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Big triggers in this episode are alcohol abuse, child battery, gun violence and suicide.

There's a lot of blood and emergency medical procedures on this show. All episodes are triggering for medical procedures, blood, vomit, and abuse. I’ll be using this general warning going forward.

E.R. Generally is pretty trigger-heavy depending on your trauma.

All episodes take place in a fictional county hospital E.R in Chicago. Medical stuff happens in every episode such as surgery, needles, stitches, etc. Prepare to see patients lied to, abused, neglected, and manipulated. Every episode someone will die *usually * a patient. Alcohol and Drug abuse are regular features as is gun violence. Also, be prepared for all the racism and ableism one would find in a real-life E.R.

Low spoiler overview.

The E.R pilot introduces the show's main characters.

We start with Dr. Ross. He shows up drunk requiring another physician to take care of him. Dr. Ross’s alcohol abuse is a recurring theme in the show.

We later get news of a building collapse and many associated injuries.

A lot of medical traumas come in related and unrelated. There are lots of major orthopedic and crush injuries.

An older women throw up blood and later crashes in surgery. She is restabilized and we never hear more.

A man is told his father died and breaks down.

This is the first 11 minutes.

Doctors Benson is a misogynist egotistical jerk, in this and every episode. At times it boarders on or crosses to verbal abuse.

A teenager crashes her Dad's car and is worried he will be angry, he is, and for a second we worry he will take it out on her but handles it well.

A medical student fails to put in an IV over and over.

There's a delivery it's uneventful, both mom and are fine.

More victims of the building collapse die.

A shooting survivor is restrained in order to provide treatment.

A man is told he likely has a large cancerous growth in his lung and will likely die soon.

A teen is pregnant.

A member of the staff is brought in after intentionally overdosing on medication. At the end of the episode, it is not known if the character survives.

A babysitter brings in an infant that was abused and Dr. Ross calls CPS despite the sitter's objections. We later find other injuries on the baby including cigarette burns.

A women burns her inner thighs and comes onto Dr. Green. He ignores her advances and provides appropriate care.

Dr. Benton is forced to perform an emergency surgery without help, help eventually arrives and the surgery is successful.

#ER

This episode deals heavily with anti-trans violence. I go into more detail below, but if it's a big trigger, skip this one. It's wrenching.

Triggers: Death of a child, Anti-trans violence, suicide, fatal car crash, medical mistreatment

E.R. Generally is pretty trigger-heavy depending on your trauma.

All episodes take place in a fictional county hospital E.R in Chicago. Medical stuff happens in every episode such as surgery, needles, stitches, etc. Prepare to see patients lied to, abused, neglected, and manipulated. Every episode someone will die *usually * a patient. Alcohol and Drug abuse are regular features as is gun violence. Also, be prepared for all the racism and ableism one would find in a real-life E.R.

Plot A: The primary plot of this episode involves a car accident that results in multiple deaths. The driver a teenager deals with and lies to avoid personal and legal issues due to his involvement and possible responsibility for the crash.

Plot B: The secondary plot involves a trans women.

More details:

This episode starts with a psychiatrist documenting how he hates his patients and is depressed.

A trans woman is brought into the E.R, doctors are unaware she is trans*until she is undressed. Dr. Benton then misgenders her.

Two people die in a car accident and another individual cry’s out “ OMG I killed him.”

There’s this ongoing jealousy thing with Dr. Ross and Nurse Hathaway for the whole season where he is just a bitter jerk. It could be triggering for some people. It’s just annoying for me right now.

An animal rights activist tries and fails to save a turkey's life, but accidentally kills it, and most people are mocking or rude to him. The dead turkey is shown.

The trans woman talks about her family refusing to accept her gender.

A mother is told her teen son died and sees his body.

A patient is bulled by a doctor by placing a flower in his butt without his knowledge, as a joke, and everyone laughs. The whole thing is played out in this weird lighthearted way, which makes it worse for me at least.

The Trans women is called a slur by a nurse and mocked for using the ladies room.

There are mulitple scenes involving suicide implied, attempted or completed.

Bigger spolier:

Trigger warning suicide detials below.

The trans women completes suicide at the end of the episode

#ER