Resident Playbook (2025) s01e04 Episode Script
Episode 4
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[theme music playing]
RESIDENT PLAYBOOK
EPISODE 4
[typing]
[soft music playing]
FOCUS ON YOUR EMOTIONS AND PICK 1 CARD
REVERSED WHEEL OF FORTUNE
So this is the Reversed Wheel of Fortune.
What is that?
This card indicates a hectic situation
and unexpected changes in the future.
[sighs heavily]
[groans softly]
[typing]
[Yi-young] Shit.
What was that thing again?
They did the surgery.
I barely saw any of it.
Why am I writing this?
[hitting key]
It involved a placental pathology,
didn't it? The surgery?
-So mark that information down, then.
-You're right.
Wow. Kim Sa-bi, you're a genius.
They inserted a balloon
in her uterus, right? That's missing too.
[Yi-young] Mm-hmm.
Oh, I spotted a typo on Kim Shin-u's
medical chart earlier.
Oh, really? I double-checked.
It's somewhere in the middle here.
Yeah, look. Doppler.
-D-O-P-P-L That's correct.
-[Sa-bi] It should be a capital D.
It should be capitalized
since it's a real person's name.
You're right. I'll change it.
Thanks a bunch. I'll fix it.
I don't want you in trouble again,
and checking these things
is actually hard.
You can ask me about it.
I like getting to show you
how to do it, don't worry.
-I know you'll get the hang of it.
-Mm-hmm, thanks.
[messenger chimes]
[Joo-young] I'll be in the lobby in five.
Be there on time.
-What's she doing here?
-[door opens]
-Hey, it's finally out!
-[Sa-bi] What is?
-Ta-da!
-[Nam-kyung gasps]
-Come here.
-Oh!
-Nice, right? Look.
-[Nam-kyung] Huh.
[Sa-bi] Oh Yi-young.
[Nam-kyung] It's Yi-young being Yi-young.
She never listens to anything.
You should've posed. You ruined it.
But that's such a lame pose.
It's classic. I love a jump shot.
Lame or not, it's awesome we did it.
If not for me,
we wouldn't have memories like this.
-Our first year'd slip by us.
-[cell phone buzzing]
Let's all take a photo
just like this every year.
-In our second year
-[buzzing continues]
-Is that someone's phone?
-[buzzing continues]
OH JOO-YOUNG
[sighs heavily]
I'm coming.
-This shouldn't take long.
-You're going?
-Yeah, to see someone.
-Who?
Just someone I know.
You're all so nosy sometimes.
She always takes off
when the topic of next year comes up.
She does.
Oh, I skipped
the anti-adhesion adjuvant. Hmm.
Oh.
Yi-young left without logging out.
[messenger chimes]
[Joo-young] Bring your friends.
I'll buy you lunch.
[Yi-young] I told you they're not
my friends. They're just coworkers.
I can't have friends if I'm quitting soon.
[Joo-young groans] You're so obnoxious.
This is why you've never had
a single friend.
[Yi-young] I really don't think
I can do this anymore.
[Joo-young] Just stop already.
[Yi-young] Really?
Should I quit now? Tomorrow?
She's not actually serious.
We all think about quitting
some days, don't we?
Not everybody!
Just let her quit.
She's only hurting herself.
Doesn't matter to us.
She can get held back for all I care.
-[scoffs]
-[Sa-bi] I hope she doesn't quit.
I'd like to lend her a hand
with charting and study sessions.
Oh, oh, oh! Can I get your help, too?
I think I'm gonna get fired,
so I won't even get to quit.
You won't, given the small amount
of residents.
Ah. [smacks lips]
I see that you speak
nothing but pure fact.
Gosh, it's like you two speak
totally different languages.
It's a wonder you can talk at all.
[yells]
-What the
-Oh Yi-young!
She dropped it like trash!
It took time to print these out.
How could she?
I guess it fell as she went out.
I guess you have empathy after all.
Well, I didn't say I was quitting today.
All R1s plan how they're gonna quit
some time or another.
Oh, really? So you do have a conscience.
Here I was wondering
if you had any common sense left.
I do. Come on, of course.
Don't worry.
I couldn't keep a job otherwise.
For you, this is kind of a splurge,
isn't it?
It didn't cost anything. Do-won paid.
This, here, is their signature,
the new addition.
-What was this one again?
-Do-won's favorite.
[scoffs] The things you must know
about him from working here.
This one's also my favorite.
Look at you, bunny from hell. Eat up then.
I wish Do-won had been able
to join us for lunchtime.
He's the one who told me to stay
because he'd be free.
-Was it an emergency?
-I wouldn't be here if it was.
Yeah, you're right.
-You told him I'd be here?
-You?
Of course I did, yeah.
-Did you guys argue?
-We didn't.
-What did you do now?
-Nothing!
-[Joo-young] Are you behaving?
-I always do!
-You better not be lying.
-Don't believe me, fine. You never do.
You're such a little [sighs]
Why did you come all the way here?
Wow, are you here to spy on me?
Someone has to keep an eye on you.
[hisses] I've still got about
40 million won still to pay back.
-Once
-Yeah, all right.
Eat up, I don't want it to go to waste.
-[smacks lips]
-[chuckles]
[slurps softly]
I think that I might try again.
The motherhood thing.
I paid a visit to the fertility center.
Why? I thought you'd given up.
It's been half a year now,
and I feel more determined
than ever. [chuckles]
[inhales sharply]
I'm still just thinking about it,
but it just seems like a shame to give up
when I can try again.
So I still want to give it another chance
before I head into my forties.
I haven't told Seung-won yet.
Don't say anything.
Are you sure?
You can raise me instead.
I haven't become an adult yet.
[chuckles] At least you know that.
[cell phone rings]
HUSBAND
Mm, hey, sweetie.
Yeah, in Jongno right now.
I saw Do-won a bit ago,
and I'm with Yi-young now.
What about it?
He doesn't want
an arranged date. [chuckles]
He's your brother.
You go talk to him, then.
There's no way
I can just ask him that, okay?
Yi-young?
Oh, all right. Bye-bye.
Wait, a blind date?
There's a woman who works with Seung-won,
but Do-won won't take her out.
He wasn't interested.
Oh.
Hey.
So has Do-won been
seeing anyone from work?
I'm not sure. I don't think so.
Oh, um, so
have you heard any gossip about anyone
he might have a crush on?
Nope.
Nothing.
[Joo-young] How about anyone
who's interested in him?
Have you heard anything?
There's gotta be women interested.
There has to be someone, right?
You don't know?
There's someone, actually.
Oh, really?
There is? No way!
Who is it?
[gulps]
I have no idea.
-Why would I know?
-Hey!
Stop yelling. Don't be so loud!
What? Do you know or not?
-Drop it. Who cares?
-Gosh, you're such a little
[cell phone ringing]
Hello. Oh Yi-young speaking.
Of course, on my way.
[sighs]
[theme music playing]
RESIDENT PLAYBOOK
[soft acoustic music playing]
[knock on door]
Who is it?
Knock, knock.
-I've heard the rumors.
-What rumors?
That we share a certain taste, you and I.
-I like girls, sorry.
-Huh?
Oh.
Me too.
I like women very much.
I'm here because I heard
you play tennis, right?
Oh. So what?
Yulje could start a team up
for anyone who wants to join,
but we'd practice regularly.
It's a way for us to bond
and get to know other departments too.
-We'll do it Fridays at 8:00.
-Fridays? I can't.
-Ah, I forgot, not Fridays.
-Go without me.
We can't! We chose you
as the team president.
OB-GYN
4TH-YEAR RESIDENT LOUNGE
-You did?
-Yeah, that's what we decided.
I would've also preferred a different day,
but everyone says
Friday's got the most availability.
[Do-won] So meet without me.
I'm busy on Fridays.
[Jae-il] I know.
The entire hospital knows.
Because it's Friday night, you'll grab
Chinese and review next week's surgeries
before you make a trip
to the convenience store.
You'll get two beers to bring
to your house, and then, tu-dum!
Netflix to help you pass the time.
You are Mr. Routine, and you want to enjoy
your boring life all alone.
-Everyone knows that, now.
-[chuckles]
It's just so much fun.
Having a weekly ritual is how I survive.
Wait, why are you and I
talking about this?
Oh. Sorry about that.
Look, don't be sorry. Just get to work.
[Jae-il inhales sharply]
-I need to use the bathroom.
-Use another one.
I should, huh?
I'll see you in
the sixth-floor meeting room later.
The topic of the research is going to be
predicting preterm birth through
the calculation of cervical elasticity.
Dr. Ki Eun-mi and Dr. Park Ji-yun
are working on gathering the data,
and I'd like for an R1 to then overlook
all of the statistical analysis,
push the overall process,
and write the abstract at the end.
And then, if the data does support us,
we'll hand it in when we go to Italy
for the World Congress of Ultrasound
in Gynecology and Obstetrics this year.
That's how one of you
could attend with us.
You'll be listed as the first author
if the abstract is any good.
And you'll gain
valuable experience throughout.
How about if you take the lead,
Oh Yi-young?
The lead?
No thanks.
I don't have the skills.
You should pick someone better.
Sorry about that.
Try before throwing in the towel.
Your face is telling me you want to do it.
Don't you?
Yes.
I will do my best.
[Jung-min] Yi-young'll take the first one,
and then in this order, Sa-bi, Nam-kyung,
and Jae-il will follow suit.
-Understood?
-[both] Yes.
Each person is to send me
a detailed report
on their research project on the last day
of each month.
[Nam-kyung] Understood.
[Jae-il] Wow, you guys,
our professor is crazy persuasive.
I mean, I was raising my hand
without knowing I was doing it!
Getting the chance to go to Italy
is what sold me.
I couldn't resist.
My hand was already in the air.
[sighs] How are we to do all this
while working?
Yeah, why even ask us to raise our hands?
So much for "volunteering."
This is so unfair.
I know that. It's completely unfair.
[Yi-young] Yeah, exactly.
Some of us would happily do it, so why
pass it to someone who's quitting?
It's a waste.
She shouldn't give that opportunity
to you.
Hey.
[indistinct announcement over PA]
We, um, didn't try to read it.
You forgot to log out of your account.
[inhales] I think Sa-bi's
acting like that because
thinking you may be quitting upset her.
Not like you meant it, but still.
Try to understand.
Do you really think
that's the reason she's upset?
Why do I think you're making that up?
I assumed she was upset
'cause I got chosen.
-True, and that.
-I think it's 'cause Yi-young was chosen.
It's nothing. Just let it go now.
Hmm. Oh, my hair cut.
See ya. Have fun on call.
Later, then.
[woman] Hello.
Oh, hello.
-Oh.
-Oh, gosh, I'm sorry.
That's how we put on surgical gowns.
I forgot where I was.
-Oh, so you're a doctor, then, huh?
-I am.
Must've been hard
to find time to come here.
-I know. I almost didn't make it.
-[both chuckle]
-[cell phone rings]
-Oh.
Yes, nurse?
Hi, Doctor. The patient Kim Hyeong-ja?
You prescribed her an N-SAID,
but she said she has an allergy,
so she'll need
another painkiller prescribed.
[sighs] Give her some acetaminophen,
would you?
I can put the order in once I'm back.
So sorry about this.
Okay, goodbye for now.
[woman] Dr. Pyo Nam-kyung,
you're doing it all wrong.
Oh! Oh, hello, Doctor.
There's no reason to apologize
over something so trivial.
[Nam-kyung] What?
-You were speaking to a nurse, right?
-Right.
It's May already. Don't let the nurses
order you around anymore.
-You're an R1, so act like it.
-[Nam-kyung] Okay.
Then I'll do that.
Thank you again for all the wisdom
and guidance. I appreciate it, Doctor.
Don't mention it. It's nothing.
I was only introducing those
because they're new.
-You shouldn't buy it unless you want to.
-No worries. Your products do wonders
-[woman chuckles]
-This shampoo is a miracle.
Oh, and in the bags, you'll also find
samples to hand out at the clinic.
-Really? Oh.
-[gasps] Wow.
