Doctor!
Doctor...
Please save my mom.
Doctor!
Doctor.
Mother...
Please save my mother, Doctor!
Hold on a second, Doc!
Doc!
You call yourselves doctors?
How can you be doctors?
Hold on!
Osteotome.
[ Episode 3 ]
What's going on out there? Why is it so loud?
An emergency patient got transferred, and apparently they barged into the OR.
What else would you expect from Choi Seok Han?
Taesan isn't some neighborhood hospital.
Why is he accepting emergency transfers anyway?
That's why he's putting the patient whom the director messed up
during the stent operation on hold for two hours.
What?
He did that to the director's patient?
Where is he now?
He was sent to the CCU after draining.
Why are you telling me that now?
Hurry and do the sutures. I have to get there first...
Sutures!
Let's start.
Scalpel.
Scalpel going in.
Okay, Doc.
Retractor.
Can't you pull it further? I can't see anything!
What are you doing? Haven't you done this before?
No.
You're supposed to be in your fourth year.
Is anyone available now?
Both of the cardiac surgeons are performing surgery right now.
I'll do it.
No.
We can't allow a resident from a different hospital to operate.
I can do it.
The son wants to save his mother. What can we say to that?
Why don't you two switch?
Pardon?
- I told you to hold the aorta, here! - Yes.
I got it.
Take your hands out, scrub them and come back.
Okay.
Don't think of her as your mother.
She's just a patient on a surgical bed.
Okay.
Clamp.
Turn the ACC on.
How are her vitals?
It's okay so far.
Clamp.
You can let go now. Suction.
Anesthesiologist.
I'm tying up the aorta. It'll bleed a bit.
The vitals?
The blood pressure is okay.
How's it going?
She'll be okay.
Dr. Choi can be kind of strange, but he's a good surgeon.
Tae Soo is good, too.
I'm sure she'll survive then.
Metzenbaum.
Cut.
Closure.
We stopped the bleeding. Let's see how it goes.
Okay.
You can close it, right? I have another patient.
Doctor.
- Sorry about earlier... - It's okay.
If I were in your shoes, I would've said something worse.
Since at that moment,
you were a son, not a doctor.
Director.
My back is still sore.
I didn't expect you to stab me in the back.
I'm sorry, Director.
Her belly was opened up in the ambulance. I had no choice.
No need to apologize.
We all have to make choices.
And you have to pay for those choices.
I'll start operating immediately.
You don't need to.
Dr. Koo is already on it.
Don't you think Dr. Choi was too much earlier?
What do you mean?
The patient would've died if he sent her back like that.
I still don't understand him. And I've known him for 10 years.
He still saved her anyway.
That's Choi Seok Han.
[ Intensive Care Unit 1 ]
I'll start the monitoring. It's connected.
What number should I set it to?
- Let's start at 20. - Okay.
I'm sure she'll wake up soon.
I need you two to leave now.
Can't I stay here until she wakes up?
Unfortunately, that's the rule at the ICU.
Let him stay just this once.
He'll take better care of her than anyone.
He's a resident in cardiac surgery.
- Let me know when she wakes up. - Okay.
Okay then...
Only one of you can stay.
I'll get going, Tae Soo.
I might really get fired.
Thank you, Woo Jin.
You can go now.
Make sure to call me when she wakes up.
[ Taesan University Hospital ]
Let's see her face. The patient who survived thanks to her son.
I know.
She had a hard life to make her son a doctor,
and that saved her.
Are you a fortune teller? How do you know if she had a hard life or not?
Why wouldn't I know?
I can tell by just looking at her hands.
You're right.
You're right. She suffered a lot.
They're like my mom's hands.
Must be nice to save your mom and stay with her.
I'm jealous.
I think she's crying.
She really is.
- I think she heard us. - Did she gain consciousness?
- Please call Dr. Choi. - Got it.
Oh Jung Hye, can you hear me?
Oh Jung Hye?
- I think Oh Jung Hye woke up. - What?
Mom, can you hear me?
Open your eyes if you can hear me.
Mom.
If you can hear me,
try nodding.
It's okay now, Mom.
I think we can take her off the respirator.
Okay.
