Because of benzene that's been spread, the ER has to close. Weaver gets felled and Carter has to take the lead.Because of benzene that's been spread, the ER has to close. Weaver gets felled and Carter has to take the lead.Because of benzene that's been spread, the ER has to close. Weaver gets felled and Carter has to take the lead.
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- TriviaBenzene is an organic hydrocarbon that is a natural component of petroleum, it is a colorless, highly flammable liquid with a sweet smell, it is partly responsible for the aroma of gasoline. Benzene is mainly used as a solvent and a precursor chemical to other materials like ethylbenzene, cumene, cyclohexane, and nitrobenzene, which are used in the manufacture of plastics, rubbers, lubricants and dyes. Benzene is highly toxic, breathing benzene fumes can be fatal due to causing vascular congestion in the brain (which is what caused Weaver's seizure); when ingested it causes irritation of the gastrointestinal tract, nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, diarrhea, dizziness, sleepiness, seizures, rapid heart rate, and death. Benzene is also a carcinogen and chronic exposure can cause aplastic anemia, acute leukemia, bone marrow abnormalities and cardiovascular disease.
- GoofsAt approximately 51 minutes- The first time they shock the elderly woman in the hospital cafeteria the nurse doing chest compressions is still touching the patient when they shock her. This would have shocked the nurse too.
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Carol Hathaway: What if the elevator moves? You could get killed!
Dr. Doug Ross: Well, then you won't have to worry about a commitment.
Carol Hathaway: Doug, I'm serious!
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Benzene?
I am not going to rate the episode. I cannot do this. But I am chemist, and I do know the effects of benzene. Sure it is hazardous, but on this episode it feels like we are in Chernobil!! In no way this is plausible. My suspension of belief did not work, and I could not stop laughing with the non-sense here. Which was too bad... Carter has a good here. But guys, benzene vapours are too volatile to even make it up to the ambulance. At the hospital, they were gone, no benzene left to contaminate anything. It is impossible with the laws of physics. Details about benzene can be found easily. I was exposed several times to benzene, and in petrol stations everyone is exposed anyway. This is not radioactive contamination or antrax: it is just a solvent that evaporates very fast.
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- Oct 3, 2024
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