-Thank you so much.
-Thanks a bunch, really!
-I'll see you again!
-See you.
-Great, thank you.
-Have a good one, thanks!
Smarty pants like that struggle out
in the wild still, don't they? [scoffs]
Oh, I think I should've gotten
another bottle of treatment.
I know! Never hurts to stock up
when you use it a lot.
-Exactly.
-[sighs]
-So, did you drive here?
-Ah, no, I took the train.
-Mm, see ya.
-Okay, see you later.
[cell phone chimes]
[Sa-bi] Do you think
that Yi-young will really quit?
[Jae-il] No, she's not serious.
What did I tell you? Words can have
12,000 different meanings.
[man] Thank you.
[Sa-bi] If she's going to quit,
I hope she does it ASAP,
so that I can do
Professor Seo Jung-min's paper.
-[knock on door]
-[gasps]
Who is it?
[Yi-young] Doctor, it's me, Oh Yi-young.
-What? An emergency?
-No, not an emergency.
I'm on call, but I don't want to bother
the professors this late with questions.
-May I run some of them by you?
-Mm-hmm.
If the patient's water broke ten hours
ago, do I start antibiotics?
It's for Woo Jeong-hyo.
-The patient's temperature is?
-Thirty-seven degrees.
Watch her for a bit longer
and then start them at 12 hours. Mm.
Miss Kang has a Hemoglobin level of ten
and had a postpartum hemorrhage.
When should she be retested?
Uh Professor Seo Jung-min's patient
from today?
Yes.
POD Two is all right.
-Right.
-Okay.
And also, what about restlessness
due to lack of food?
Because nothing's open
this late at night. So what do I do?
-Who's hungry?
-Yours truly.
OB-GYN
4TH-YEAR RESIDENT LOUNGE
[sighs]
JONGNO YULJE MEDICAL CENTER
-[yawns]
-Hello!
Oh, Sabi-sabi, you're early.
-I always get here super early.
-Ah.
You had breakfast?
Wanna grab something downstairs?
I always have breakfast ready-to-go.
Oh. Gosh, you're always prepared,
aren't you?
Yes. Well, have a great morning.
Okay. See ya.
Hello.
Oh, you're here.
Can you stop that bouncing?
What?
Oh. Sure.
And you're using my pen.
Here you go. Sorry.
I was wondering
[cell phone ringing]
Yes, Professor?
Hwangbo Bo-hyeon? I'm examining her file.
Wait, I should?
But I've never done anything like that.
Then I'll try my very best today.
All right, bye.
[disconnects call]
-Seo Jung-min called?
-Yeah.
Looks like CS is having
a prenatal interdisciplinary session.
It's interdisciplinary?
They want an R1
at an interdisciplinary session?
-I'm presenting.
-[Sa-bi] Why?
Is the baby all right? Is it the mother?
The mother previously had a stillbirth
at 32 weeks.
The Ebstein anomaly was detected
in the latest anatomy scan.
That's rare. We only see
a couple of cases each year.
They'll do an amniocentesis?
Will you be assisting, then?
How would I know? Beats me.
By any chance, do you have any articles
on Ebstein anomaly cases? Or any books?
Even I don't know everything, you know.
That's true.
[cell phone ringing]
Hello?
I'm on my way.
[disconnects call]
[sighs]
[sighs] Whatever, I'll do it later.
CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION
[page rustles]
[doctor] Twenty weeks
and how many days was it?
Twenty weeks, two days, I believe.
[doctor] And in their first pregnancy?
Oh, I wasn't working here back then.
I wouldn't know the answer.
-You still should know everything, right?
-Yes, I'm sorry.
With her first pregnancy in 2021,
Ebstein was detected at 20 weeks
in the scan.
The pregnancy continued
until the stillbirth. At the time
Her first pregnancy,
so no amniocentesis was done?
-That's what happened.
-The information's all here.
Yet the primary physician
didn't bother to read it.
Is there a reason you didn't?
-I really am sorry.
-Tell me about the heart.
The tricuspid valve's location is unusual.
-So the left
-Right ventricle.
Uh right.
The right ventricle is quite narrow,
so, blood flows into
-the left atrium, leading
-Right atrium, yes?
Right atrium, which is leading to
hypertrophy of the area.
Yes.
You know nothing about your own patient,
so how [inhales]
will you explain it to her family
and get the consent form signed?
-[door opens]
-You're right, I'm sorry.
Oh, hey you.
Mm. Delivery?
Yeah, I'm sorry.
Hey. This isn't your hospital,
so just stop attacking my resident.
Who said I was attacking her?
I just asked questions.
I'll handle the residents here.
The kids in CS are all yours.
I don't have kids to handle,
just three new residents.
One of them is hiding from me too. And
Ah, whatever, never mind.
So you're just a jealous man?
-Yeah, I'm jealous of one.
-[Jung-min] Thanks for coming by.
Cha Byeong-seon
in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
said to pick your brain
while we've got you.
Yeah, I got the call.
Here, give me your opinion.
[Do-won] Ebstein anomaly was detected
in Hwangbo Bo-Hyeon's anatomy scan
at 19 weeks.
We plan to perform an amniocentesis
for genetic testing on her next visit.
During her first pregnancy, two years ago,
the anomaly was also detected.
Since the amniocentesis wasn't done,
we never found the genetic cause,
and a stillbirth happened at 32 weeks.
[sighs] It's the same heart defect
as last time.
Things can get tricky if the infant
doesn't weigh two kilos. [inhales]
If it's too small, it'll make the surgery
difficult to perform.
It's safe enough to continue the pregnancy
if problems like cardiomegaly
don't occur before 34 weeks.
I agree this case is milder
than two years ago,
and blood from the pulmonary artery
is flowing strong.
Baby's growing appropriately
for the gestational age. [clicks tongue]
Twenty weeks is pretty early.
We better wait and monitor a while longer.
Set up a consultation, I'll join in.
Once the amniocentesis is done,
we can discuss again.
Sounds good.
MULTIDISCIPLINARY: MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS
Let's make sure this works.
That bottle's calling us.
Assuming it goes well this time,
then, we'll open it together.
[clicks tongue]
Let's leave it there for now.
She's sleeping. A round of applause!
[gasps]
Sorry about that.
Dr. Oh Yi-young,
it's astounding how you can doze off
when life and death
are the primary topics.
Again, I'm sorry.
I was on call last night,
so I didn't get to sleep.
Hmm, that's how it works. You can't sleep,
and have to work the next day.
You're right.
I just realized you seem quite similar
to someone I know.
Whenever you both do something wrong
or make an error,
you somehow have to have the last word.
-[cell phone ringing]
-Wow.
Speak of the devil.
Dr. Do Jae-hak, you've called me
three times already, and all in one day.
[Jae-hak laughs] I wanted to talk about
one of my patients with you,
-Kim Jin-hui.
-Mm-hmm.
A shunt revision?
-Go.
-Mm-hmm. Okay.
She's on epinephrine, right? Yes.
-[Jae-il] Here you go.
-[groaning softly]
Your fever has started going up
ever so slightly.
Why is that?
I wonder what's going on here.
A really great doctor
is going to be here to help you.
Oh, okay. [groans]
All right, then. Fever, go down.
Oh, hello, there!
[Jae-il] Hello.
[chuckles]
Hey, can you explain what's going on here?
Sorry?
Are you serious right now? You can't even
hold them for long because they're cold,
so why would you put them in her armpits?
-[Jae-il] I'm sorry.
-[sighs]
-I heard her fever was getting worse.
-Yeah, her fever was getting worse.
Why do you think she was having chills?
You see a lady who has chills
and load her down with ice packs?
Would you like to have ice packs shoved
in your armpits if you were sick?
Uh, I wouldn't.
So, do you that think if you put these
under her armpits and smile,
her fever will break?
-No. I'm sorry.
-You should have called and asked me!
You'd be here soon, so I just figured
Anyway, when I took her temperature,
it was just below 37.7 degrees,
and her medication wasn't helping her.
But I would still have needed
to notify you to give her an injection,
only, then I didn't trust my judgment
on that, so I
I felt bad about bothering you so early,
so I didn't want to call.
I'd really like it if you'd call me
when it's actually important, like today,
but instead you call over little things!
Yes, I made a huge mistake, and I'm sorry.
[groans] I can't!
[muffled] Seriously!
God, I'm so pissed! [groans]
It's just you and all your apologies
Don't you dare hand me that!
Sorry.
[breathing heavily]
Dr. Cha isn't someone who would
get annoyed by minor notifications.
Even if you call
in the middle of the night,
she's the type to come right away
and assist you.
We all know how approachable she is.
You didn't know?
Mm.
In this case, Dr. Um,
everything's your fault.
[Jae-il] Uh, yes. It was totally my fault.
[Ju-yeon] On that note, your orders
are the only ones we haven't received yet.
Oh, really?
We'll get into it right now.
-Come, Dr. Um.
-Right, I'm sorry. I'll do it right away.
Are you gonna say sorry
the rest of the day?
[groans] What a moron.
Yeah, I really am a moron.
The nurses don't take us seriously
because of things like that.
That's why they give us all the work.
[sighs]
[sucks teeth]
-[Eun-mi] About the surgical note
-Yes, Doctor?
Yeah, it was a twin birth, but you
wrote it up on a single birth record.
Oh, I did? I did that?
There's a separate one for twins,
so make sure you rewrite it.
Then I'll rewrite it immediately.
-Gosh, I'm sorry.
-[Eun-mi] Oh, don't be sorry.
It's just an issue with the file format.
All the content seems great.
All right.
[Eun-mi] There was a patient, Min Ju-hui,
who had the same twin birth
with salpingectomy,
so you can refer to that record.
Mm, Yi-young wrote that.
It was really good.
Oh, right.
Hey, Sabi-sabi, want something to eat?
I put out a pizza spread
in the on-call room
I appreciate it, it's just,
my appetite has disappeared.
Thanks.
[beeps]
[sighs]
I taught her how to do all this.
[tense music playing]
[clicks]
AUTHOR: R1 OH YI-YOUNG
SAVE EMPTY DOCUMENT 1?
[suspenseful music plays]
-[clicks]
-[whooshes]
[music intensifies]
-[door slams]
-[music ends]
What happened to the materials?
We set time aside for this
and it's been wasted.
The Witch has flown off the handle.
Even though I can't hear anything,
I've broken out in a cold sweat. [yelps]
I'm glad the study session got canceled,
but I feel bad.
Oh Yi-young's definitely burnt out.
How could she screw up
the study materials like that?
I don't think Seo Jung-min's
going to let this one slide.
No more surgeries, I bet.
Or maybe, don't so much as take a breath.
It's gotta be one of those two things.
[Nam-kyung] Hmm? Same thing either way.
Then, um, who's gonna be attending
the professor's surgeries, do you think?
-I don't want it.
-Me neither.
-We have been super busy.
-Yeah.
Then, um, should I do it?
[Jae-il] Mm-hmm.
Ah, damn it, seriously!
Stupid computer! What the hell!
I completed it, I know I did!
Hey, Kim Sa-bi.
You saw me. I know you did.
-Huh? Sure.
-[sighs]
Serves you right for not saving it.
Oh, but I guess,
thanks to you,
we don't have to attend a meeting.
[Jae-il] Hey, so what did she say?
[sighs] I'm in charge of
the study sessions.
-Three more months of it.
-[Jae-il gasps]
-Yes!
-[Yi-young] And that's not all.
From today forward,
I'll be attending every single surgery.
Wow. That's such a disaster.
Oh.
How do I make you feel better about this?
-Just stop talking about it.
-Okay.
[comical music playing]
I'll take this as yours.
[Do-won] In trouble again?
Yeah.
You know, in my four years as a resident
[chuckling] I've never seen anyone
forget the study materials.
That's not what
Never mind.
-Did you forget the reprimand already?
-No. It's still in my mind.
Forget it.
Forget it and focus on what you're doing.
Any mistakes in here
don't just end with a reprimand.
You know that, right?
Okay.
[door opens]
[resident] Hello.