Oh Jung Hye,
you're alive, thanks to your son.
Tae Soo.
Mom,
you did well.
Let's go home now.
Doctor,
thank you.
Take good care of her.
She has high blood pressure. Make sure to get her heart checked.
- Don't forget. - Okay.
- Thank you. - Sure.
Thank you.
[ Five months later ]
[ 2015 Taesan University Hospital Chest Surgery fellowship interview ]
No. 1025, Park Tae Soo.
No. 1486, Koo Dong Joon.
Have a seat.
What's this?
Haewon University...
Is that an actual school?
You did your residency at Joongsan University Hospital and
you want to do your fellowship at Taesan?
Yes.
Do you think we're that easy?
No.
Who told you to apply here?
I applied because I want to work at Taesan Hospital.
You studied pretty hard.
In cardiac surgery, you scored the highest on
the national exam this year.
The highest score, my a**.
If someone heard, they might misunderstand.
It's not a big deal to get the top score among 20 people.
Sir, Dr. Koo Dong Joon was...
the 20th out of 20 people.
What? You knew.
He finished the residency.
The score's not so important.
Everyone has to learn from each other.
Dr. Choi,
what do you think...
of someone from Haewon University
joining Taesan University Hospital?
I think...
it's fine as long as he works hard.
What's the point of studying at Taesan University
if you just need to study hard?
And the fact that you went to Haewon University isn't the problem.
You got your supervising physician suspended when you were a fourth-year resident. Right?
I got a phone call
telling me not to hire you.
Who are you trying to sabotage this time now?
- That's not it. - It's not?
Tell me what you want to do here then.
I'll become a doctor.
You're making me a bad guy.
I hope you become the doctor you want to be.
But not at Taesan.
Dr. Park Tae Soo.
Doctor.
You're mother's well, right?
Yes.
She needs continual treatment, but she's well.
It's all thanks to you.
There's something I didn't get to tell you earlier.
What is it...
There's already one doctor at Taesan Hospital who
graduated from Haewon University.
Pardon?
You mean...
you also went to...
Working at Taesan as a Haewon Unversity grad
won't be easy.
Pardon?
This is all I can do for you.
Thank you, Doctor.
Thank you!
[ Taesan University Hospital ]
[ Heart Surgeons ]
[ 4 years later ]
Hello!
Yes.
Grandpa, when did you wake up? One second...
Where am I?
Ms. Sun Young?
Ms. Sun Young.
What?
He's experiencing delirium, isn't he?
[ Delirium: A mental derangement that occurs after surgery ]
Yes, it finally came.
How did he undo that?
Is that important now?
Grandpa,
please don't move until I come over there.
Excuse me for a second.
Excuse you?
Please don't. It's bad.
Don't!
Oh, no! Grandpa!
- I'll do it. Compression! - Okay.
Yes, 10 more minutes.
I knew it.
Doctor, hurry.
I performed a surgery two hours ago.
I think patient Yang Hyun Mo is in delirium.
So?
He pulled out the tube and he's bleeding...
Why do you always come to me when something happens?
Dr. Koo Hee Dong is the one who's on call tonight.
You don't want to wake him up when he's sleeping.
You know what I mean
You're always here.
By the way,
why did pulling out the tube cause bleeding?
I wonder.
Why is he bleeding?
Who closed him up?
Dr. Koo Dong Joon did.
Where's the patient?
I let the anesthesiologist know and reserved an OR as an emergency case.
I'm sure he's there now.
- Let's change and go in. - Okay.
[ Operation Time: 20:49, Current time: 05:40, Anesthesia Time: 40:03 ]
- Hello. - Hey.
Dr. Park,
didn't we part ways two hours ago?
What kind of stitch job was it that this is the result?
This wouldn't have happened if it was done correctly.
I did it correctly.
How did he undo this anyway?
They get so powerful when they're delirious.
Even if it was done correctly, it was bound to burst at some point.
The bleeding must mean that the graft got caught in the tube.
Let's open it up and find out.
Why did Dong Joon think he could be a cardiac surgeon?
Because of his dad, of course.
It's common knowledge.
Everyone at Taesan knows it.
