
In the gripping finale of “The Pitt,” I found myself awestruck as I navigated through a harrowing day in the emergency department at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center. The sheer number of challenges they faced was staggering: fentanyl overdoses, a degloved foot, a disturbed teenager with a hit list, severe sickle cell disease, brain parasites, sex trafficking, a stolen ambulance, loose rats, testicular torsion, mercury poisoning from cosmetics, an elderly man taking his last breath surrounded by his adult children, a drowned child, a nail gun accident, a spider bite, a pregnant teen holed up in the bathroom, a toddler who mistook weed gummies for candy, a high-risk delivery, a racist and abusive patient, an unvaccinated child with measles, and a tidal wave of critically injured patients from a mass shooting at a music festival. By their 15th hour on duty, it’s no wonder they were all utterly drained. This season finale was nothing short of a marathon of medical mayhem!