[Jung-min] The patient has a history
of two myomectomies,
so we should be ready
to encounter severe adhesions.
-Secure good visibility, all right?
-[Yi-young] Will do.
Do-won, I want you to handle
the uterine incision this time.
All right.
[sighs]
SURGERY IN PROGRESS
[Jung-min] Let's dissect
the uterovesical serosa first.
[Do-won] Okay.
[Jung-min] Make sure it's curvilinear.
CURVILINEAR: A CURVED LINE
And now push down the serosa.
Mm.
Proceed with the uterine incision.
Okay.
[winces] Ow.
-Oh! I'm so sorry!
-You all right?
Yes, and the field is clear.
Oh. I didn't realize
this was the other way around.
I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to.
What do we do?
You're bleeding, I'm so sorry.
That's enough, it's okay.
I'll take the scalpel.
Can you apply fundal pressure
with your left hand?
-Yes.
-Let's extract the baby within a minute.
Stay until the baby's out,
then head to the ER.
All right, will do.
[instrument whirring]
-[Jung-min] Instruments out.
-[clinking]
-Fundal pressure.
-[Do-won] Yes.
[squelching]
All right, the baby's out. Hello there!
[nurse] Time is 14:20, a female.
[baby crying]
We're good, go on.
-Call ahead to the ER.
-[nurse] Yes.
Will you be all right?
It's not even bleeding anymore.
I'll be all right. I have Oh Yi-young.
Come here. Take his place, now.
Me?
[Jung-min] It's no big deal.
That sort of thing happens frequently.
What really matters is this right here.
Understand?
Yes.
Cut.
-Pass one to Dr. Oh Yi-young too.
-[nurse] Okay.
[Jung-min] The patient wants to
have a second baby,
so take care with the sutures.
All right.
-Pull a bit tighter than that.
-Okay
[Jung-min] You need to be precise
with the approximation,
to prevent the wound from gaping.
I understand.
JONGNO YULJE MEDICAL CENTER
[telephone ringing]
Gynecology Ward 101, Ju-yeon speaking.
Oh, yes.
Right, thanks so much. Uh-huh, thanks.
Doctor, I guess Miss Hwang Su-yeong
has an SBP that came in at 180.
Beta blockers were helping.
Can you put in a prescription for her?
Doctor, a prescription?
Excuse me, Doctor.
Yes?
Ah, I see, you couldn't hear me, huh?
Miss Hwang Su-yeong has an SBP
that measures 180.
[mouse clicks]
So, uh, beta blockers would start
bringing it back down again, so
All done.
Oh. Thank you so much.
Oh, and also
-In 1012, Miss Yang Jang-hui?
-Yes?
-Please check her I/O every two hours?
-[Ju-yeon] Every two hours?
Won't that be a little excessive?
Every two hours
Nurse, that's an order.
[scoffs softly] All right.
[sighs heavily]
[machines beeping steadily]
Doctor, isn't all this a little much?
It's just a small cut.
Well, your mom made a call, and said
to treat you with the utmost care
and that it looks aesthetically pleasing.
-Mom? Not mine.
-Your favorite doctor?
Ah.
Don't you think this'll make the person
who did it feel awfully guilty?
[inhales sharply] That's the idea.
-[gasps]
-[doctor] Can I help you?
Oh. The guilty one.
Ah.
[Yi-young] I'm really sorry.
It's all right, don't worry.
I used to do it all the time.
It happens now and then.
-Does it still hurt?
-No.
Really, I'm fine.
[sighs]
Pull it together. It's all right.
Quit acting all guilty.
The patient's okay?
There's less bleeding than expected,
and her contractions are normal for now.
That's great.
Did you assist well?
You lined up the wound
and sutured it properly?
I did.
Oh, that was so stupid of me.
I feel really bad.
I swear, I was trying to do a good job.
Everything happened so fast,
I should have double-checked.
I already told you it's all right.
Seriously, it was an accident. Go on.
-I'm gonna rest.
-Let me look at it.
-There's nothing to see!
-I'm still worried, though.
-Leave it alone.
-OB/GYN, come on, it's an emergency.
AMBULANCE ENTRANCE ONLY
[siren wails]
119 EMERGENCY SERVICES
Her water's broken at just 20 weeks.
She's an outpatient of this hospital.
Hwangbo Bo-hyeon, age 38.
Current temperature, 39. BP, 90/60.
-This way, follow me.
-Hwangbo Bo-hyeon?
Miss Hwangbo Bo-hyeon was coming in
for an amnio later this afternoon.
Then her water broke.
She has hardly any amniotic fluid left.
I canceled the amnio appointment already.
Professor, the labs show that her WBC
is over 18,000
and her CRP has risen to over 30.
Her water broke likely
due to chorioamnionitis.
Her current temperature is 40,
and her BP isn't rising,
and that combination tells me
that she's likely
heading toward sepsis now at this point.
[inhales]
[sighs] I don't know if the child can
[sighs]
[both sobbing]
You've developed an infection
called chorioamnionitis,
which has spread through the uterus,
and is currently progressing
towards a systemic infection.
This pregnancy is no longer safe
for you to carry any further.
You can't, Doctor. No, don't say that.
I can't, no. [sobbing]
The baby is 20 weeks and three days at
this point, 300 grams or less in weight.
As you know,
even if the baby were born now,
-it wouldn't make it, it's not viable
-What did I do wrong?
Why is this happening to me
again, Doctor? Why now?
Last time, it happened
because of heart issues too,
but everything was fine until week 32.
You're wrong, it can't be true.
Don't say that.
[breath trembling]
My baby.
Doctor, just give me
one day, then, please?
Let me carry the baby
for another day, just one.
[sobbing] One more day, that's all.
I'm begging you,
just one more day. [sobbing]
I'm the only one who knows for sure.
Our child is still alive, Doctor.
I know that my child can hang on.
I need time.
You'll be at risk if the sepsis
spreads much further.
We must induce labor right away and
Save my child, Doctor! I just need
to meet my child. I have to!
I'll do whatever it takes.
Please, Doctor, I'll do anything, please!
-[sobbing]
-[sniffles] Honey, we have to. Hmm?
We have to do it.
And send my child away again?
I can't do it!
I can't do it, not again, I won't do it!
We have no choice.
[sobbing]
[sobbing]
I understand it's very challenging
for you both
to have to make this type of decision.
Still, a vaginal delivery
at this point is what's
really best now, at least for the mother.
We'll induce labor to speed things along
for you two.
Okay.
So the same procedure as last time.
Yes.
As for testing the defects
in the child's heart, do you want us
to proceed any more?
It's strange
My wife still doesn't think
our last child died,
only that it left us
then came back to us
during this pregnancy.
She felt so guilty for sending it away
on its own last time.
She meant to say sorry
once they were together.
She's lost so much sleep
from worrying about this baby.
I imagine she'll have to meet our baby
the next time around.
[sniffles, swallows]
Let's do the test, if it helps us.
I'm sure my wife wants it too.
She just can't express it now
'cause she's hurting.
The amniocentesis won't be an option now.
Although, there's another
type of test we can run
that we had discussed previously.
The doctors here are going to explain
the details of the procedure again.
Okay.
About the test
[sniffles]
it won't hurt the baby, will it?
No.
And we'll do it
to the best of our ability.
[husband sniffling]
[Jung-min] Do-won, hey.
So Miss Hwangbo Bo-hyeon,
about the testing,
I want Dr. Oh Yi-young put in charge.
Practice suturing with her when you get
some spare time, okay?
She's got good hands. I want her to suture
the perineum in the next delivery.
Mm-hmm. Okay.
I asked Dr. Oh Yi-young
to gather the research together.
Don't worry about it.
Mm-hmm. Yes, that's the one.
All right, I'll be right there.
Oh Yi-young, make sure you email me
the preterm birth reference materials
for the introduction by this afternoon.
[cell phone ringing]
Yes, Doctor?
Oh. She refused examination
and got really angry.
Okay, I'll be careful
to keep it from hurting.
All right.
[disconnects call]
[sighs]
[curious music plays]
OH YI-YOUNG, EMAIL ME THE REFERENCES
ON PREMATURE LABOR FOR THE INTRODUCTION
BY THIS AFTERNOON
[music intensifies]
[woman] Excuse me, could someone help
over here, please?
[curious music continues]
[music intensifies, fades out]
[indistinct chatter]
Doctor, are you pretty busy right now?
[sighs] Yeah.
Uh, there's a surgery scheduled
for Min Yeong-sil.
We took normal saline
and added antibiotics for her.
-Could
-I already entered it.
Yes, it's just you put down 100
milliliters of normal saline, and not 50.
Can you resubmit the prescription?
But isn't it 100?
Looks like it is.
-Oh.
-Hmm.
Right. If you're sure about it.
[sighs, exhales]
-[rapid clacking]
-[clears throat]
Oh. I changed it from 50,
in the order just now.
[sighs]
[sighs]
Ta-da!
-It's actually quiet
-Shut up, dummy, it's bad luck!
Huh?
Mm.
-There's not much happening, huh?
-Oh, something did.
-Right here.
-What? What did?
-Let's just say I got her back for you.
-You sure?
So who's got Baker-Vinters?
No one's got Baker-Vinters.
Just listen, idiot.
-It's Nurse Yeo Ju-yeon.
-Huh?
You know! When she In there, you know!
What in where? What?
-She was all
-Huh?
-Huh?
-Huh?
-Huh?
-What are you saying?
-What
-What what?
Oh! Hi, Nurse!
-You get tired around now, right?
-Uh-huh.
Ta-da!
And it's got almonds inside too.
I appreciate it. [chuckles]
Going to Room 1012?
That's right.
So did the surgery go well?
[Jae-il] Yeah, we got through it
crazy fast.
-You had lunch?
-[Ju-yeon] Not yet. Thanks for the snack!
[Sa-bi] Yi-young,
the professor asked you
to email her the materials and
-Whatcha doing?
-Oh, me? Nothing.
Aha, you were grabbing
some snacks, weren't you?
[Sa-bi] Hmm?
-Hey, have you seen Yi-young lately?
-Yes.
Where is she? What's she doing now?
She's getting chewed out again
by Seo Jung-min.
-Why?
-[Na-kyung] I don't know. No idea.
[sighs] How many times
has she been chewed out by now?
At this rate, she might actually quit.
Did you see Um Jae-il, by chance?
He was getting tteokbokki
with some of the nurses, he said.
But spicy food makes him sick.
Hmm. You're close to him, huh?
You sure know a lot.
We're not close.
I thought that he told us about that.
[Nam-kyung] Did he?
-[cell phone ringing]
-[sighs]
Hello, Pyo Nam-kyung speaking.
[sighs] I'll head down.
[disconnects call, sighs]
Gotta go. Enjoy your yummy snack.
-Oh, Doctor.
-Yes?
-About Miss Oh Mi-ok.
-Yeah?
She's getting chemotherapy infusion,
but it's making her feel unwell.
You may want to check up on her if you can
before Professor Jo does his rounds.
Oh, okay.
-[groans]
-You're not feeling well today?
How about we pause the chemo and get her
hydration for a while with an antiemetic?
Uh
Yeah, why don't we try
an antiemetic first.
And next time for chemo, an antiemetic
patch starting the day before.
Okay.
And the medication's nearly all infused.
-[vomits]
-[gasps]
It's okay.
Keep going until you feel better.
It's all right.
-Nurse Cho-won!
-[vomiting]
[Cho-won] Coming!
-Put it here.
-Okay.
[pants]
[Ju-yeon] It's all right.
[bag rustling]
-Doctor.
-Yeah?
-The order for the antiemetic.
-Ah. Right.
[Cho-won] I'll bring the medication.
Nurse Cho-won,
I sent the prescription order.
Got it.
METOCLOPRAMIDE: FOR NAUSEA AND VOMITING
[sighs softly]
[sighs]
[cell phone ringing]
Hello? Yeah, I'll head over now.
We're so used to it that our hands
reach out instinctively, like a reflex.
You feel better now, don't you?
That must've felt pretty awful, huh?
[Mi-ok] Thanks so much.
The antiemetic's been administered.