Dr. Choi is busy taking care of Dr. Koo,
and Dr. Park is busy taking care of Koo Dong Joon.
You guys make great pairs. Like buy one get one free.
Focus.
I'm sorry.
- Good morning. - Hello.
Nothing happened, right?
He's my patient.
Did you already transfer him to the ward?
Well...
I know the surgery went well, but this is too soon.
Why didn't you tell me first?
Lee Sun Young, you're so hasty.
Ward, my foot.
Pardon?
He went into the OR just now.
The OR?
He pulled out the tube
and the blood spurted...
- How come? - The person who closed him up probably knows.
Thanks to you, I had a crazy night
last night.
Right, the conference.
I have a conference this morning.
I need to get ready now.
I need to read a thesis, too.
See you later.
What a piece of work.
When will he grow up?
It'll be fine now even if it gets pulled out by accident.
- Okay. - Now you know why you have to close carefully,
- right? - For sure.
You're good at answering at least.
For sure.
Wire cutter.
Did you sleep well, Doctor?
How could I sleep well at the hospital?
Huh? What's this?
Endocarditis accompanied by a cerebral infarction?
- Pull up the echo. - Okay.
Wow, the valves are all messed up.
It could've been an abscess that intruded the myocardium.
How long were antibiotics used?
For more than four weeks.
But she was transferred here since she kept feeling feverish.
The higher-ups are already freaking out about the mortality rate.
[ Mortality: death rate ] Who took in a patient like this?
Let me guess, it's Choi Seok Han. Isn't it?
No, she's your patient.
My patient?
You scheduled it yourself as the first
operation on Friday.
Koo Hee Dong?
Why is my name here?
When did I take this case anyway?
This is not good. I can't be blamed for this...
Where's Park Tae Soo? Go get him.
- Right now? - Right now!
Seriously...
Dr. Park.
Hello.
What kind of patient?
Dr. Koo Dong Joon did a bad job putting the tube in,
and Dr. Park took care of it...
Seung Jae, why don't you get going?
That bastard...
It's not a big deal.
Dr. Park. Just one sec.
This patient right here...
Patient Kim Sung Hee.
Transfer her to a different hospital.
Pardon?
Since I can't operate on her due to my busy schedule,
transfer her to a different hospital.
Understand?
Here we go again.
He's doing that again.
He was so greedy for more patients,
and now he wants to send her away because he doesn't want to operate.
This is classic Dr. Koo Hee Dong.
It's a patient from outside of Seoul.
It won't be easy to transfer her.
Pardon?
She can't be operated on anymore?
Dr. Koo Hee Dong's conference schedule changed all of a sudden.
If so,
another doctor can operate, right?
This is a huge hospital. He can't be the only doctor here.
Dr. Koo is the...
best surgeon at this hospital.
Doctor, if that's the case,
what's going to happen to my wife?
There's a reason that we came all the way to Seoul.
I'll find...
a hospital that's as capable
as Dr. Koo.
We can operate, but it'd be a problem if she dies.
We can't take a case like this.
But still...
Isn't there some way?
Are you telling us to prepare for the funeral?
Contact another hospital.
Okay.
Who's going to take her? She's a time bomb.
No one will take her in Seoul.
Can't you just ask Dr. Choi?
Dr. Choi?
He'll be in trouble if we have another death.
She'll have to go back home
and wait to die.
What?
There's no option since no one's willing to operate.
I think Dr. Park has changed.
It's not that he's changed,
but that he's accepted reality.
He also needs to survive, doesn't he?
He's about to renew his contract. He needs to behave.
Aigoo, what's the point of struggling to become a doctor?
Life is cheap.
That means your life is cheap, too.
Yes.
- Thank you, Doctor. - Take care.
Doctor.
She has a cerebral infarction* and endocarditis? [ *Lack of blood flow damaging brain tissue ]
She's still feverish
and Dr. Koo Hee Dong wants me to transfer her to a different hospital.
I'm sure no one wants her.
So what are you planning to do?
Send her back home?
The risk is high,
but she's still young.
I want to operate on her.
If you do,
what do you get out of it?
Even if you succeed out of luck,
Dr. Koo won't forgive you.
