmaude6906]

Yeah, Deb Chen was bit of a hottie.

[@dangurney1042]

@@nicholasmaude6906 and I think it says a lot that she was the only one who called him by first name as opposed to Carter or Dr. Carter.

[@fareehamughal2676]

@Samuel Astic and in season 7 when she got into labour he help her like a really good and true friends

[@RocioPerez-rd3pl]

And that's why you stay in a corner and don't touch anything you're not familiar with in a hospital, especially in the ER 😂😂

[@DrownedInExile]

Interesting. Lucy Knight kicks Carter right through a door, and they end up making out. Chen knocks him out with a defibrillator. Surprised Carter isn't proposing marriage! :)

[@Brownshoe24]

Ming-Na Wen (Deb) and Noah Wyle (Carter). so young and sweet here !

[@jonstefanik9400]

Carter lost his stool when he thought his student gave him a rectal

[@alanhelton]

That was an AWESOME introduction to this show.

[@rebeccaabel4589]

I didn't realize Cater was the ER matryr . First he was shocked. Then stabbed by a psych patient and finally went into kidney failure did code and was kidney transplant recipient.

[@krisstinawilson4461]

He also fell on his back and got kicked in the chest to name a couple more.

[@MingNaForever]

Ming Na Wen Is Adorable! To Think She's 60 Now And She Barely Looks Any Older! It's Crazy! You Can See A Slight Age Difference But Nowhere Near As Many Years As You'd Expect! 🥰🥰💖💖

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

For Dr. Carter that was quite a shock grabbing the shock paddles like that and the look on his face was priceless.

[@gutz1981]

Dr Green: "Glad someone finally did it. Okay move on."

[@passiveagressive4983]

Ming Na is an absolute legend🙏🏽

[@thejman8734]

Wtf? no she isnt.

[@josephinakeam6197]

Not really

[@Y0uKnowMyName]

"What was that set at?" Dude sounded so nonchalant.

[@crisvanfan]

The 1st season Carter was just like this over excited puppy tripped all over himself

[@moretoknowshow1887]

Still one of the funniest scenes in the series. Nothing like getting hit with defibs and hitting the concrete!

[@sonrouge]

Man, the ooooold days when AED pads were big and bulky.

[@emilyk6166]

YOU GAVE ME A RECTAL???

[@kaifreeman294]

Wow I didn't know that Carter had gotten shocked before. I remember when the other Asian doctor (who was an intern) had shocked him by mistake as well and then offered his assistance to fix Carter up. Although Carter wouldn't let him, he did eventually "in another episode" let him (the intern) do acupuncture on his back.

[@findyem7828]

Dont worry honey he just bumped his head. 🤣

[@mocowan6642]

“The proper term isn’t average male genitalia, it’s normal male genitalia.” “WHAT??”😂

[@Firan25]

She is calling his pp small.

[@zzzroxyzzz]

Well dr greenes response was gold lol

[@Leavon]

Dang I wish this show was still going.... I know it wouldn't be the same but it was so entertaining.

[@misssmisssymaria]

Spiff The Magnificent You can watch it on Hulu.

[@Dularr]

Not sure modern Hollywood could make this show anymore.

[@AlexBsSecret]

imo it was the most human hospital drama ever, showing the lives of every single person working in hospitals, even the really human patients and their 9-11 lives, their jobs and stories. The ones who came after were either soap opera-ish (Grey's) or had these special snowflake main characters with their 'superpower' abilities and crazy stories (House, Good Doctor). Not sure if the tiktok gen would be even able to watch a show like E.R. nowadays.

[@cwebb2300]

THE best medical show, regardless whose in the "HOUSE" 😁

[@TheMadmagik]

quite odd tho how the patients crashing are still nearly fully awake while in vf!!

[@WarGrowlmon18]

I guess poor Carter had a shocking experience

[@tammychester8750]

What was that set on? 200. He should be ok. 😂😂😂

[@Saintbow]

Don't worry, Ming-Na Wen has this affect on all men.

[@roguelead72]

Even at 57.

[@giordanotirelli6028]

Happy birthday ming na wen alias deb for your 60 years from italian boy live in rome and I m fan of er

[@patriciafoster3347]

I remember this episode. Scared the hell outta me when that happened. I was SO AFRAID he was killed. Just for the two seconds.

[@TheJeneralJU-ICE]

In the real world Carter would've sued the department of that hospital and ppl would've been fired for covering up his accident with medical incompetency and negligence.

[@laurenharris9832]

“What was that set on? Ok he should be ok” 😂😂😂

[@beckymaney5122]

what was that set on? 200.... he should be ok 😂😂😂😂😂

[@nucflashevent]

NOW in all fairness, if Carter had just shown her how they worked when she asked... 😜

[@katiewilliams5643]

So funny how Carter collapsed after getting shocked ha ha 😝

[@l_Live_In_Oregon]

"Told ya we get him"-classic!

[@stephenc4790]

The cavalry has arrived

[@hothotheat3000]

Deb was out here shocking dudes, loosing lines in patients, just a mess.