Sorry, I thought the caregiver
would be here to clean up.
It's all right, we cleaned it ourselves
so the patients wouldn't be upset.
-Besides, there wasn't much to it.
-I see.
If there's a lingering smell in here,
you'll get an earful from Professor Jo.
-But you already knew that, don't you?
-Yeah.
Oh, it was hard to change her
with the IV line.
We did our best to reinsert it.
Can you check it?
Sorry for earlier.
I should've come back sooner.
-No need to be sorry. It's my job.
-Oh.
Why don't you change into something clean.
I can take care of everything else here.
Oh, but the professor
should be getting here any second now.
Hello, hello.
Hello, Doctor.
What's going on?
She was feeling discomfort,
so I administered an antiemetic.
We reestablished the IV line.
We're about to restart the pump.
-And her ANC?
-Sorry?
Uh, it's
[mouthing]
Oh. Yes, it's 2,500.
Your immune function
was looking really good earlier,
and it looks like you were experiencing
a few gastrointestinal side effects.
The appropriate use of antiemetics
should provide significant relief
from those symptoms.
If you're feeling uncomfortable,
we can always apply
an antiemetic patch for you as well.
[Mi-ok] I see. Thanks, Doctor.
OH YI-YOUNG, EMAIL ME THE REFERENCES
[door opens]
[door closes]
[groans]
[phone thuds]
Did you get yelled at a lot?
Nam-kyung told me you got in trouble
with Professor Seo Jung-min.
-Sorry, that's why I thought I'd ask.
-Yeah.
-She said you might quit being a resident.
-I deserved it in the end.
Yi-young, I, uh
The professor had put a sticky note
on the computer for you, and I think that
Let's bring it to her even if it's late.
-The materials she asked for were
-The reference stuff for preterm birth.
I emailed her already.
Really? You knew that
Wait, how did you know?
Then you saw?
Yeah.
It was stuck on the monitor.
Someone must have
picked it up off the floor.
'Cause it looked pretty dirty.
[sighs] I'm so thirsty.
Can I share something with you?
I got scolded again today because
There was a patient
named Hwangbo Bo-hyeon.
She had an amnio scheduled,
but her water broke at just 20 weeks.
So they decided to run
another test instead.
The professor wants me to be there.
I told her no again.
That I didn't want to do it.
-So that's why I got scolded.
-Why?
Why did you refuse to do it?
It's a good thing she asked you.
She asked because
she obviously trusts you.
No, sorry. I don't mean that it's good
that this is how things worked out.
Still, this might end up helping
with her next pregnancy,
or it could be used as a reference case
for research purposes.
It's rare that something like this occurs.
It's a chance to learn something new.
That's all I was trying to say.
It's for the sake of the patient,
for the other babies born in the future.
So you have to do it right.
Why do you sound
like the professor? [chuckles]
I'm heading over there now.
They're inducing her,
and she'll give birth soon.
So I came here to say
let's do it together.
It's scary alone.
[sentimental song playing]
Will you help me or what?
[exhales]
Try bearing down on your lower belly.
It may ease the pain a little bit.
[Bo-hyeon straining]
Yes, just a little more.
-Keep going.
-[straining]
[squelching]
[Jung-min] The baby's out now.
You did a really great job, Miss Hwangbo.
All that remains is the delivery
of the placenta, so hang in there
just a little bit longer, all right?
[Bo-hyeon sobbing]
[sobbing]
Thank you, Dr. Oh.
-The ultrasound, please?
-[nurse] Yes.
-Ji-yeong?
-Yes.
[Jung-min] How are you feeling,
Miss Hwangbo?
Are you feeling all right?
[Bo-hyeon cries] Yes.
Excuse me.
The baby is
[Bo-hyeon crying softly]
[gasps]
[gasps]
[Yi-young] Sorry, Professor,
I don't think I can do a test
on that baby.
I just
can't do it.
Especially not alone.
So what do we do, then?
There'll be three ongoing surgeries,
so Do-won won't have a chance to do it.
Who should I ask?
You're the main physician.
Dr. Oh, whether or not we do something,
that isn't up to us.
The person having the toughest time
right now is the patient,
and she has made the difficult decision
to proceed with the test.
If the patient wants it done for
her child, then we'd better do it right.
Don't turn her away.
I can't.
No, you're right, I'm sorry.
Miss Hwangbo's cervix
has already started dilating,
so, go and watch our patient.
When the delivery room's ready, call me.
And make sure the room next door is free.
[mouthing] Good luck.
Oh Yi-young.
You got a coin?
Spit it out.
I witnessed this as an intern.
This exact thing happened to an R2.
They couldn't sleep
after they performed the test.
They kept crying for days.
I also remember
they kept questioning if it was okay.
Although the baby couldn't be saved,
they were worried it would feel pain.
After that experience,
seeing a baby would make them freak out,
they were triggered by pregnant patients.
That's why I said all that.
I wasn't trying to be difficult.
[Do-won exhales]
[grunts]
I was like that too.
'Cause at 20 weeks, they
look like tiny infants.
They come out at first and can breathe
a bit before they stop, you know?
They can move a little in your hands,
which sounds crazy.
[exhales]
It's always a little bit scary.
There's no choice.
-We still
-have to do it.
That's why we're here, right?
I have a cheat code for when I'm feeling
as scared as you are right now.
Does Oh Yi-young have something like that?
DELIVERY ROOM 2
DELIVERY ROOM 1
[sentimental song playing]
The professor asked me
to remind you one more time.
Please dissect a one-centimeter section
of the baby's skin.
Put it in the container
and I'll send it to Diagnostic Testing.
DEPARTMENT OF LABORATORY MEDICINE
Should we start?
[Yi-young] No, just wait.
I saw it move earlier.
I think it was breathing.
I could've sworn it was moving.
-[breath trembles]
-That can happen.
But even CPR can't revive a baby
born at only 20 weeks old.
The organs aren't developed enough
and the baby can't breathe by itself.
I know that. [breathes deeply]
But what if all of this is a mistake
and I shouldn't be doing it?
[Sa-bi] This isn't something
I read in a book,
but something I thought of
because you said you were scared.
CURRENT TIME
At 6:12 p.m. on May 17th, the year 2023,
a darling new baby
has gone on to a very good place.
Hello, little one.
Your mom will be waiting for you.
So heal your wounds,
while you're in Heaven,
and then come back healthy.
[melancholy music playing]
I'm sorry.
JONGNO YULJE MEDICAL CENTER
HWANGBO
SUPERVISING PROFESSOR: SEO JUNG-MIN
What's going on?
You're here? I was just letting you know.
That's two now.
For the patient and you.
In times like these,
it's better to have a friend.
[chuckles softly]
That's true.
But still
now the mother is alone once again, huh?
Should've joined me
in Cardiothoracic Surgery.
[sighs]
Go inside.
Yeah, I'll go in.
Do something with that look first.
[inhales]
Wait for me?
[inhales sharply]
Is the test done?
-There was no pain and it went smoothly?
-Yes.
The procedure went very smoothly, sir.
The sample taken is being tested now.
The results will take a month, and we can
discuss anything there is to learn.
Although this pregnancy didn't end up
the way we hoped,
a birth defect
that's happened twice like this
could suggest there's
a genetic factor involved.
It's best we check to see
if it could happen down the line.
Because this is still a childbirth,
you may release colostrum, or experience
some engorgement of the breasts.
Due to the effects of hormones,
postnatal depression could occur,
so it's essential to support your wife
as much as you can.
Okay.
And as for you, Miss Hwangbo
For today, I'd recommend
being in your emotions.
But then next time,
let's hear a healthy cry
from your newborn baby here together.
[sobbing]
[wailing]
[melancholy music plays]
[Bo-hyeon sobbing]
Ah! Guess I'm all the rage.
-It's even worse than my idol days.
-What'd you get?
Are those bagels from that place
that always has a line?
You're exactly right.
[gasps] It's like I've been proposed to!
[both chuckle]
I don't know if you should share.
Weren't they meant for you?
Mm-mm! These are for all of us, you know.
Ah! They'd be way better with coffee!
["Amateur" by Mido and Falasol playing]
Got 'em discounted
since it's late at night.
Oh! I want this one here!
I heard you like sweets. This is for you.
-Or you can pick another one
-It's perfect
-I appreciate it, Doctor.
-Of course.
I'm grateful for your help today.
Anytime. Thanks for the coffee.
It means so much.
[song continues]
-Hey.
-Huh?
What is it?
Don't say anything
about Nurse Yeo Ju-yeon.
Let's keep it between us, all right?
[Jae-il] Don't tell what?
Did something happen?
Uh, no.
Nothing at all.
-You must be hungry.
-So hungry.
[gasps] Let's grab
[smacks lips] Forget it.
Wanna go get food?
Really? You serious?
What do you want?
What do you like? I like anything!
-I've gotta stay on call tonight.
-We can eat here, then!
[chuckles] What, is it that exciting?
Of course! I'm pumped. Aren't you?
Hey, let's go ask the others too!
Come on, let's hurry!
-I'm sorry
-Thanks for
I'm grateful for what you did today.
It's not like I did that much.
I'm sorry! But don't ask me why.
Okay. Whatever. It's no big deal.
Hey, Yi-young, wait.
Wanna grab a bite?
Oh
Guys! We're getting something to eat,
so come along!
-Huh?
-Should we?
Let's go.
-Yes!
-[upbeat music plays]
-Yeah! Whoo!
-Jeez, you really are pumped, huh?
Of course! I eat dinner alone,
by myself, every day!
Hey, let's get the tastiest thing
there is at the hospital cafeteria.
-Which is? Make it loud!
-[both] The beef bulgogi set!
All right, then! Let's go get some food!
-[Nam-kyung] All right!
-Come on!
Oh, my cell phone.
[upbeat song playing]
[song fades]
-Do you know who's on call tonight?
-Pyo Nam-kyung.
Oh.
Four patients arrived at the ER, so she
had a hard time making emergency calls.
-She's pretty tired, she's resting now.
-All right.
Oh. Earlier, the professor said Cho Min-ae
could sip little water starting tonight.
-The order hasn't been entered yet.
-I see.
The patient's asleep now anyway, so can
you see to it it's entered by morning?
Sure. I'll tell Dr. Pyo to enter the
updated course of treatment first thing.
-I'll go check on Miss Lee Hyo-sun.
-Okay. [typing]
[cell phone ringing]
[grunts]
Hello, Pyo Nam-kyung speaking.
Doctor, did I wake you?
Ah, sorry, didn't know.
Yes, it's just that
the patient Cho Min-ae?
She was told by the professor
she could start drinking water.
Can she have a little now?
Yes, water.
Great. Please put in the order
as soon as you can.
Thanks.
[phone chimes]
["START!" by Lee Know, Seungmin & I.N
playing]
THANKS TO OUR SPECIAL GUEST,
JUNG KYUNG-HO, OUR ETERNAL KIM JUN-WAN
RESIDENT PLAYBOOK
[all] Cheers!
[man] This the team dinner
for Yulje Obstetrics?
[Joo-young] You didn't get drunk
and mess up?
[Yi-young] Come on, of course I didn't.
-Don't laugh.
-[chuckles]
Huh? Huh?
[Joo-young] I'm only asking
because I'm curious.
It's funny.
You got drunk? What'd you say?
Do you remember what you said?
[sighs]
-[Jung-min] Made it home all right?
-Whoa, jeez!
[Ju-yeon] It's a string of failures today.
-I'm so sorry.
-The patient is upset right now too.
You do everything for Jung-min's patients.
Why can't you do the same for mine?
[Do-won] I'm sorry about that.
It seems strange they'd overlook that.
I'll have a word with them.
[Eun-won] Can Do-won do
the work of 10 people?
[Do-won] Aren't you here
'cause you need me?
Got too much on your plate?
[Yi-young] I made a mistake,
but nobody else did anything!
If you didn't do it,
keep your mouth shut.
[Do-won] You're not satisfied
till you blow up at someone?
-Yes.
-Hey!
Wasting someone else's time because
you don't want to take responsibility,
that's incompetence.
