Brian Lester

A shortage of blood in the ER during a winter storm leads to a difficult decision. Dr Greene and Dr Del Amico attempt to save a security guard that was shot on the job.

The girlfriend of a terminally ill patient with HIV wants to donate his organs to an HIV-positive friend; Abby orders a drug test on Ray's patient; Pratt insists on returning to work.

The staff treat two small children who fell from a third-storey window; Pratt treats a man with an unsightly rash; Corday is disciplined for performing an HIV-positive organ transplant.

Dr Ross puts his career on the line to help the mother of a terminally ill boy. Meanwhile, Dr Greene treats the hospital janitor for back pain.

While trying to elude gunfire, Pratt loses control of his vehicle, trapping himself and his passengers underwater; Weaver stops a police officer from performing a body search on a young woman.

Kovac is under pressure to take care of the overflow of cases before the ER shuts down for renovations; Sam befriends a terminally ill photojournalist; Pratt gets a scare when his brother unexpectedly shows up in the ER.