#penguin comments

That first scene where Whitaker, Santos, the new guy and Javadi are doing a resuscitation was so dumb. Like, insulting my intelligence level idiotic.

What well-educated medical provider would be unable to recognize Torsades de Pointes? You couldn’t pass ACLS without knowing this heart rhythm. It’s one of the most distinct heart rhythms in the study of EKGs. And these characters are supposed to be doctors? DOCTORS?!!

These idiots can’t even get it together enough to recognize TORSADES!!! Their medical schools should take back their degrees! (They have degrees this season right? I think Whitaker is an intern now? IDK, I quit watching after 5 minutes.)

Torsades is an easy heart rhythm. It’s incredibly distinct. You don’t even have to count, you don’t have to measure. There aren’t a bunch of other things that look like it. And they thought it was monomorphic (one shape) it is very clearly a polymorphic rhythm (multiple shapes)!

One shape versus multiple shapes. It’s not hard.

They put that on screen for .01 seconds and I recognized it immediately. And trust me, I’m no one’s genius. Did they show them making this mistake to try and make the audience members feel smart? Because if I was in an ER and the providers were mis-identifying Torsades, I’d be flying out of there at Mach 6. 🤦🏼‍♀️

I might need to stop studying EKGs so hard. It’s ruining my television watching experience.

On a good note though, at least they had the correct rhythm on the monitor once they identified it. I’ve seen a lot of television where they don’t even have the correct rhythm that they’re talking about up on the monitor during the scene. So I suppose this is an improvement.

I’m not sick or anything, I just have to go in and read EKG strips in front of my professor. It’s my final exam.

Yes, you read that right. My final literally requires me to go and sit in a class room, just me and the professor, and I get ten EKG strips. Each strip is worth 5 points.