[song fades out]
[theme music playing]
RESIDENT PLAYBOOK
EPISODE 4
[typing]
[soft music playing]
FOCUS ON YOUR EMOTIONS AND PICK 1 CARD
REVERSED WHEEL OF FORTUNE
So this is the Reversed Wheel of Fortune.
What is that?
This card indicates a hectic situation
and unexpected changes in the future.
[sighs heavily]
[groans softly]
[typing]
[Yi-young] Shit.
What was that thing again?
They did the surgery.
I barely saw any of it.
Why am I writing this?
[hitting key]
It involved a placental pathology,
didn't it? The surgery?
-So mark that information down, then.
-You're right.
Wow. Kim Sa-bi, you're a genius.
They inserted a balloon
in her uterus, right? That's missing too.
[Yi-young] Mm-hmm.
Oh, I spotted a typo on Kim Shin-u's
medical chart earlier.
Oh, really? I double-checked.
It's somewhere in the middle here.
Yeah, look. Doppler.
-D-O-P-P-L That's correct.
-[Sa-bi] It should be a capital D.
It should be capitalized
since it's a real person's name.
You're right. I'll change it.
Thanks a bunch. I'll fix it.
I don't want you in trouble again,
and checking these things
is actually hard.
You can ask me about it.
I like getting to show you
how to do it, don't worry.
-I know you'll get the hang of it.
-Mm-hmm, thanks.
[messenger chimes]
[Joo-young] I'll be in the lobby in five.
Be there on time.
-What's she doing here?
-[door opens]
-Hey, it's finally out!
-[Sa-bi] What is?
-Ta-da!
-[Nam-kyung gasps]
-Come here.
-Oh!
-Nice, right? Look.
-[Nam-kyung] Huh.
[Sa-bi] Oh Yi-young.
[Nam-kyung] It's Yi-young being Yi-young.
She never listens to anything.
You should've posed. You ruined it.
But that's such a lame pose.
It's classic. I love a jump shot.
Lame or not, it's awesome we did it.
If not for me,
we wouldn't have memories like this.
-Our first year'd slip by us.
-[cell phone buzzing]
Let's all take a photo
just like this every year.
-In our second year
-[buzzing continues]
-Is that someone's phone?
-[buzzing continues]
OH JOO-YOUNG
[sighs heavily]
I'm coming.
-This shouldn't take long.
-You're going?
-Yeah, to see someone.
-Who?
Just someone I know.
You're all so nosy sometimes.
She always takes off
when the topic of next year comes up.
She does.
Oh, I skipped
the anti-adhesion adjuvant. Hmm.
Oh.
Yi-young left without logging out.
[messenger chimes]
[Joo-young] Bring your friends.
I'll buy you lunch.
[Yi-young] I told you they're not
my friends. They're just coworkers.
I can't have friends if I'm quitting soon.
[Joo-young groans] You're so obnoxious.
This is why you've never had
a single friend.
[Yi-young] I really don't think
I can do this anymore.
[Joo-young] Just stop already.
[Yi-young] Really?
Should I quit now? Tomorrow?
She's not actually serious.
We all think about quitting
some days, don't we?
Not everybody!
Just let her quit.
She's only hurting herself.
Doesn't matter to us.
She can get held back for all I care.
-[scoffs]
-[Sa-bi] I hope she doesn't quit.
I'd like to lend her a hand
with charting and study sessions.
Oh, oh, oh! Can I get your help, too?
I think I'm gonna get fired,
so I won't even get to quit.
You won't, given the small amount
of residents.
Ah. [smacks lips]
I see that you speak
nothing but pure fact.
Gosh, it's like you two speak
totally different languages.
It's a wonder you can talk at all.
[yells]
-What the
-Oh Yi-young!
She dropped it like trash!
It took time to print these out.
How could she?
I guess it fell as she went out.
I guess you have empathy after all.
Well, I didn't say I was quitting today.
All R1s plan how they're gonna quit
some time or another.
Oh, really? So you do have a conscience.
Here I was wondering
if you had any common sense left.
I do. Come on, of course.
Don't worry.
I couldn't keep a job otherwise.
For you, this is kind of a splurge,
isn't it?
It didn't cost anything. Do-won paid.
This, here, is their signature,
the new addition.
-What was this one again?
-Do-won's favorite.
[scoffs] The things you must know
about him from working here.
This one's also my favorite.
Look at you, bunny from hell. Eat up then.
I wish Do-won had been able
to join us for lunchtime.
He's the one who told me to stay
because he'd be free.
-Was it an emergency?
-I wouldn't be here if it was.
Yeah, you're right.
-You told him I'd be here?
-You?
Of course I did, yeah.
-Did you guys argue?
-We didn't.
-What did you do now?
-Nothing!
-[Joo-young] Are you behaving?
-I always do!
-You better not be lying.
-Don't believe me, fine. You never do.
You're such a little [sighs]
Why did you come all the way here?
Wow, are you here to spy on me?
Someone has to keep an eye on you.
[hisses] I've still got about
40 million won still to pay back.
-Once
-Yeah, all right.
Eat up, I don't want it to go to waste.
-[smacks lips]
-[chuckles]
[slurps softly]
I think that I might try again.
The motherhood thing.
I paid a visit to the fertility center.
Why? I thought you'd given up.
It's been half a year now,
and I feel more determined
than ever. [chuckles]
[inhales sharply]
I'm still just thinking about it,
but it just seems like a shame to give up
when I can try again.
So I still want to give it another chance
before I head into my forties.
I haven't told Seung-won yet.
Don't say anything.
Are you sure?
You can raise me instead.
I haven't become an adult yet.
[chuckles] At least you know that.
[cell phone rings]
HUSBAND
Mm, hey, sweetie.
Yeah, in Jongno right now.
I saw Do-won a bit ago,
and I'm with Yi-young now.
What about it?
He doesn't want
an arranged date. [chuckles]
He's your brother.
You go talk to him, then.
There's no way
I can just ask him that, okay?
Yi-young?
Oh, all right. Bye-bye.
Wait, a blind date?
There's a woman who works with Seung-won,
but Do-won won't take her out.
He wasn't interested.
Oh.
Hey.
So has Do-won been
seeing anyone from work?
I'm not sure. I don't think so.
Oh, um, so
have you heard any gossip about anyone
he might have a crush on?
Nope.
Nothing.
[Joo-young] How about anyone
who's interested in him?
Have you heard anything?
There's gotta be women interested.
There has to be someone, right?
You don't know?
There's someone, actually.
Oh, really?
There is? No way!
Who is it?
[gulps]
I have no idea.
-Why would I know?
-Hey!
Stop yelling. Don't be so loud!
What? Do you know or not?
-Drop it. Who cares?
-Gosh, you're such a little
[cell phone ringing]
Hello. Oh Yi-young speaking.
Of course, on my way.
[sighs]
[theme music playing]
RESIDENT PLAYBOOK
[soft acoustic music playing]
[knock on door]
Who is it?
Knock, knock.
-I've heard the rumors.
-What rumors?
That we share a certain taste, you and I.
-I like girls, sorry.
-Huh?
Oh.
Me too.
I like women very much.
I'm here because I heard
you play tennis, right?
Oh. So what?
Yulje could start a team up
for anyone who wants to join,
but we'd practice regularly.
It's a way for us to bond
and get to know other departments too.
-We'll do it Fridays at 8:00.
-Fridays? I can't.
-Ah, I forgot, not Fridays.
-Go without me.
We can't! We chose you
as the team president.
OB-GYN
4TH-YEAR RESIDENT LOUNGE
-You did?
-Yeah, that's what we decided.
I would've also preferred a different day,
but everyone says
Friday's got the most availability.
[Do-won] So meet without me.
I'm busy on Fridays.
[Jae-il] I know.
The entire hospital knows.
Because it's Friday night, you'll grab
Chinese and review next week's surgeries
before you make a trip
to the convenience store.
You'll get two beers to bring
to your house, and then, tu-dum!
Netflix to help you pass the time.
You are Mr. Routine, and you want to enjoy
your boring life all alone.
-Everyone knows that, now.
-[chuckles]
It's just so much fun.
Having a weekly ritual is how I survive.
Wait, why are you and I
talking about this?
Oh. Sorry about that.
Look, don't be sorry. Just get to work.
[Jae-il inhales sharply]
-I need to use the bathroom.
-Use another one.
I should, huh?
I'll see you in
the sixth-floor meeting room later.
The topic of the research is going to be
predicting preterm birth through
the calculation of cervical elasticity.
Dr. Ki Eun-mi and Dr. Park Ji-yun
are working on gathering the data,
and I'd like for an R1 to then overlook
all of the statistical analysis,
push the overall process,
and write the abstract at the end.
And then, if the data does support us,
we'll hand it in when we go to Italy
for the World Congress of Ultrasound
in Gynecology and Obstetrics this year.
That's how one of you
could attend with us.
You'll be listed as the first author
if the abstract is any good.
And you'll gain
valuable experience throughout.
How about if you take the lead,
Oh Yi-young?
The lead?
No thanks.
I don't have the skills.
You should pick someone better.
Sorry about that.
Try before throwing in the towel.
Your face is telling me you want to do it.
Don't you?
Yes.
I will do my best.
[Jung-min] Yi-young'll take the first one,
and then in this order, Sa-bi, Nam-kyung,
and Jae-il will follow suit.
-Understood?
-[both] Yes.
Each person is to send me
a detailed report
on their research project on the last day
of each month.
[Nam-kyung] Understood.
[Jae-il] Wow, you guys,
our professor is crazy persuasive.
I mean, I was raising my hand
without knowing I was doing it!
Getting the chance to go to Italy
is what sold me.
I couldn't resist.
My hand was already in the air.
[sighs] How are we to do all this
while working?
Yeah, why even ask us to raise our hands?
So much for "volunteering."
This is so unfair.
I know that. It's completely unfair.
[Yi-young] Yeah, exactly.
Some of us would happily do it, so why
pass it to someone who's quitting?
It's a waste.
She shouldn't give that opportunity
to you.
Hey.
[indistinct announcement over PA]
We, um, didn't try to read it.
You forgot to log out of your account.
[inhales] I think Sa-bi's
acting like that because
thinking you may be quitting upset her.
Not like you meant it, but still.
Try to understand.
Do you really think
that's the reason she's upset?
Why do I think you're making that up?
I assumed she was upset
'cause I got chosen.
-True, and that.
-I think it's 'cause Yi-young was chosen.
It's nothing. Just let it go now.
Hmm. Oh, my hair cut.
See ya. Have fun on call.
Later, then.
[woman] Hello.
Oh, hello.
-Oh.
-Oh, gosh, I'm sorry.
That's how we put on surgical gowns.
I forgot where I was.
-Oh, so you're a doctor, then, huh?
-I am.
Must've been hard
to find time to come here.
-I know. I almost didn't make it.
-[both chuckle]
-[cell phone rings]
-Oh.
Yes, nurse?
Hi, Doctor. The patient Kim Hyeong-ja?
You prescribed her an N-SAID,
but she said she has an allergy,
so she'll need
another painkiller prescribed.
[sighs] Give her some acetaminophen,
would you?
I can put the order in once I'm back.
So sorry about this.
Okay, goodbye for now.
[woman] Dr. Pyo Nam-kyung,
you're doing it all wrong.
Oh! Oh, hello, Doctor.
There's no reason to apologize
over something so trivial.
[Nam-kyung] What?
-You were speaking to a nurse, right?
-Right.
It's May already. Don't let the nurses
order you around anymore.
-You're an R1, so act like it.
-[Nam-kyung] Okay.
Then I'll do that.
Thank you again for all the wisdom
and guidance. I appreciate it, Doctor.
Don't mention it. It's nothing.
I was only introducing those
because they're new.
-You shouldn't buy it unless you want to.
-No worries. Your products do wonders
-[woman chuckles]
-This shampoo is a miracle.
Oh, and in the bags, you'll also find
samples to hand out at the clinic.
-Really? Oh.
-[gasps] Wow.
-Thank you so much.
-Thanks a bunch, really!
