Code Blue the third season Episode 7 notes, thoughts and Story #8
Thrilling start and end with human drama in between. Ships all over...
I mentioned it already when the subs were posted but I'll put it also here for reference. The drama Yokomine was watching was "Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji" or Emergency Ward 24 Hours, an old and long running medical drama from FujiTV that stars Eguchi Yosuke and Matsushima Nanako. Similar to Code Blue (as quite mentioned by CS Machida), they deal with emergency cases. Season 1 started 1999 and the latest, 5 was last 2013.
Incidentally, this was actually the first Japanese medical drama that I watched. Just Season 3 though because it had Oguri Shun lol and he was kind of like a Natori-sensei as far as I can remember, that entire season dealt with a fictitious great earthquake that hit Japan.
Also, a clarification on the result of Ogata's tests, I realized I worded it incorrectly. The result of 3kg now is lower than his previous test. That's why Hiyama teased if he's been skipping rehab lol
The way Yukimura related her story was vague - shows how really reluctant she was to talk about it. She only mentioned being tired of drunks with her mother and that her father was basically not around. Reading between the lines, her mother probably was forced to work because her father was bad and useless. And that work is probably a bar and/or snacks place where the customers get drunk.
Now onto the medical terms...credit always goes to google, wikipedia and medical journals
agonal respiration, gasping respiration or agonal breathing - is an abnormal pattern of breathing and brainstem reflex characterized by gasping, labored breathing, accompanied by strange vocalizations and myoclonus.
*Oshima Masaru's condition when Shiraishi started attending to him
mesentery damage or mesenteric injury - injury on the continuous set of tissues which is formed by the double fold of peritoneum that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen. It's a common injury in vehicular accidents.
*Grandmother's injury
nicardipine - medication used to treat high blood pressure and angina.
*medication Haitani prescribed during grandmother's sudden change
orthosis - a brace or other such device; orthotic for the correction of disorders of the limbs or spine to correct alignment or provide support.
*what Yokomine and Yukimura were looking for when they found Haitani slumped on the floor
*Sleeping medication provided to Haitani according to the Pharmacy:
Triazolam - a central nervous system depressant in the benzodiazepine class. It possesses pharmacological properties similar to those of other benzodiazepines, but it is generally only used as a sedative to treat severe insomnia.
Zolpidem - a sedative primarily used for the treatment of trouble sleeping. It usually works within 15 minutes, and has a short half-life of two to three hours.
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Episode dealt with failure. Such a painful word as is. Moreso in the medical field where one failure could lead to a life lost. I love that Aizawa quoted Kuroda-sensei at the start but then he said the truth is ain't so.
Hiyama's words stuck to me too. Everything would have been easy if all they have to do is perform treatment. But again, doctors have to deal with more than that. Like facing their patients and their families.
Here are the interesting points (and questions) again for me:
- Yokomine wanted to be a doctor because she loved watching medical dramas. Ain't this true. I know after the first season aired before, there were more who wanted to be flight doctors or flight nurses. I found Yokomine 'fangirling' over 24 Hrs Emergency Ward uncanny as how I am so /obsessed/ with Code Blue right now. Yokomine is us! (except we can't be a flight doctor)
- Hiyama, Ogata and Natori. Now, is this a triangle that you saw coming? I know Natori 'likes' Hiyama and I feel like Hiyama and Ogata mutually likes each other but I enjoyed how it was depicted. Loved how Hiyama was oblivious of Natori's jealousy while Natori follows what Hiyama tells him because he doesn't want her to be irritated at him. And that's why my heart breaks though for this cute junior/senior tandem the next episode. Kanade's line of "you're cruel!" should be said to the writer. But um yeah..will talk more that later.
