ER Episode tonight: Dr. John Carter on Dialysis

[mikey07840]

This should be interesting. They brought Dr. John Carter back to the show tonight. In the last scene of the night, we see him connected to a dialysis machine.

[Jess21]

"and next week a "painful secret is revealed" as he wraps up his access..

[David13]

Interesting. . .

[kimcanada]

My nurse told me about this show, she said the dialysis machines were Phoenix, the same brand as what we have

[meadowlandsnj]

I've watched ER for the whole 15 years it's been on, I've seen them do dialysis stories and transplant stories and they've been fairly accurate/  More accurate than a lot of other TV shows, actually.  Anyway, one of the original doctors, Noah Wylie (Dr John Carter) has returned for the final season of the show.  He was in Africa doing work for a Doctors Without Borders type of organization.  So now he's back in Chicago and during the show it wan't made clear why he's returned but he asked to be given priviliges and work there part time.  So the last minutes of the show you see him walking around, in the dark, sitting by himself at times.  Then all of a sudden you see the inside of a dialysis clinic, it's kinda dark and dismal.  Older people, everyone looking miserable.  Then you see him sitting there with him on dialysis!  He has a fistula or a graft, you can see the place on the arm where the tubing was taped down.
I'm going to watch from now on just to see how accurately they portray dialysis and its effects on people.  If I see something I know is innacurate or just not right (you know the media) I'm going to e-mail NBC.  Millions and millions of people are going to watch this last season and most of these people have no idea about dialysis and I see this as a good teaching tool for us to enlighten people about what it's REALLY like.

Anyone else with me?  ER is on Thursday nights at 10PM est.  This is a great opportunity for us all on dialysis to teach people who were never exposed to it.  You can go to the ER message boards on NBC.com, the ER newsgroup at google.com, wherever people talk about the show online.

Donna



Edited: Topics merged - okarol/admin

[Jess21]

As my mom said... "I wonder how many people this week knew that was dialysis?"

[BigSky]

When they first panned in I thought it was  plasmapherisis because of how slow the blood pump was spinning. 

Looks like he was running a blood flow of 180 or 190.  Looks like he has a graft.

Show is on Hulu.com  Dialysis scene is just before the 42minute mark.


http://www.hulu.com/watch/58592/er-the-beginning-of-the-end

[Zach]

..it's kinda dark and dismal.  Older people, everyone looking miserable. ...

Actually the scene looked pretty good.

I dialyze on the evening shift where most people are healthier and younger  (some come from work or school).
If you ask, the staff will dim the lights.

[Jill D.]

I thought it looked pretty realistic...it seemed like one patient was watching TV, another was reading (I was usually in a recline, trying to sleep). Have you ever noticed that a lot of the scenes on that show are dark?

[kimcanada]

When they first panned in I thought it was  plasmapherisis because of how slow the blood pump was spinning. 

Looks like he was running a blood flow of 180 or 190.  Looks like he has a graft.

Show is on Hulu.com  Dialysis scene is just before the 42minute mark.


http://www.hulu.com/watch/58592/er-the-beginning-of-the-end

Awww crap, its only viewable in the States

[Trikkechickk]

Thx Big Sky for the link.  Does do justice to sitting in that chair.  I will definitely record ER next week to see what all happens.

[Zach]

Does do justice to sitting in that chair.  I will definitely record ER next week to see what all happens.

I think we all know that stare.

 

[Wattle]

When they first panned in I thought it was  plasmapherisis because of how slow the blood pump was spinning. 

Looks like he was running a blood flow of 180 or 190.  Looks like he has a graft.

Show is on Hulu.com  Dialysis scene is just before the 42minute mark.


http://www.hulu.com/watch/58592/er-the-beginning-of-the-end

Awww crap, its only viewable in the States

Awww crap x2  We don't even have ER screening here at the moment. I love ER but we are probably a year behind.

Anyone tape it??   

[Bill Peckham]

Here's a screen capture. From here it continues until it is tight head shot

[meadowlandsnj]

When they first panned in I thought it was  plasmapherisis because of how slow the blood pump was spinning. 

Looks like he was running a blood flow of 180 or 190.  Looks like he has a graft.

Show is on Hulu.com  Dialysis scene is just before the 42minute mark.


http://www.hulu.com/watch/58592/er-the-beginning-of-the-end

Awww crap, its only viewable in the States

Awww crap x2  We don't even have ER screening here at the moment. I love ER but we are probably a year behind.

Anyone tape it??   

If you go to nbc.com they have the show there you can watch. 

Donna

[Jess21]

ER is on!!!!

[kimcanada]

I watched ER last night, and while there wasn't much about dialysis in the show, I LOL'ed when Carter freaked out that other doctor about donating a kidney... accually Andrew and I both BURST out laughing!   

[Wallyz]

I liked it too,  good dialysis humor.

[twirl]

curtain between patients 
in a bed 
with no bright lights 
it is television

well, maybe it is not a bed but it looks a lot better than chairs I use
and it looks like the third patient has a flat screen television

[mikey07840]

In the 2 centers where I dialysed, there were curtains between chairs, flat screen individual TVs and the ability to turn off overhead lights. Both were owned by a non-profit hospital.

[kimcanada]

here is a pic of my unit, we have flat screen tv's and curtins between each chair... we don't close them much though

[Wattle]

When they first panned in I thought it was  plasmapherisis because of how slow the blood pump was spinning. 

Looks like he was running a blood flow of 180 or 190.  Looks like he has a graft.

Show is on Hulu.com  Dialysis scene is just before the 42minute mark.


http://www.hulu.com/watch/58592/er-the-beginning-of-the-end

Awww crap, its only viewable in the States

Awww crap x2  We don't even have ER screening here at the moment. I love ER but we are probably a year behind.

Anyone tape it??   

If you go to nbc.com they have the show there you can watch. 

Donna

Only if you are in America! They will not stream it to a country where it has not gone to air yet. So Kim and I have to wait...... and wait....... and wait.....

[breezysummerday]

If you can't wait, Bill Peckham has the spoiler and some background info:


http://www.billpeckham.com/from_the_sharp_end_of_the/2009/02/er-dr-john-carters-prognosis.html#more

[meadowlandsnj]

If you can't wait, Bill Peckham has the spoiler and some background info:


http://www.billpeckham.com/from_the_sharp_end_of_the/2009/02/er-dr-john-carters-prognosis.html#more

The only inconsistency I saw was he said he used a shunt for dialysis--I asked my nephro when he did rounds and he a shunt would never be used for dialysis.

Donna

[BigSky]

I think your doctor may have been thinking of another type of shunt.

Shunts are used for dialysis, however they are not all that common anymore.