-I'll see you again!
-See you.
-Great, thank you.
-Have a good one, thanks!
Smarty pants like that struggle out
in the wild still, don't they? [scoffs]
Oh, I think I should've gotten
another bottle of treatment.
I know! Never hurts to stock up
when you use it a lot.
-Exactly.
-[sighs]
-So, did you drive here?
-Ah, no, I took the train.
-Mm, see ya.
-Okay, see you later.
[cell phone chimes]
[Sa-bi] Do you think
that Yi-young will really quit?
[Jae-il] No, she's not serious.
What did I tell you? Words can have
12,000 different meanings.
[man] Thank you.
[Sa-bi] If she's going to quit,
I hope she does it ASAP,
so that I can do
Professor Seo Jung-min's paper.
-[knock on door]
-[gasps]
Who is it?
[Yi-young] Doctor, it's me, Oh Yi-young.
-What? An emergency?
-No, not an emergency.
I'm on call, but I don't want to bother
the professors this late with questions.
-May I run some of them by you?
-Mm-hmm.
If the patient's water broke ten hours
ago, do I start antibiotics?
It's for Woo Jeong-hyo.
-The patient's temperature is?
-Thirty-seven degrees.
Watch her for a bit longer
and then start them at 12 hours. Mm.
Miss Kang has a Hemoglobin level of ten
and had a postpartum hemorrhage.
When should she be retested?
Uh Professor Seo Jung-min's patient
from today?
Yes.
POD Two is all right.
-Right.
-Okay.
And also, what about restlessness
due to lack of food?
Because nothing's open
this late at night. So what do I do?
-Who's hungry?
-Yours truly.
OB-GYN
4TH-YEAR RESIDENT LOUNGE
[sighs]
JONGNO YULJE MEDICAL CENTER
-[yawns]
-Hello!
Oh, Sabi-sabi, you're early.
-I always get here super early.
-Ah.
You had breakfast?
Wanna grab something downstairs?
I always have breakfast ready-to-go.
Oh. Gosh, you're always prepared,
aren't you?
Yes. Well, have a great morning.
Okay. See ya.
Hello.
Oh, you're here.
Can you stop that bouncing?
What?
Oh. Sure.
And you're using my pen.
Here you go. Sorry.
I was wondering
[cell phone ringing]
Yes, Professor?
Hwangbo Bo-hyeon? I'm examining her file.
Wait, I should?
But I've never done anything like that.
Then I'll try my very best today.
All right, bye.
[disconnects call]
-Seo Jung-min called?
-Yeah.
Looks like CS is having
a prenatal interdisciplinary session.
It's interdisciplinary?
They want an R1
at an interdisciplinary session?
-I'm presenting.
-[Sa-bi] Why?
Is the baby all right? Is it the mother?
The mother previously had a stillbirth
at 32 weeks.
The Ebstein anomaly was detected
in the latest anatomy scan.
That's rare. We only see
a couple of cases each year.
They'll do an amniocentesis?
Will you be assisting, then?
How would I know? Beats me.
By any chance, do you have any articles
on Ebstein anomaly cases? Or any books?
Even I don't know everything, you know.
That's true.
[cell phone ringing]
Hello?
I'm on my way.
[disconnects call]
[sighs]
[sighs] Whatever, I'll do it later.
CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION
[page rustles]
[doctor] Twenty weeks
and how many days was it?
Twenty weeks, two days, I believe.
[doctor] And in their first pregnancy?
Oh, I wasn't working here back then.
I wouldn't know the answer.
-You still should know everything, right?
-Yes, I'm sorry.
With her first pregnancy in 2021,
Ebstein was detected at 20 weeks
in the scan.
The pregnancy continued
until the stillbirth. At the time
Her first pregnancy,
so no amniocentesis was done?
-That's what happened.
-The information's all here.
Yet the primary physician
didn't bother to read it.
Is there a reason you didn't?
-I really am sorry.
-Tell me about the heart.
The tricuspid valve's location is unusual.
-So the left
-Right ventricle.
Uh right.
The right ventricle is quite narrow,
so, blood flows into
-the left atrium, leading
-Right atrium, yes?
Right atrium, which is leading to
hypertrophy of the area.
Yes.
You know nothing about your own patient,
so how [inhales]
will you explain it to her family
and get the consent form signed?
-[door opens]
-You're right, I'm sorry.
Oh, hey you.
Mm. Delivery?
Yeah, I'm sorry.
Hey. This isn't your hospital,
so just stop attacking my resident.
Who said I was attacking her?
I just asked questions.
I'll handle the residents here.
The kids in CS are all yours.
I don't have kids to handle,
just three new residents.
One of them is hiding from me too. And
Ah, whatever, never mind.
So you're just a jealous man?
-Yeah, I'm jealous of one.
-[Jung-min] Thanks for coming by.
Cha Byeong-seon
in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
said to pick your brain
while we've got you.
Yeah, I got the call.
Here, give me your opinion.
[Do-won] Ebstein anomaly was detected
in Hwangbo Bo-Hyeon's anatomy scan
at 19 weeks.
We plan to perform an amniocentesis
for genetic testing on her next visit.
During her first pregnancy, two years ago,
the anomaly was also detected.
Since the amniocentesis wasn't done,
we never found the genetic cause,
and a stillbirth happened at 32 weeks.
[sighs] It's the same heart defect
as last time.
Things can get tricky if the infant
doesn't weigh two kilos. [inhales]
If it's too small, it'll make the surgery
difficult to perform.
It's safe enough to continue the pregnancy
if problems like cardiomegaly
don't occur before 34 weeks.
I agree this case is milder
than two years ago,
and blood from the pulmonary artery
is flowing strong.
Baby's growing appropriately
for the gestational age. [clicks tongue]
Twenty weeks is pretty early.
We better wait and monitor a while longer.
Set up a consultation, I'll join in.
Once the amniocentesis is done,
we can discuss again.
Sounds good.
MULTIDISCIPLINARY: MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS
Let's make sure this works.
That bottle's calling us.
Assuming it goes well this time,
then, we'll open it together.
[clicks tongue]
Let's leave it there for now.
She's sleeping. A round of applause!
[gasps]
Sorry about that.
Dr. Oh Yi-young,
it's astounding how you can doze off
when life and death
are the primary topics.
Again, I'm sorry.
I was on call last night,
so I didn't get to sleep.
Hmm, that's how it works. You can't sleep,
and have to work the next day.
You're right.
I just realized you seem quite similar
to someone I know.
Whenever you both do something wrong
or make an error,
you somehow have to have the last word.
-[cell phone ringing]
-Wow.
Speak of the devil.
Dr. Do Jae-hak, you've called me
three times already, and all in one day.
[Jae-hak laughs] I wanted to talk about
one of my patients with you,
-Kim Jin-hui.
-Mm-hmm.
A shunt revision?
-Go.
-Mm-hmm. Okay.
She's on epinephrine, right? Yes.
-[Jae-il] Here you go.
-[groaning softly]
Your fever has started going up
ever so slightly.
Why is that?
I wonder what's going on here.
A really great doctor
is going to be here to help you.
Oh, okay. [groans]
All right, then. Fever, go down.
Oh, hello, there!
[Jae-il] Hello.
[chuckles]
Hey, can you explain what's going on here?
Sorry?
Are you serious right now? You can't even
hold them for long because they're cold,
so why would you put them in her armpits?
-[Jae-il] I'm sorry.
-[sighs]
-I heard her fever was getting worse.
-Yeah, her fever was getting worse.
Why do you think she was having chills?
You see a lady who has chills
and load her down with ice packs?
Would you like to have ice packs shoved
in your armpits if you were sick?
Uh, I wouldn't.
So, do you that think if you put these
under her armpits and smile,
her fever will break?
-No. I'm sorry.
-You should have called and asked me!
You'd be here soon, so I just figured
Anyway, when I took her temperature,
it was just below 37.7 degrees,
and her medication wasn't helping her.
But I would still have needed
to notify you to give her an injection,
only, then I didn't trust my judgment
on that, so I
I felt bad about bothering you so early,
so I didn't want to call.
I'd really like it if you'd call me
when it's actually important, like today,
but instead you call over little things!
Yes, I made a huge mistake, and I'm sorry.
[groans] I can't!
[muffled] Seriously!
God, I'm so pissed! [groans]
It's just you and all your apologies
Don't you dare hand me that!
Sorry.
[breathing heavily]
Dr. Cha isn't someone who would
get annoyed by minor notifications.
Even if you call
in the middle of the night,
she's the type to come right away
and assist you.
We all know how approachable she is.
You didn't know?
Mm.
In this case, Dr. Um,
everything's your fault.
[Jae-il] Uh, yes. It was totally my fault.
[Ju-yeon] On that note, your orders
are the only ones we haven't received yet.
Oh, really?
We'll get into it right now.
-Come, Dr. Um.
-Right, I'm sorry. I'll do it right away.
Are you gonna say sorry
the rest of the day?
[groans] What a moron.
Yeah, I really am a moron.
The nurses don't take us seriously
because of things like that.
That's why they give us all the work.
[sighs]
[sucks teeth]
-[Eun-mi] About the surgical note
-Yes, Doctor?
Yeah, it was a twin birth, but you
wrote it up on a single birth record.
Oh, I did? I did that?
There's a separate one for twins,
so make sure you rewrite it.
Then I'll rewrite it immediately.
-Gosh, I'm sorry.
-[Eun-mi] Oh, don't be sorry.
It's just an issue with the file format.
All the content seems great.
All right.
[Eun-mi] There was a patient, Min Ju-hui,
who had the same twin birth
with salpingectomy,
so you can refer to that record.
Mm, Yi-young wrote that.
It was really good.
Oh, right.
Hey, Sabi-sabi, want something to eat?
I put out a pizza spread
in the on-call room
I appreciate it, it's just,
my appetite has disappeared.
Thanks.
[beeps]
[sighs]
I taught her how to do all this.
[tense music playing]
[clicks]
AUTHOR: R1 OH YI-YOUNG
SAVE EMPTY DOCUMENT 1?
[suspenseful music plays]
-[clicks]
-[whooshes]
[music intensifies]
-[door slams]
-[music ends]
What happened to the materials?
We set time aside for this
and it's been wasted.
The Witch has flown off the handle.
Even though I can't hear anything,
I've broken out in a cold sweat. [yelps]
I'm glad the study session got canceled,
but I feel bad.
Oh Yi-young's definitely burnt out.
How could she screw up
the study materials like that?
I don't think Seo Jung-min's
going to let this one slide.
No more surgeries, I bet.
Or maybe, don't so much as take a breath.
It's gotta be one of those two things.
[Nam-kyung] Hmm? Same thing either way.
Then, um, who's gonna be attending
the professor's surgeries, do you think?
-I don't want it.
-Me neither.
-We have been super busy.
-Yeah.
Then, um, should I do it?
[Jae-il] Mm-hmm.
Ah, damn it, seriously!
Stupid computer! What the hell!
I completed it, I know I did!
Hey, Kim Sa-bi.
You saw me. I know you did.
-Huh? Sure.
-[sighs]
Serves you right for not saving it.
Oh, but I guess,
thanks to you,
we don't have to attend a meeting.
[Jae-il] Hey, so what did she say?
[sighs] I'm in charge of
the study sessions.
-Three more months of it.
-[Jae-il gasps]
-Yes!
-[Yi-young] And that's not all.
From today forward,
I'll be attending every single surgery.
Wow. That's such a disaster.
Oh.
How do I make you feel better about this?
-Just stop talking about it.
-Okay.
[comical music playing]
I'll take this as yours.
[Do-won] In trouble again?
Yeah.
You know, in my four years as a resident
[chuckling] I've never seen anyone
forget the study materials.
That's not what
Never mind.
-Did you forget the reprimand already?
-No. It's still in my mind.
Forget it.
Forget it and focus on what you're doing.
Any mistakes in here
don't just end with a reprimand.
You know that, right?
Okay.
[door opens]
[resident] Hello.
[Jung-min] The patient has a history
of two myomectomies,
so we should be ready
to encounter severe adhesions.