[@hadorstapa]

Send in the cavalry

[@xxthestorm49xx66]

0:41 when the new work week crashes in

[@WarGrowlmon18]

Poor Carter had a shocking experience 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@marjoriegoodwin9121]

I saw this happen in real life. I laughed so hard!

[@kanghahnlee1385]

0:45: Facial expression, priceless.

[@ianfortuna9385]

I can’t help but laugh at that

[@thomasmurphy9348]

Hilarious..bring this show back.

[@Poppyseed0990]

She has to learn 😂😂

[@pierovazquez3339]

Poor Carter, got shocked, kicked, stabbed, got a gun pointed at him, I mean... The county hospital got blown by jerry, 2 times impacted by helicopters, Jeez, The ER was the worst...

[@Christian-cc9ei]

This was damn good television!

[@edwardbright9434]

Thts a classic ER put world 🌍 on map now it's Chicago Fire 🚒 Med and PD is best of Best best shows St Else we're , Marcus Welby, an other top notch shows tht made America proud an great

[@edwardbright9434]

we here in Columbia SC love thm all really good fans

[@PurpledaisyShasta]

I like how the doctor in the green scrubs was barley faised

[@chuchulainn9275]

Especially that, "Meh, he should be okay." 😂 Oh the correct phrase is "barely phased" not "barley faised". Faised is not a word and barley is a type of grain. 😅

[@PurpledaisyShasta]

@@chuchulainn9275 in my defence I do have a minor learning disorder

[@chuchulainn9275]

@@PurpledaisyShasta It's okay. I am a stickler for spelling as using the wrong word can completely change a sentence's meaning. But I try not to be a dick about it.

[@chuchulainn9275]

@@PurpledaisyShasta I used the wrong word too! 😅 The correct word is "fazed".

[@l.a.3479]

Dr. Greene

[@Costanza1459]

“Where are those heart paddle things that George Clooney uses?”

[@jiwonkim4617]

Rectal exam for practice 😅😂😅

[@pyrpleflower7]

Can you teach me how these work? Shouldn't she already know that? I guess she found out.

[@edwinmoy1402]

I still can't believe he is Goose from Top Gun

[@andrewestrada6531]

You know, despite what happened, that was so funny.

[@egthatyoutubes8094]

Dude there wasnt any gel how isnt he burned and on fire or something... and hell thats gotta hurt cause he was probably still awake while falling and only fainted due to bumping his head

[@PlumbPitiful]

Maybe because he was shocked through his clothing?

[@egthatyoutubes8094]

@@PlumbPitiful i thought that too, but that wouldve burned said clothing, even if it went through the clothing, it wouldve still burnedh im cause well, it went through it

[@m.q.7149]

Actually Deb does put Gel on them after handing it to Greene

[@egthatyoutubes8094]

​@@m.q.7149 o...k??? and?? How does that relate to anything we were talking about We're talking about how Carter wasn't burned or on fire at all

[@wendeehancock3616]

What was that set on 200 Oh he should be ok.

[@pamelaclary6805]

Why would she press the shock buttons in the first place? The person delivering the shock was supposed to do that .

[@sugaloaf9889]

Classic! 🤣

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

Nurse humor. Like cop humor, gotta love it.

[@sweetwetsugarmess]

Didn’t she already get him? Insult to literal injury lol

[@ajmalik5693]

He got kicked by his student also 😂

[@Perfect_NoPractice]

I had a crush on Deb when I was younger! She was so fine to me 😅

[@iceberggslim22]

She still go it to this day

[@freedomwriter1995]

Man, Chen was a mess during the first season.

[@julianhance1767]

That was crazy he is passed out with the fall

[@rr7firefly]

Chen was always more interested in advancing her medical career at the expense of caring for patients. She even admitted this in one episode. One reason I did not like her.

[@MetalMadness_00]

Least she realized that and left

[@75edainsworth]

Dr.Green is the best

[@MDkid1]

Wait....did he say "condoms"? What exactly happened to the patient?

[@er-emergencyroom434]

The patient is a "body packer" - i.e. he's smuggling drugs by hiding them literally inside his body. This patient was filling condoms with drugs and then swallowing them. One of them burst inside him and that's what's causing the problems in this scene.

[@helenculbreath2911]

Poor carter I love him so much tho

[@mr.classic6823]

Didn't surprise me a bit when Deb Quit later on cause she screwed up again

[@aaronbruceladner1983]

0:55

[@hittingnote75]

That girl has no business working in the ER. Make her work in the gift shop instead.

[@PallasTurrets]

This show certainly had a flair for absolute clownery sometimes

[@allanthomas332]

Good night carter

[@baberooblack]

What was that sound 200. He should be okay. Lol

[@svyt]

"What was that set on?"

[@ClonetrooperCaptain]

how to loses you job in under 10 seconds!

[@Calliope0954]

That's one way, another would be to spill hot coffee on your bosses $3,000.00 suit - in their lap.

[@l.a.3479]

*How to LOSE YOUR job*

[@margauxdupres7811]

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