No doctor will keep a fellow doctor around who saved the patient he gave up on.
And if the patient dies,
you're finished.
So,
there's probably nothing
you can get out of it.
The day...
you saved my mother...
what did you get out of doing that?
It was an operation the director had opposed.
I got you.
Just think about your mother.
It wasn't easy for you to get here.
Chairman.
What brings you here?
Are you treating me like some old man, too?
Not at all. I'm not a board member yet.
- Have a seat. - Okay.
Dr. Choi.
- Yes. - My daughter...
Soo Yeon is coming back.
Dr. Yoon is coming back?
I told her to.
You should take care of her.
You want me to?
[ Episode 4 will air shortly. ]
Soo Yeon is coming back?
[ Episode 4 ] Yes.
She's coming back to Taesan.
Obviously,
it's your decision.
Why would I oppose that?
My dear niece is coming back from the best hospital.
I should welcome her with open arms.
Thank you, Hyun Il.
By the way,
why is she coming back?
Cleveland Clinic is
a dream hospital for all doctors.
I'd never come back if it were me.
Maybe you told her to come back?
I guess she pitied me for being alone.
So he won't let me run the hospital?
Look into what the chairman knows.
What?
You want me to operate on her because no one will take her?
Do you want me to get fired?
What should you do when no one wants the patient?
Tell me.
She's only in her 30s.
She has endocarditis.
Doesn't she need to be operated on right away if she has a cerebral infarction?
Who's asking you to decide?
You can't even do as you're told.
How can I trust you to do anything?
Bring me her guardian.
If your wife has the operation,
she'll be at greater risk.
Even if I operate on her,
I can't guarantee that her heart will be okay.
And during surgery, a blood clot from her heart might affect her head.
And it's highly likely that it could kill her.
If so...
what should I do?
Being treated by an internist is the best way to go.
If so...
can she survive?
Anyway,
treatment by an internist is the same everywhere.
Thankfully, I know a competent colleague.
I recommend that she receive treatment back home.
You came a long way.
I'll do my best to take care of the cost.
Thank you, Doctor. Thank you.
We'll get going tomorrow then.
Why don't you go now?
Pardon?
I'll call an ambulance for you.
You should go back now and
receive treatment asap.
Dr. Park,
help him with the transfer procedure.
Excuse me.
Yes.
Are you a doctor, too?
Yes, why do you ask?
Isn't there a doctor who can cure all diseases?
Why do you ask?
I want to ask them to cure my mom.
Is your mom sick?
She tells me that she's not, but I think she is.
Where's she?
Mom!
Where were you?
I was looking for you.
Eun Ji, you're here.
Let's go.
You go ahead.
Aigoo, Doctor.
We'll get going then.
Thanks for everything.
She'll die if she goes back.
What did you just say?
If she doesn't get operated on immediately,
your wife will die.
It's highly likely that something will go wrong during surgery.
But if she doesn't get the surgery,
she'll end up dying.
I don't know how much time she has left, but...
Are you telling me to choose?
Between the surgery that might kill her
and the short period of time that I can spend with her?
Who'll operate on her then?
You told me that Dr. Koo Hee Dong is the best.
I'll do it.
You will?
I'll do my best.
I want to...
get the surgery.
Honey.
I want you to perform the surgery.
I don't want to...
say goodbye to Eun Ji.
[ Dr. Park Tae Soo ]
Yes, Doc.
Pardon?
Are you crazy?
You mean...
I have to hang up now.
The patient left, right?
Yes, I got them the ambulance.
Well done. Why couldn't you do that earlier?
But I don't think they got on.
I told you that I'll be there today.
What?
Wait just a bit.
Doctor, it's an emergency. I need an OR.
Okay, I'm on my way now.
I thought you weren't taking on emergency cases so you could study.
- I'm sorry. - Is it Dr. Choi again?
I'm meeting someone.
I'll get you an OR. Ask Dr. Jang to join you.
What?
It wasn't Dr. Choi?
By chance...
is it you?
Yes.
Are you trying to copy him by taking emergency cases?
I need you to help me.
What? Why?
Is it a serious case?
Yes.
I was going to go to the reunion.