-Secure good visibility, all right?
-[Yi-young] Will do.
Do-won, I want you to handle
the uterine incision this time.
All right.
[sighs]
SURGERY IN PROGRESS
[Jung-min] Let's dissect
the uterovesical serosa first.
[Do-won] Okay.
[Jung-min] Make sure it's curvilinear.
CURVILINEAR: A CURVED LINE
And now push down the serosa.
Mm.
Proceed with the uterine incision.
Okay.
[winces] Ow.
-Oh! I'm so sorry!
-You all right?
Yes, and the field is clear.
Oh. I didn't realize
this was the other way around.
I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to.
What do we do?
You're bleeding, I'm so sorry.
That's enough, it's okay.
I'll take the scalpel.
Can you apply fundal pressure
with your left hand?
-Yes.
-Let's extract the baby within a minute.
Stay until the baby's out,
then head to the ER.
All right, will do.
[instrument whirring]
-[Jung-min] Instruments out.
-[clinking]
-Fundal pressure.
-[Do-won] Yes.
[squelching]
All right, the baby's out. Hello there!
[nurse] Time is 14:20, a female.
[baby crying]
We're good, go on.
-Call ahead to the ER.
-[nurse] Yes.
Will you be all right?
It's not even bleeding anymore.
I'll be all right. I have Oh Yi-young.
Come here. Take his place, now.
Me?
[Jung-min] It's no big deal.
That sort of thing happens frequently.
What really matters is this right here.
Understand?
Yes.
Cut.
-Pass one to Dr. Oh Yi-young too.
-[nurse] Okay.
[Jung-min] The patient wants to
have a second baby,
so take care with the sutures.
All right.
-Pull a bit tighter than that.
-Okay
[Jung-min] You need to be precise
with the approximation,
to prevent the wound from gaping.
I understand.
JONGNO YULJE MEDICAL CENTER
[telephone ringing]
Gynecology Ward 101, Ju-yeon speaking.
Oh, yes.
Right, thanks so much. Uh-huh, thanks.
Doctor, I guess Miss Hwang Su-yeong
has an SBP that came in at 180.
Beta blockers were helping.
Can you put in a prescription for her?
Doctor, a prescription?
Excuse me, Doctor.
Yes?
Ah, I see, you couldn't hear me, huh?
Miss Hwang Su-yeong has an SBP
that measures 180.
[mouse clicks]
So, uh, beta blockers would start
bringing it back down again, so
All done.
Oh. Thank you so much.
Oh, and also
-In 1012, Miss Yang Jang-hui?
-Yes?
-Please check her I/O every two hours?
-[Ju-yeon] Every two hours?
Won't that be a little excessive?
Every two hours
Nurse, that's an order.
[scoffs softly] All right.
[sighs heavily]
[machines beeping steadily]
Doctor, isn't all this a little much?
It's just a small cut.
Well, your mom made a call, and said
to treat you with the utmost care
and that it looks aesthetically pleasing.
-Mom? Not mine.
-Your favorite doctor?
Ah.
Don't you think this'll make the person
who did it feel awfully guilty?
[inhales sharply] That's the idea.
-[gasps]
-[doctor] Can I help you?
Oh. The guilty one.
Ah.
[Yi-young] I'm really sorry.
It's all right, don't worry.
I used to do it all the time.
It happens now and then.
-Does it still hurt?
-No.
Really, I'm fine.
[sighs]
Pull it together. It's all right.
Quit acting all guilty.
The patient's okay?
There's less bleeding than expected,
and her contractions are normal for now.
That's great.
Did you assist well?
You lined up the wound
and sutured it properly?
I did.
Oh, that was so stupid of me.
I feel really bad.
I swear, I was trying to do a good job.
Everything happened so fast,
I should have double-checked.
I already told you it's all right.
Seriously, it was an accident. Go on.
-I'm gonna rest.
-Let me look at it.
-There's nothing to see!
-I'm still worried, though.
-Leave it alone.
-OB/GYN, come on, it's an emergency.
AMBULANCE ENTRANCE ONLY
[siren wails]
119 EMERGENCY SERVICES
Her water's broken at just 20 weeks.
She's an outpatient of this hospital.
Hwangbo Bo-hyeon, age 38.
Current temperature, 39. BP, 90/60.
-This way, follow me.
-Hwangbo Bo-hyeon?
Miss Hwangbo Bo-hyeon was coming in
for an amnio later this afternoon.
Then her water broke.
She has hardly any amniotic fluid left.
I canceled the amnio appointment already.
Professor, the labs show that her WBC
is over 18,000
and her CRP has risen to over 30.
Her water broke likely
due to chorioamnionitis.
Her current temperature is 40,
and her BP isn't rising,
and that combination tells me
that she's likely
heading toward sepsis now at this point.
[inhales]
[sighs] I don't know if the child can
[sighs]
[both sobbing]
You've developed an infection
called chorioamnionitis,
which has spread through the uterus,
and is currently progressing
towards a systemic infection.
This pregnancy is no longer safe
for you to carry any further.
You can't, Doctor. No, don't say that.
I can't, no. [sobbing]
The baby is 20 weeks and three days at
this point, 300 grams or less in weight.
As you know,
even if the baby were born now,
-it wouldn't make it, it's not viable
-What did I do wrong?
Why is this happening to me
again, Doctor? Why now?
Last time, it happened
because of heart issues too,
but everything was fine until week 32.
You're wrong, it can't be true.
Don't say that.
[breath trembling]
My baby.
Doctor, just give me
one day, then, please?
Let me carry the baby
for another day, just one.
[sobbing] One more day, that's all.
I'm begging you,
just one more day. [sobbing]
I'm the only one who knows for sure.
Our child is still alive, Doctor.
I know that my child can hang on.
I need time.
You'll be at risk if the sepsis
spreads much further.
We must induce labor right away and
Save my child, Doctor! I just need
to meet my child. I have to!
I'll do whatever it takes.
Please, Doctor, I'll do anything, please!
-[sobbing]
-[sniffles] Honey, we have to. Hmm?
We have to do it.
And send my child away again?
I can't do it!
I can't do it, not again, I won't do it!
We have no choice.
[sobbing]
[sobbing]
I understand it's very challenging
for you both
to have to make this type of decision.
Still, a vaginal delivery
at this point is what's
really best now, at least for the mother.
We'll induce labor to speed things along
for you two.
Okay.
So the same procedure as last time.
Yes.
As for testing the defects
in the child's heart, do you want us
to proceed any more?
It's strange
My wife still doesn't think
our last child died,
only that it left us
then came back to us
during this pregnancy.
She felt so guilty for sending it away
on its own last time.
She meant to say sorry
once they were together.
She's lost so much sleep
from worrying about this baby.
I imagine she'll have to meet our baby
the next time around.
[sniffles, swallows]
Let's do the test, if it helps us.
I'm sure my wife wants it too.
She just can't express it now
'cause she's hurting.
The amniocentesis won't be an option now.
Although, there's another
type of test we can run
that we had discussed previously.
The doctors here are going to explain
the details of the procedure again.
Okay.
About the test
[sniffles]
it won't hurt the baby, will it?
No.
And we'll do it
to the best of our ability.
[husband sniffling]
[Jung-min] Do-won, hey.
So Miss Hwangbo Bo-hyeon,
about the testing,
I want Dr. Oh Yi-young put in charge.
Practice suturing with her when you get
some spare time, okay?
She's got good hands. I want her to suture
the perineum in the next delivery.
Mm-hmm. Okay.
I asked Dr. Oh Yi-young
to gather the research together.
Don't worry about it.
Mm-hmm. Yes, that's the one.
All right, I'll be right there.
Oh Yi-young, make sure you email me
the preterm birth reference materials
for the introduction by this afternoon.
[cell phone ringing]
Yes, Doctor?
Oh. She refused examination
and got really angry.
Okay, I'll be careful
to keep it from hurting.
All right.
[disconnects call]
[sighs]
[curious music plays]
OH YI-YOUNG, EMAIL ME THE REFERENCES
ON PREMATURE LABOR FOR THE INTRODUCTION
BY THIS AFTERNOON
[music intensifies]
[woman] Excuse me, could someone help
over here, please?
[curious music continues]
[music intensifies, fades out]
[indistinct chatter]
Doctor, are you pretty busy right now?
[sighs] Yeah.
Uh, there's a surgery scheduled
for Min Yeong-sil.
We took normal saline
and added antibiotics for her.
-Could
-I already entered it.
Yes, it's just you put down 100
milliliters of normal saline, and not 50.
Can you resubmit the prescription?
But isn't it 100?
Looks like it is.
-Oh.
-Hmm.
Right. If you're sure about it.
[sighs, exhales]
-[rapid clacking]
-[clears throat]
Oh. I changed it from 50,
in the order just now.
[sighs]
[sighs]
Ta-da!
-It's actually quiet
-Shut up, dummy, it's bad luck!
Huh?
Mm.
-There's not much happening, huh?
-Oh, something did.
-Right here.
-What? What did?
-Let's just say I got her back for you.
-You sure?
So who's got Baker-Vinters?
No one's got Baker-Vinters.
Just listen, idiot.
-It's Nurse Yeo Ju-yeon.
-Huh?
You know! When she In there, you know!
What in where? What?
-She was all
-Huh?
-Huh?
-Huh?
-Huh?
-What are you saying?
-What
-What what?
Oh! Hi, Nurse!
-You get tired around now, right?
-Uh-huh.
Ta-da!
And it's got almonds inside too.
I appreciate it. [chuckles]
Going to Room 1012?
That's right.
So did the surgery go well?
[Jae-il] Yeah, we got through it
crazy fast.
-You had lunch?
-[Ju-yeon] Not yet. Thanks for the snack!
[Sa-bi] Yi-young,
the professor asked you
to email her the materials and
-Whatcha doing?
-Oh, me? Nothing.
Aha, you were grabbing
some snacks, weren't you?
[Sa-bi] Hmm?
-Hey, have you seen Yi-young lately?
-Yes.
Where is she? What's she doing now?
She's getting chewed out again
by Seo Jung-min.
-Why?
-[Na-kyung] I don't know. No idea.
[sighs] How many times
has she been chewed out by now?
At this rate, she might actually quit.
Did you see Um Jae-il, by chance?
He was getting tteokbokki
with some of the nurses, he said.
But spicy food makes him sick.
Hmm. You're close to him, huh?
You sure know a lot.
We're not close.
I thought that he told us about that.
[Nam-kyung] Did he?
-[cell phone ringing]
-[sighs]
Hello, Pyo Nam-kyung speaking.
[sighs] I'll head down.
[disconnects call, sighs]
Gotta go. Enjoy your yummy snack.
-Oh, Doctor.
-Yes?
-About Miss Oh Mi-ok.
-Yeah?
She's getting chemotherapy infusion,
but it's making her feel unwell.
You may want to check up on her if you can
before Professor Jo does his rounds.
Oh, okay.
-[groans]
-You're not feeling well today?
How about we pause the chemo and get her
hydration for a while with an antiemetic?
Uh
Yeah, why don't we try
an antiemetic first.
And next time for chemo, an antiemetic
patch starting the day before.
Okay.
And the medication's nearly all infused.
-[vomits]
-[gasps]
It's okay.
Keep going until you feel better.
It's all right.
-Nurse Cho-won!
-[vomiting]
[Cho-won] Coming!
-Put it here.
-Okay.
[pants]
[Ju-yeon] It's all right.
[bag rustling]
-Doctor.
-Yeah?
-The order for the antiemetic.
-Ah. Right.
[Cho-won] I'll bring the medication.
Nurse Cho-won,
I sent the prescription order.
Got it.
METOCLOPRAMIDE: FOR NAUSEA AND VOMITING
[sighs softly]
[sighs]
[cell phone ringing]
Hello? Yeah, I'll head over now.
We're so used to it that our hands
reach out instinctively, like a reflex.
You feel better now, don't you?
That must've felt pretty awful, huh?
[Mi-ok] Thanks so much.
The antiemetic's been administered.
