Ep 8 Show Notes
In "Long Day's Journey," we see a somewhat unusual case of domestic violence in which the victim is a parent and the perpetrator is her teenage daughter. You can find resources and help for many different kinds of domestic abuse at The National Domestic Violence Hotline website.
Sara Jane does not know who Bobcat Goldthwait is! We hear his distinctive voice as Carol Hathaway's patient who stays under a sheet for the whole episode. Stacy realizes that most people under 40 probably aren't familiar with him, so here's a video of one of his classic stand-up routines on David Letterman's show.
Grace, the cancer patient featured in one of these episodes, is staying at a hospice facility but comes into the ER when her condition worsens. There are many options for end of life care explored on the American Cancer Society website.
Stacy mentions an article referencing George Clooney's idea to put a basketball hoop on the set. It was this article (see #7) or one like it.
When a kid comes into the ER pointing a gun at people in "Feb. 5, '95" the chaplains remark that it seems strange that everyone would freeze and there wouldn't be a plan in place for how to handle such a situation. Maybe it wasn't the case in 1995, but today, hospital employees have to watch training videos like this one annually.
Nurse Hathaway is very protective of the new crash carts she gets for the ER in the second episode. If you don't know what a crash cart might contain or why it's important, this video features two nurses demonstrating what it is and how it works.