In this episode, a hurricane threatens Miami. We didn't actually have any trauma related to the weather - instead a van plunged through a deserted park and crashed into a car, sending it flying into another vehicle containing a family. The family in the first vehicle were dead at the scene, but the parents and children in the second car, who had just let the first car pull ahead of them, were able to be rushed to the hospital.
I'm actually a little disappointed that we did not have a higher death count. Yes, everyone in that first vehicle died, but that was at the scene. We have few patient deaths, most of which happen because the team was not able to help them out soon enough. The odds that exist in this trauma wing doubtfully represent those of a true medical facility. Still, who wants to see a show that's overly depressing?
The real challenge of the episode was for Chris (Mike Vogel). He clearly has issues with drunk drivers, and the driver of the van that caused the entire incident was easily believed to be one of them. Strangely, he had no alcohol or drugs in his system. Once Chris realized this, both out of guilt for having judged the man and out of a desire to answer the question of why the accident happened, he searched for the cause. It turned out that the driver had a heart condition of some kind which essentially gave him a heart attack and caused him to pass out, faint, at the wheel.
It's interesting to consider how great the stigma against drunk driving has gotten, although clearly, if this case is the norm, the assumption that someone who causes an accident is drunk may also have grown to prevalent. Can you imagine waking up after a medical condition caused you to faint, and have people calling you a murderer? So many of us get behind the wheel of a car every day, we could easily get into accidents that resemble DUI incidents without that actually being the case.
Only 4 more episode of Miami Medical left. Don't miss out.
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