Let's get it done quickly. We're starting now, right?
In 30 minutes, after Dr. Koo leaves.
Is it Dr. Koo's patient?
What'll you do if he finds out?
He'll probably forget what the patient looked like in two months.
He can never remember his patients.
What's this now?
I won't. I can't!
- Doctor! - What?
[ Taesan University Hospital ]
Tie.
It's a problem if you save her,
and a bigger problem if she dies.
There'll be no problem if we save her.
How's the blood pressure?
It's okay so far.
You're administering the anesthesia. What's there to worry about?
- I'd be the one in trouble. - Focus.
The blood pressure is going up.
Did the anesthetic go in too fast? What's going on?
The heartbeat is too rapid. Lower her head.
If the blood clot gets stuck to the head, it's over.
Get me some ice.
Yes.
Clamp.
Hurry and go to the aorta.
Blood from the aorta's flowing backward.
- Put the cardioplegic solution in directly. - Okay.
Metzenbaum.
The valves are all dissolved.
I can't see anything.
- Can't you do better with suction? - I can.
Is the ice not ready yet?
Quickly!
Park Tae Soo,
is this the answer you came up with?
Doctor, the patient is in a critical...
Dr. Choi, the thing is...
I'm sorry, Doctor.
The inflammation is much worse than what was on her echo.
If the direct method doesn't work, go with the retrograde method.
Put in a lot of gauzes.
You're supposed to be a fourth-year fellow. What are you doing?
I'll do it.
Give her the cardioplegic solution.
The cardioplegic solution is going in.
Is it going in well?
Yes, it is.
How's the heart?
Did it work?
Yes.
It's good.
I'll be there after scrubbing. Make room.
[ Surgery in progress ]
Next time, don't make decisions on your own.
You too, Moon Seung Jae.
Yes.
Osteotome.
Doctor.
I didn't see anything wrong in the brain monitor during the surgery.
Since we did our best,
let's be hopeful and wait.
Thank you, Doctor.
Now, she won't be in pain.
Why don't you get some sleep with Eun Ji and return tomorrow morning?
Yes.
Thank you, Doctor.
I'm sorry, Doctor.
Would you say sorry if the patient had died mid-surgery?
I couldn't just let her go.
I thought if there's even a slim chance for the patient to survive,
you have to save them no matter what as a cardiac surgeon.
Were you confident that you could save her?
Tae Soo,
those things don't matter at Taesan.
If you can't save them,
you have to throw them out. That's Taesan.
Seung Jae is watching the patient. You should go rest tonight.
If that's the case, why did you
let me work at Taesan?
Because you're like me.
That's not necessarily a good thing.
You operated on Dr. Koo's patient again?
What else should I've done? She had a daughter, too.
It went well since Dr. Choi helped.
Dr. Choi, you and I.
Only the three of us went to Haewon University.
Whenever I see you, I'm worried it would become two.
I get it. I'll be careful.
- Woo Jin. - What?
Could you watch my mom this weekend?
Are you working part-time again?
You didn't take even a day off this month.
Keep it quiet this time. Don't cause any trouble.
Fine.
Tae Soo,
I'll take care of her this weekend. Don't worry.
Woo Jin,
thank you.
Don't mention it.
Anyway, it's already been three months since your mother was admitted.
Time flies.
She was wondering if you eat well
and get any sleep.
All she did was worry about you.
[ Conversations about life with your son ]
It's a DCMP. [ *DCMP: Dilated cardiomyopathy ]
She got an abdominal aneurysm surgery four years ago,
but as you know,
her heart was in bad condition and it enlarged.
It's not functioning as well, either.
I think the only option is a transplant.
Let's hospitalize her and put her on the transplant list.
Tae Soo, you came.
Aigoo, I woke you up.
- Why don't you sleep more? - No, I was just dozing off a bit.
Son,
you've been busy, haven't you?
A little.
I thought of calling you, but I didn't because of that.
You should've.
I've been living here for months.
I know better not to.
Anything you'd like to eat?
You must be sick of hospital food.
No, I like it.
I'm getting special treatment thanks to my son.
There's no room in the ward yet?
No.
Greedy bastards.