- The investigation panel. I can't believe it's still the same. The same annoying lawyer and board chairman LOL
- Aizawa and Haitani are the same? They both can't have an objective grasp of reality. Haitani can't see that the patient's death and heli crash was basically an accident no one has any control of and Aizawa can't see that Kanade's condition is not caused by him. At one point, I've thought is Aizawa getting a little bit OOC for being too involved with a patient? But then I've also thought of what he told Haitani the previous episode, take responsibility of your patient until the end. And Kanade was his initially his patient in Neuro. Well, going back, losing objectivity might be stupid to Aizawa (re: Haitani) but Shiraishi doesn't hate (and all the more she wants to help).
- Fujikawa and Saejima. Did you expect their answers? Like Fuijkawa, I think it's hard to say but somehow being in lifesaving, it's natural you want to save someone in need. Then I love how basically honest and worried Saejima was. It was a selfish request, right? But with everything Saejima went through, let's give this to her. It just warmed my heart to see how Fujikawa now means to her :) He's usually annoying but yeah..lol
- The pain of the family left behind. I remember one of Hiyama's quotes from S2, she wanted to at least ease the pain felt by the family left behind. She really is gifted in this aspect, isn't she? I love how she answered Oshima Mio's question why did she survive when she could have just died with her husband. Ogata also pointed out how Hiyama treats patients normally like him and how it has helped him in recovery.
- There is nothing wrong with a good motive. Haitani has been ridden with guilt the entire episode but apart from not having an objective view of reality, Shiraishi and Yokomine pointed this out to him. No one is blaming Haitani because all he wanted was to save the patient and Yokomine stressed how unlike most of them with selfish reasons, Haitani is a doctor who keeps in mind the patient first and foremost. This part made me think it's impossible for Haitani to commit suicide. Even if the amount of sleeping medication is suspicious as with the falling of the platform accident (I learned most suicide cases in Japan occur by jumping off the tracks :\), if Haitani is selfless then he wouldn't think of commiting suicide, right? Somehow, I'd like to believe him but I could be wrong...
- Surgeries by Aizawa and Shinkai always look so cool. Then afterwards, they still have the same topic, Kanade XD
- Kanade. Much as most of my followers on twitter know how I didn't like Kanade from the very start, I somehow want to defend her this time. Particularly on why Aizawa is this troubled about her. Going back to the previous episodes, we learned that for Kanade, her ability to play the piano was more important than her life thus she refused surgery. Eventually, she agreed but only if Aizawa performs the surgery because he believes that she's strong and can get through this. With this Kanade entrusted the most important thing to her in her faith in Aizawa. She knows Aizawa understands her. Now look how devasted Aizawa's face was when he learned Shinkai already cut out the entire tumor. His heart shattered like how his promise to Kanade was broken. As what Aizawa told Kanade, we don't know if he'll be able to save Kanade's life like what Shinkai did but somehow, I think, there was another way Aizawa wanted to do that surgery. I am in no means an expert in the medical field but maybe the tumor could have been removed slowly or by parts? Not entirely. And I honestly absolutely hated Shinkai was just like, I took out everything. There's no damage, right? Then there's no problem. Like, f you! It's not just all about removing it. Now, Kanade whining she wanted Aizawa to do the surgery? Not defending at all. Somebody slap that girl, tie her to Shinkai or something. Someone please let her see that she just has to be grateful she's alive.
- Shiraishi said Aizawa saves lives even in situations where other doctors give up. Perfect example: the grandmother
- Aizawa, someone wants to share your burden!!! as a comrade though...but then who is Shiraishi talking to anyway? It's just her thoughts. *sigh* these two... And Shiraishi, I guess basically her role this season is being a good flight leader and instructor. I like how Tachibana reminded her not to spoil the interns but then it was just typical of her. I'd like to see Shiraishi be more firm and strict from now on :) And maybe slap Aizawa more with the reality he couldn't see and then walk out of him for once.
- Lastly, I am so not ready for Episode 8 though. I really can't deal with the Season 1 Episode 8 parallelism of Kuroda's accident due to Shirashi now Hiyama with Natori. Why Hiyama???
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STORY #8 (2017.8.28 MON UPDATE)
Aizawa Kousaku (Yamashita Tomohisa) tried to distance himself from the affairs of Amano Kanade's (Tanabe Ririka) rehabilitation but even if he turns the other way, he rather hears Kanade's voice.
