Getting ON

Season 1 Episode 6

The Concert

Air date: Dec 29, 2013

Medical Cases in This Episode

These are the patient stories worth unpacking. Open any case for the real-world medicine, what the episode shows, what it leaves out, and source-backed context.

3 cases identified

Case 1

Fluctuating Patient Condition

A patient's condition worsens, improves, and worsens again.

Episode shows
A patient's condition worsens, improves, and worsens again.
Clinical takeaway
Fluctuating Patient Condition is included because episode evidence supports a concrete long-term-care, end-of-life, infection-control, minor-care, or patient-safety scenario.
Accuracy 3.5/5fluctuating-patient-conditionlong-term-carepatient-safety

Case 2

Equipment Malfunction Injury

An equipment malfunction injures Cordelia.

Episode shows
An equipment malfunction injures Cordelia.
Clinical takeaway
Equipment Malfunction Injury is included because episode evidence supports a concrete long-term-care, end-of-life, infection-control, minor-care, or patient-safety scenario.
Accuracy 3.5/5equipment-malfunction-injurylong-term-carepatient-safety

Case 3

Patient Death on Ward

The staff comes together when a patient dies.

Episode shows
The staff comes together when a patient dies.
Clinical takeaway
Patient Death on Ward is included because episode evidence supports a concrete long-term-care, end-of-life, infection-control, minor-care, or patient-safety scenario.
Accuracy 3.5/5patient-death-on-wardlong-term-carepatient-safety

About the Episode

Phyllis gets the runaround as her mother's condition worsens, improves and worsens again. Jenna tries to leverage her Cleveland opportunity into concessions from Dr. Stickley. DiDi's patience wears thin after a debt remains unpaid. Staff members point fingers at each other after an equipment malfunction injures Cordelia, an irascible patient. The staff makes up when a patient dies and comes together to perform their weekly Caregiver Concert for everyone in the ward.

Medical Relevance

A full clinical context review has not been generated for this episode yet.

The Medical Verdict

Final editorial assessment will be added after review.