Private rooms cost a fortune.
I told you that staff members get an employee discount.
They said you don't get a discount for the hospital rooms.
I already asked someone.
Tae Soo,
I got to live the last
four years thanks to you.
If something happens again,
you should...
just let me go.
Don't bother hooking anything up to me.
It's hard on you.
You're being silly again, Mrs. Oh.
Do you understand?
Understand what?
That you'll live 30 more years?
I need to make a lot of money
to pamper Mrs. Oh.
There's an emergency on the plane.
Please let us know if there's a nurse or a doctor on board.
There's an emergency in the...
I'm a doctor.
He was in a car accident two days ago,
and has been in pain since he hit his chest on the steering wheel.
That's why he's wearing figure 8 brace on.
Let's have a look.
Aigoo, his ribs are broken.
It's not a big deal if one or two are broken.
It's a pneumothorax.
Excuse me.
Did you check whether it's emphysema*? [ *A condition of damaged or expanded air sacs ]
He would've already been dead if you could feel that.
I'll take the air out quickly. Wait just a bit.
His pulse is weak.
He's also cold and wet.
- Are you a doctor of Oriental medicine? - I'm a cardiac surgeon.
Did you try listening to his lung?
I'm a professor of cardiac surgery.
I've seen many pneumothorax cases!
You're a professor, but you give such a bad diagnosis?
What?
The lungs sound fine. It's not a pneumothorax.
I can't hear the cardiac sounds so well.
How's the blood pressure?
It's 70/50.
I think it's cardiac tamponade*. [ *Fluid fills the space in the sac around heart ]
Cardiac tamponade? [ *Fluid fills the space in the sac around heart ]
How will you confirm that now?
I have to. Please lift up the shirt.
It is cardiac tamponade.
Please bring the longest needle you have
and sanitize him.
Did this just come out?
Show it to me.
Okay.
Needle.
Syringe.
The blood pressure's going up.
How much time until we land?
About an hour.
- Please get an ambulance ready. - Yes.
Gauze.
- You called the hospital, right? - Yes.
- Let's put him in. - One, two, three!
- Please call his family. - Okay.
The cardiac tamponade is back.
This is not good. Let's go to the nearest hospital.
Yes.
Let's go to the nearest hospital.
A cardiac tamponade?
It's serious enough that CPR is necessary?
We don't have a cardiac surgery department here.
- They don't have a cardiac surgeon. - I am a cardiac surgeon.
Ask them to get me an OR.
We don't have an anesthesiologist now either.
What kind of patient is it?
It's a cardiac tamponade. They want to come here because Myungsung Hospital is too far.
- She's apparently a cardiac surgeon. - Let me talk to her.
Yes, how far away are you?
Okay.
Get me an OR. They're arriving in five minutes.
What are you doing?
You're not a doctor here.
I'll get in trouble if Section Chief finds out.
There's no one to do the surgery since we don't do surgeries on weekends.
Please prepare for the surgery first.
I'll talk to him.
It's not a big surgery.
Big or small, you shouldn't open someone up at someone else's hospital.
They called you to fill in for someone,
not to open someone up.
If I don't do it now, he'll die.
It's better if he dies.
What? Are they there already?
Don't do it.
Don't do anything and send him to a different hospital.
It's a hospital without a cardiac surgeon. What'll you do if something goes wrong?
It's the end for the both of us then.
Let's move him. One, two, three!
You bastard, send him somewhere else!
What are we doing? Let's go in.
He's just a part-timer.
- Hey! - Isn't a part-timer also a doctor?
Don't you see the patient?
I'll open him up for now. Please come back before the surgery ends.
Hey, hey!
Let's go in.
To the second room. The second one.
You want to do it here?
Move.
Charge up to 100.
- Charged. - Clear.
Charge up to 200.
Charged.
Clear.
Go ahead and sanitize.
I'll give him the anesthetic.
I'll go with a pericardiostomy*. [ *Where pericardium is opened to drain blood ]
Let's open it all up. We don't know what happened inside.
I'll stop the cardiac tamponade and transfer him.
- Are you a cardiac surgeon? - Yes.
Not bad for a part-timer.
Please be my resident.