That day is also the first day Haitani Shunpei (Narita Ryo) resumes to work in lifesaving after being injured from falling of a train platform. Haitani's explanation of the fall from the platform was due to the effect of the sleeping medication but Shirashi Megumi (Aragaki Yui) and company suspects if it was suicide. Haitani perceiving such atmosphere, goes on normally but Shirashi and Fujikawa Kazuo (Asari Yousuke) too has become awkward.
That time, a request for Doctor Heli comes in for a man who collapsed on the arrival lobby of Narita Airport. Hiyama Mihoko (Toda Erika), Natori Souma (Arioka Daiki), Yukimura Futaba (Baba Fumika) reaching the location, the man in shock, is suspected of an economy syndrome.* Natori taking the line, piercing the needle to patient's arm, wakes up the patient and suddenly acts violently, shaking off his arm. Because of that, the needle Natori inserted pierces Hiyama's finger. Bringing in the patient to the 1st ER, the patient Horiuchi Tsuyoshi (Amada Reki) vomits blood. Tachibana then thinks it's not an economy syndrome but there is some other main cause, so he hurriedly instructs the staff to wear googles, gowns, masks etc. Also contacting the Infectious disease research center, Horiuchi's specimen was collected and sent over. Treatment on Hiyama is continued but she's losing color. Natori is told not to worry.
Secretly, Hiyama informs Aizawa that Natori did not come in contact with the patient taking the line but the needle accidentally pierced Hiyama's finger so she requests to also take her blood sample to the Infectious disease research center. When Horiuchi dies in the ICU, it was revealed to Saejima Haruka (Higa Manami) that Horiuchi was a journalist going around West Africa. And in covering for a nature conservation organization, he comes in contact with animals...
*economy syndrome - the formation of blood clots in veins deep within the legs occurring during (or just after) a long airplane flight, especially in economy class (tourist class) where there is the least space allotted per passenger and ones legs tend especially to be immobilized for lack of leg room.
I mentioned it already when the subs were posted but I'll put it also here for reference. The drama Yokomine was watching was "Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji" or Emergency Ward 24 Hours, an old and long running medical drama from FujiTV that stars Eguchi Yosuke and Matsushima Nanako. Similar to Code Blue (as quite mentioned by CS Machida), they deal with emergency cases. Season 1 started 1999 and the latest, 5 was last 2013.
Incidentally, this was actually the first Japanese medical drama that I watched. Just Season 3 though because it had Oguri Shun lol and he was kind of like a Natori-sensei as far as I can remember, that entire season dealt with a fictitious great earthquake that hit Japan.
Also, a clarification on the result of Ogata's tests, I realized I worded it incorrectly. The result of 3kg now is lower than his previous test. That's why Hiyama teased if he's been skipping rehab lol
The way Yukimura related her story was vague - shows how really reluctant she was to talk about it. She only mentioned being tired of drunks with her mother and that her father was basically not around. Reading between the lines, her mother probably was forced to work because her father was bad and useless. And that work is probably a bar and/or snacks place where the customers get drunk.
Now onto the medical terms...credit always goes to google, wikipedia and medical journals
agonal respiration, gasping respiration or agonal breathing - is an abnormal pattern of breathing and brainstem reflex characterized by gasping, labored breathing, accompanied by strange vocalizations and myoclonus.
*Oshima Masaru's condition when Shiraishi started attending to him
mesentery damage or mesenteric injury - injury on the continuous set of tissues which is formed by the double fold of peritoneum that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen. It's a common injury in vehicular accidents.
*Grandmother's injury
nicardipine - medication used to treat high blood pressure and angina.
*medication Haitani prescribed during grandmother's sudden change
orthosis - a brace or other such device; orthotic for the correction of disorders of the limbs or spine to correct alignment or provide support.
