Sep

Life After Death – ER

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“Life After Death” takes place after an event that has left several people injured in an ambulance explosion – in particular, Pratt. The timeline of this episode seems to cover at least several days.

Abby has hurt her hand, but she seems fine. She is treating Jasmine, a little girl who was in the back of a burning car. Jasmine is a precocious 8-year-old who suffers from asthma and is rather educated about her condition.

Jasmine seems stable at first, and Abby’s attention is split because she is worried about Pratt’s condition in the other room. Jasmine’s mother thinks the child is not acting right, and eventually Jasmine’s condition deteriorates. Abby suspects cyanide poisoning from the burning car interior and gives the antidote in time.

Another patient, Rose, had a 10 foot fall down an access well and was rescued by Norman who jumped the 10 feet, broke his leg, but brought Rose out. Norman is a real talker, telling his story to most everyone who will listen. He even gives Abby his mantra, “When you feel like hope is gone, look inside your and be strong, and you finally see the truth, that a hero lies in you.” Rose is critical at the end of the day and Norman is in a cast.

Chaz brought Norman in and doesn’t know that Pratt was injured in the ambulance explosion. Gates takes Chaz to see Pratt.

Pratt is hurt and needs to be intubated, but the staff is able to stabilize him. The U.S. Marshal from the finale is there, and he and Pratt share a thumbs up, which seems to indicate that the events had something to do with Art/Arnie, the patient in the witness protection program.

Soon, a bulge starts growing at the base of Pratt’s jaw, and his condition deteriorates also. Neela comes to address the mass, and her efforts appear successful. But just as Abby is stabilizing Jasmine in Trauma 2, things turn grave again for Pratt in Trauma 1. Gates starts CPR and they order a by-pass machine. The neurologist explains to the staff that Pratt appears brain-dead, probably from an air embolus. The neurologist wants to test Pratt over the next four hours. Betina is called. At the 2 hour mark, things still don’t look good for Pratt. Gates mentions to Chaz that Pratt has a organ donor card.

Small things include that the staff thinks Dubenko has quit his job at County, and Brenner is actually teaching a med student who is actually pretty bright.

However, several days later, it seems Pratt’s funeral has taken place. Many of the staff are back at the ER, with Betina. Morris takes Betina to the break room as a trauma comes in. Chaz is there as well, and is angry at Gates, it appears, because the staff is going to get together at Ike’s.

The incoming trauma is Norman, the hero, and he’s septic. But the staff saves him, and Brenner reunites him with Rose who is now recovering.

Elsewhere in a city park, Neela and Dubenko, dressed in funeral attire walk along talking. Dubenko is dark and distant. Neela says she heard from Ray Barnett who wanted to come but had more surgery and could not. Neela’s feeling quite adrift after all that has happened. Later, after saving Norman, Brenner asks if he should wait for Neela to escort her to Ike’s, but she declines.

Later, at Ike’s, there is Frank, Sam, Gates, Abby, Morris, Malik, Zadro and Bardelli.

Ray is finally mentioned!!!! Sadly Pratt’s dead.