What are you talking about?
Not all cardiac surgeons are the same.
I was at the Cleveland Clinic for four years.
I think I'll be more competent than a part-timer at an ER
for the patient's sake.
Part-timer or not,
I'm in charge here.
He's my patient.
Neither of us works for this hospital.
The one who's more competent should take charge.
Are you that confident?
If I thought you were more competent,
I would've asked you.
He's taking a break since he doesn't work today.
Are you sure?
Isn't he working part-time again?
No, he's not.
I think he went out on a date.
A date?
I think it was with a doctor or a nurse.
How great.
It'd be so nice to see
Tae Soo have a wife before I die.
Is there something you'd like to eat?
Forceps.
Suction.
This is why his heart wasn't beating.
Irrigation.
Did his vitals improve?
Yes, it's good.
Let's do the rest this way.
Scalpel.
The heart pressure is a bit high. Why don't you control it first and move on?
It's temporary.
What hospital do you work for?
I have no hidden agenda.
We'll meet again since we're both cardiac surgeons.
It's a small field.
The blood pressure's dropping!
- Bring in the suction machine. - Okay!
It's an LV rupture*. [ *Left ventricular free wall rupture ]
An LV rupture is rare for chest trauma.
He was hit on his chest?
The blood pressure is dropping more!
- Please squeeze the blood. - Okay!
Give me the Prolene suture in 3.0 or 4.0.
We only have thin Prolene suture.
I'll take it.
There's no use.
Because of the rupture, it's more dangerous if we mess with it.
What kind of styptic do you have?
A styptic... We don't have any.
We need to transfer him.
Get us the ECMO instead.
We don't have ECMO, either.
We still need to transfer him.
If we can't fix this, don't you realize he can die in transit?
He can make it as long as he gets there.
He'll die if he stays here!
You want to go like this?
Wake up.
You have to take responsibility since you opened him up.
Didn't your fancy hospital teach you what to do in this kind of situation?
We need to move to a place with a pump.
Glue.
Bring me glue.
Pardon? Glue?
What kind of...
We don't have medical glue.
Go out and get some then.
You want to use regular glue on a heart?
Are you crazy?
Better to move him now!
He won't make it. He'll die on the way!
You still can't use glue.
What were you thinking when you came here?
Didn't you want to save him somehow?
What about complications?
Save him first and discuss that later.
There's no guarantee that he'll survive if you use glue.
Since when did guarantees exist in cardiac surgery?
Can you really call yourself a cardiac surgeon?
I can't allow it because I'm a surgeon.
He's the patient I brought.
Shut up and bring the glue if you want to save him!
I've never seen anyone using glue on a heart.
You've probably heard of it at least!
Hurry!
You still can't use glue.
Didn't you hear what Section Chief said earlier?
Do you think so, too? You think it's better if he dies?
No, but...
Hold this then. I'll go.
Where's a nearby stationery store?
There's a hardware store across the street.
Reconsider.
Glue.
Where's the glue?
What?
Where's the glue?
Permanent glue is in the storage
and regular glue is over there.
Have you thought about it?
I brought this since they didn't have permanent glue.
Even if he survives, what will you do if his family complains?
Do you have something to cover the pericardium?
No, we don't.
What do you have to use as a patch?
We have to move him now.
A glove.
Bring me a new glove.
I'll cut it and use it as a patch.
- What? - There's no time.
If he dies, that's the end of you.
You can't save every patient.
Think about the patients you still need to save.
Don't be nearsighted and look at the big picture.
If you can't save a patient right in front of you, you're not a surgeon.
Here.
Come on.
You'll...
regret it.
It'd be better than regretting his death.
- Please lower the blood pressure. - Okay.
What are you doing?
[ Heart Surgeons ]
- This is Yoon Soo Yeon. - I was just curious...
Who Dr. Choi Seok Han saved.
Soo Yeon, what did you do?
Let's focus on the patient.
Do you think you're the only one who cares about the patient?
It burst again! I'll block it, so elevate it.
Mother!
- Mother! - It's a cardiac arrest.
Doctor.
We already punctured the heart! You can't go!
What about my mother?
She'll die if I don't leave now!