*what Yokomine and Yukimura were looking for when they found Haitani slumped on the floor
*Sleeping medication provided to Haitani according to the Pharmacy:
Triazolam - a central nervous system depressant in the benzodiazepine class. It possesses pharmacological properties similar to those of other benzodiazepines, but it is generally only used as a sedative to treat severe insomnia.
Zolpidem - a sedative primarily used for the treatment of trouble sleeping. It usually works within 15 minutes, and has a short half-life of two to three hours.
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Episode dealt with failure. Such a painful word as is. Moreso in the medical field where one failure could lead to a life lost. I love that Aizawa quoted Kuroda-sensei at the start but then he said the truth is ain't so.
Hiyama's words stuck to me too. Everything would have been easy if all they have to do is perform treatment. But again, doctors have to deal with more than that. Like facing their patients and their families.
Here are the interesting points (and questions) again for me:
- Yokomine wanted to be a doctor because she loved watching medical dramas. Ain't this true. I know after the first season aired before, there were more who wanted to be flight doctors or flight nurses. I found Yokomine 'fangirling' over 24 Hrs Emergency Ward uncanny as how I am so /obsessed/ with Code Blue right now. Yokomine is us! (except we can't be a flight doctor)
- Hiyama, Ogata and Natori. Now, is this a triangle that you saw coming? I know Natori 'likes' Hiyama and I feel like Hiyama and Ogata mutually likes each other but I enjoyed how it was depicted. Loved how Hiyama was oblivious of Natori's jealousy while Natori follows what Hiyama tells him because he doesn't want her to be irritated at him. And that's why my heart breaks though for this cute junior/senior tandem the next episode. Kanade's line of "you're cruel!" should be said to the writer. But um yeah..will talk more that later.
- The investigation panel. I can't believe it's still the same. The same annoying lawyer and board chairman LOL
- Aizawa and Haitani are the same? They both can't have an objective grasp of reality. Haitani can't see that the patient's death and heli crash was basically an accident no one has any control of and Aizawa can't see that Kanade's condition is not caused by him. At one point, I've thought is Aizawa getting a little bit OOC for being too involved with a patient? But then I've also thought of what he told Haitani the previous episode, take responsibility of your patient until the end. And Kanade was his initially his patient in Neuro. Well, going back, losing objectivity might be stupid to Aizawa (re: Haitani) but Shiraishi doesn't hate (and all the more she wants to help).
- Fujikawa and Saejima. Did you expect their answers? Like Fuijkawa, I think it's hard to say but somehow being in lifesaving, it's natural you want to save someone in need. Then I love how basically honest and worried Saejima was. It was a selfish request, right? But with everything Saejima went through, let's give this to her. It just warmed my heart to see how Fujikawa now means to her :) He's usually annoying but yeah..lol
- The pain of the family left behind. I remember one of Hiyama's quotes from S2, she wanted to at least ease the pain felt by the family left behind. She really is gifted in this aspect, isn't she? I love how she answered Oshima Mio's question why did she survive when she could have just died with her husband. Ogata also pointed out how Hiyama treats patients normally like him and how it has helped him in recovery.
- There is nothing wrong with a good motive. Haitani has been ridden with guilt the entire episode but apart from not having an objective view of reality, Shiraishi and Yokomine pointed this out to him. No one is blaming Haitani because all he wanted was to save the patient and Yokomine stressed how unlike most of them with selfish reasons, Haitani is a doctor who keeps in mind the patient first and foremost. This part made me think it's impossible for Haitani to commit suicide. Even if the amount of sleeping medication is suspicious as with the falling of the platform accident (I learned most suicide cases in Japan occur by jumping off the tracks :\), if Haitani is selfless then he wouldn't think of commiting suicide, right? Somehow, I'd like to believe him but I could be wrong...