Sorry, I thought the caregiver
would be here to clean up.
It's all right, we cleaned it ourselves
so the patients wouldn't be upset.
-Besides, there wasn't much to it.
-I see.
If there's a lingering smell in here,
you'll get an earful from Professor Jo.
-But you already knew that, don't you?
-Yeah.
Oh, it was hard to change her
with the IV line.
We did our best to reinsert it.
Can you check it?
Sorry for earlier.
I should've come back sooner.
-No need to be sorry. It's my job.
-Oh.
Why don't you change into something clean.
I can take care of everything else here.
Oh, but the professor
should be getting here any second now.
Hello, hello.
Hello, Doctor.
What's going on?
She was feeling discomfort,
so I administered an antiemetic.
We reestablished the IV line.
We're about to restart the pump.
-And her ANC?
-Sorry?
Uh, it's
[mouthing]
Oh. Yes, it's 2,500.
Your immune function
was looking really good earlier,
and it looks like you were experiencing
a few gastrointestinal side effects.
The appropriate use of antiemetics
should provide significant relief
from those symptoms.
If you're feeling uncomfortable,
we can always apply
an antiemetic patch for you as well.
[Mi-ok] I see. Thanks, Doctor.
OH YI-YOUNG, EMAIL ME THE REFERENCES
[door opens]
[door closes]
[groans]
[phone thuds]
Did you get yelled at a lot?
Nam-kyung told me you got in trouble
with Professor Seo Jung-min.
-Sorry, that's why I thought I'd ask.
-Yeah.
-She said you might quit being a resident.
-I deserved it in the end.
Yi-young, I, uh
The professor had put a sticky note
on the computer for you, and I think that
Let's bring it to her even if it's late.
-The materials she asked for were
-The reference stuff for preterm birth.
I emailed her already.
Really? You knew that
Wait, how did you know?
Then you saw?
Yeah.
It was stuck on the monitor.
Someone must have
picked it up off the floor.
'Cause it looked pretty dirty.
[sighs] I'm so thirsty.
Can I share something with you?
I got scolded again today because
There was a patient
named Hwangbo Bo-hyeon.
She had an amnio scheduled,
but her water broke at just 20 weeks.
So they decided to run
another test instead.
The professor wants me to be there.
I told her no again.
That I didn't want to do it.
-So that's why I got scolded.
-Why?
Why did you refuse to do it?
It's a good thing she asked you.
She asked because
she obviously trusts you.
No, sorry. I don't mean that it's good
that this is how things worked out.
Still, this might end up helping
with her next pregnancy,
or it could be used as a reference case
for research purposes.
It's rare that something like this occurs.
It's a chance to learn something new.
That's all I was trying to say.
It's for the sake of the patient,
for the other babies born in the future.
So you have to do it right.
Why do you sound
like the professor? [chuckles]
I'm heading over there now.
They're inducing her,
and she'll give birth soon.
So I came here to say
let's do it together.
It's scary alone.
[sentimental song playing]
Will you help me or what?
[exhales]
Try bearing down on your lower belly.
It may ease the pain a little bit.
[Bo-hyeon straining]
Yes, just a little more.
-Keep going.
-[straining]
[squelching]
[Jung-min] The baby's out now.
You did a really great job, Miss Hwangbo.
All that remains is the delivery
of the placenta, so hang in there
just a little bit longer, all right?
[Bo-hyeon sobbing]
[sobbing]
Thank you, Dr. Oh.
-The ultrasound, please?
-[nurse] Yes.
-Ji-yeong?
-Yes.
[Jung-min] How are you feeling,
Miss Hwangbo?
Are you feeling all right?
[Bo-hyeon cries] Yes.
Excuse me.
The baby is
[Bo-hyeon crying softly]
[gasps]
[gasps]
[Yi-young] Sorry, Professor,
I don't think I can do a test
on that baby.
I just
can't do it.
Especially not alone.
So what do we do, then?
There'll be three ongoing surgeries,
so Do-won won't have a chance to do it.
Who should I ask?
You're the main physician.
Dr. Oh, whether or not we do something,
that isn't up to us.
The person having the toughest time
right now is the patient,
and she has made the difficult decision
to proceed with the test.
If the patient wants it done for
her child, then we'd better do it right.
Don't turn her away.
I can't.
No, you're right, I'm sorry.
Miss Hwangbo's cervix
has already started dilating,
so, go and watch our patient.
When the delivery room's ready, call me.
And make sure the room next door is free.
[mouthing] Good luck.
Oh Yi-young.
You got a coin?
Spit it out.
I witnessed this as an intern.
This exact thing happened to an R2.
They couldn't sleep
after they performed the test.
They kept crying for days.
I also remember
they kept questioning if it was okay.
Although the baby couldn't be saved,
they were worried it would feel pain.
After that experience,
seeing a baby would make them freak out,
they were triggered by pregnant patients.
That's why I said all that.
I wasn't trying to be difficult.
[Do-won exhales]
[grunts]
I was like that too.
'Cause at 20 weeks, they
look like tiny infants.
They come out at first and can breathe
a bit before they stop, you know?
They can move a little in your hands,
which sounds crazy.
[exhales]
It's always a little bit scary.
There's no choice.
-We still
-have to do it.
That's why we're here, right?
I have a cheat code for when I'm feeling
as scared as you are right now.
Does Oh Yi-young have something like that?
DELIVERY ROOM 2
DELIVERY ROOM 1
[sentimental song playing]
The professor asked me
to remind you one more time.
Please dissect a one-centimeter section
of the baby's skin.
Put it in the container
and I'll send it to Diagnostic Testing.
DEPARTMENT OF LABORATORY MEDICINE
Should we start?
[Yi-young] No, just wait.
I saw it move earlier.
I think it was breathing.
I could've sworn it was moving.
-[breath trembles]
-That can happen.
But even CPR can't revive a baby
born at only 20 weeks old.
The organs aren't developed enough
and the baby can't breathe by itself.
I know that. [breathes deeply]
But what if all of this is a mistake
and I shouldn't be doing it?
[Sa-bi] This isn't something
I read in a book,
but something I thought of
because you said you were scared.
CURRENT TIME
At 6:12 p.m. on May 17th, the year 2023,
a darling new baby
has gone on to a very good place.
Hello, little one.
Your mom will be waiting for you.
So heal your wounds,
while you're in Heaven,
and then come back healthy.
[melancholy music playing]
I'm sorry.
JONGNO YULJE MEDICAL CENTER
HWANGBO
SUPERVISING PROFESSOR: SEO JUNG-MIN
What's going on?
You're here? I was just letting you know.
That's two now.
For the patient and you.
In times like these,
it's better to have a friend.
[chuckles softly]
That's true.
But still
now the mother is alone once again, huh?
Should've joined me
in Cardiothoracic Surgery.
[sighs]
Go inside.
Yeah, I'll go in.
Do something with that look first.
[inhales]
Wait for me?
[inhales sharply]
Is the test done?
-There was no pain and it went smoothly?
-Yes.
The procedure went very smoothly, sir.
The sample taken is being tested now.
The results will take a month, and we can
discuss anything there is to learn.
Although this pregnancy didn't end up
the way we hoped,
a birth defect
that's happened twice like this
could suggest there's
a genetic factor involved.
It's best we check to see
if it could happen down the line.
Because this is still a childbirth,
you may release colostrum, or experience
some engorgement of the breasts.
Due to the effects of hormones,
postnatal depression could occur,
so it's essential to support your wife
as much as you can.
Okay.
And as for you, Miss Hwangbo
For today, I'd recommend
being in your emotions.
But then next time,
let's hear a healthy cry
from your newborn baby here together.
[sobbing]
[wailing]
[melancholy music plays]
[Bo-hyeon sobbing]
Ah! Guess I'm all the rage.
-It's even worse than my idol days.
-What'd you get?
Are those bagels from that place
that always has a line?
You're exactly right.
[gasps] It's like I've been proposed to!
[both chuckle]
I don't know if you should share.
Weren't they meant for you?
Mm-mm! These are for all of us, you know.
Ah! They'd be way better with coffee!
["Amateur" by Mido and Falasol playing]
Got 'em discounted
since it's late at night.
Oh! I want this one here!
I heard you like sweets. This is for you.
-Or you can pick another one
-It's perfect
-I appreciate it, Doctor.
-Of course.
I'm grateful for your help today.
Anytime. Thanks for the coffee.
It means so much.
[song continues]
-Hey.
-Huh?
What is it?
Don't say anything
about Nurse Yeo Ju-yeon.
Let's keep it between us, all right?
[Jae-il] Don't tell what?
Did something happen?
Uh, no.
Nothing at all.
-You must be hungry.
-So hungry.
[gasps] Let's grab
[smacks lips] Forget it.
Wanna go get food?
Really? You serious?
What do you want?
What do you like? I like anything!
-I've gotta stay on call tonight.
-We can eat here, then!
[chuckles] What, is it that exciting?
Of course! I'm pumped. Aren't you?
Hey, let's go ask the others too!
Come on, let's hurry!
-I'm sorry
-Thanks for
I'm grateful for what you did today.
It's not like I did that much.
I'm sorry! But don't ask me why.
Okay. Whatever. It's no big deal.
Hey, Yi-young, wait.
Wanna grab a bite?
Oh
Guys! We're getting something to eat,
so come along!
-Huh?
-Should we?
Let's go.
-Yes!
-[upbeat music plays]
-Yeah! Whoo!
-Jeez, you really are pumped, huh?
Of course! I eat dinner alone,
by myself, every day!
Hey, let's get the tastiest thing
there is at the hospital cafeteria.
-Which is? Make it loud!
-[both] The beef bulgogi set!
All right, then! Let's go get some food!
-[Nam-kyung] All right!
-Come on!
Oh, my cell phone.
[upbeat song playing]
[song fades]
-Do you know who's on call tonight?
-Pyo Nam-kyung.
Oh.
Four patients arrived at the ER, so she
had a hard time making emergency calls.
-She's pretty tired, she's resting now.
-All right.
Oh. Earlier, the professor said Cho Min-ae
could sip little water starting tonight.
-The order hasn't been entered yet.
-I see.
The patient's asleep now anyway, so can
you see to it it's entered by morning?
Sure. I'll tell Dr. Pyo to enter the
updated course of treatment first thing.
-I'll go check on Miss Lee Hyo-sun.
-Okay. [typing]
[cell phone ringing]
[grunts]
Hello, Pyo Nam-kyung speaking.
Doctor, did I wake you?
Ah, sorry, didn't know.
Yes, it's just that
the patient Cho Min-ae?
She was told by the professor
she could start drinking water.
Can she have a little now?
Yes, water.
Great. Please put in the order
as soon as you can.
Thanks.
[phone chimes]
["START!" by Lee Know, Seungmin & I.N
playing]
THANKS TO OUR SPECIAL GUEST,
JUNG KYUNG-HO, OUR ETERNAL KIM JUN-WAN
RESIDENT PLAYBOOK
[all] Cheers!
[man] This the team dinner
for Yulje Obstetrics?
[Joo-young] You didn't get drunk
and mess up?
[Yi-young] Come on, of course I didn't.
-Don't laugh.
-[chuckles]
Huh? Huh?
[Joo-young] I'm only asking
because I'm curious.
It's funny.
You got drunk? What'd you say?
Do you remember what you said?
[sighs]
-[Jung-min] Made it home all right?
-Whoa, jeez!
[Ju-yeon] It's a string of failures today.
-I'm so sorry.
-The patient is upset right now too.
You do everything for Jung-min's patients.
Why can't you do the same for mine?
[Do-won] I'm sorry about that.
It seems strange they'd overlook that.
I'll have a word with them.
[Eun-won] Can Do-won do
the work of 10 people?
[Do-won] Aren't you here
'cause you need me?
Got too much on your plate?
[Yi-young] I made a mistake,
but nobody else did anything!
If you didn't do it,
keep your mouth shut.
[Do-won] You're not satisfied
till you blow up at someone?
-Yes.
-Hey!
Wasting someone else's time because
you don't want to take responsibility,
that's incompetence.
[song fades out]