- Surgeries by Aizawa and Shinkai always look so cool. Then afterwards, they still have the same topic, Kanade XD
- Kanade. Much as most of my followers on twitter know how I didn't like Kanade from the very start, I somehow want to defend her this time. Particularly on why Aizawa is this troubled about her. Going back to the previous episodes, we learned that for Kanade, her ability to play the piano was more important than her life thus she refused surgery. Eventually, she agreed but only if Aizawa performs the surgery because he believes that she's strong and can get through this. With this Kanade entrusted the most important thing to her in her faith in Aizawa. She knows Aizawa understands her. Now look how devasted Aizawa's face was when he learned Shinkai already cut out the entire tumor. His heart shattered like how his promise to Kanade was broken. As what Aizawa told Kanade, we don't know if he'll be able to save Kanade's life like what Shinkai did but somehow, I think, there was another way Aizawa wanted to do that surgery. I am in no means an expert in the medical field but maybe the tumor could have been removed slowly or by parts? Not entirely. And I honestly absolutely hated Shinkai was just like, I took out everything. There's no damage, right? Then there's no problem. Like, f you! It's not just all about removing it. Now, Kanade whining she wanted Aizawa to do the surgery? Not defending at all. Somebody slap that girl, tie her to Shinkai or something. Someone please let her see that she just has to be grateful she's alive.
- Shiraishi said Aizawa saves lives even in situations where other doctors give up. Perfect example: the grandmother
- Aizawa, someone wants to share your burden!!! as a comrade though...but then who is Shiraishi talking to anyway? It's just her thoughts. *sigh* these two... And Shiraishi, I guess basically her role this season is being a good flight leader and instructor. I like how Tachibana reminded her not to spoil the interns but then it was just typical of her. I'd like to see Shiraishi be more firm and strict from now on :) And maybe slap Aizawa more with the reality he couldn't see and then walk out of him for once.
- Lastly, I am so not ready for Episode 8 though. I really can't deal with the Season 1 Episode 8 parallelism of Kuroda's accident due to Shirashi now Hiyama with Natori. Why Hiyama???
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STORY #8 (2017.8.28 MON UPDATE)
Aizawa Kousaku (Yamashita Tomohisa) tried to distance himself from the affairs of Amano Kanade's (Tanabe Ririka) rehabilitation but even if he turns the other way, he rather hears Kanade's voice.
That day is also the first day Haitani Shunpei (Narita Ryo) resumes to work in lifesaving after being injured from falling of a train platform. Haitani's explanation of the fall from the platform was due to the effect of the sleeping medication but Shirashi Megumi (Aragaki Yui) and company suspects if it was suicide. Haitani perceiving such atmosphere, goes on normally but Shirashi and Fujikawa Kazuo (Asari Yousuke) too has become awkward.
That time, a request for Doctor Heli comes in for a man who collapsed on the arrival lobby of Narita Airport. Hiyama Mihoko (Toda Erika), Natori Souma (Arioka Daiki), Yukimura Futaba (Baba Fumika) reaching the location, the man in shock, is suspected of an economy syndrome.* Natori taking the line, piercing the needle to patient's arm, wakes up the patient and suddenly acts violently, shaking off his arm. Because of that, the needle Natori inserted pierces Hiyama's finger. Bringing in the patient to the 1st ER, the patient Horiuchi Tsuyoshi (Amada Reki) vomits blood. Tachibana then thinks it's not an economy syndrome but there is some other main cause, so he hurriedly instructs the staff to wear googles, gowns, masks etc. Also contacting the Infectious disease research center, Horiuchi's specimen was collected and sent over. Treatment on Hiyama is continued but she's losing color. Natori is told not to worry.
Secretly, Hiyama informs Aizawa that Natori did not come in contact with the patient taking the line but the needle accidentally pierced Hiyama's finger so she requests to also take her blood sample to the Infectious disease research center. When Horiuchi dies in the ICU, it was revealed to Saejima Haruka (Higa Manami) that Horiuchi was a journalist going around West Africa. And in covering for a nature conservation organization, he comes in contact with animals...
*economy syndrome - the formation of blood clots in veins deep within the legs occurring during (or just after) a long airplane flight, especially in economy class (tourist class) where there is the least space allotted per passenger and ones legs tend especially to be immobilized for lack of leg room.