Chae Do-yeon

Former ER chief now at the hospital. A flashback shows him nearly driving out all interns. After the Yeongdeungpo Line 1 train explosion news, he calls the situation the worst, is ordered to guard the ER while the department head leaves for the scene, activates Code Gray, and as disaster response commander briefs staff on mass casualties and crowd control.

Kim Seung-hwan’s elder daughter, a student about to enter high school. Arrives at the ER with her mother in tears and sobs at the bedside after the death pronouncement.

Black-haired doctor who finds Han Ju-won on a hospital rooftop after a patient death, confides he cannot imagine losing family, then later declares he wants to become like Han. He resolves to start over, dresses carefully for work, is teased for looking sharp, has his necktie yanked off by Han as an infection risk, and eagerly treats a 17-year-old with chest pain while craving recognition.

Kim Seung-hwan’s guardian. Arrives with their daughter, tearfully asks about survival odds and her husband’s suffering, decides to stop resuscitation, then breaks down at the bedside.

55-year-old man transferred after office chest pain, anterior MI on ECG, and no response to NTG at hospital A. He still has pain and dyspnea, asks staff not to tell his family because of his high-school daughter and tired wife, but Han refuses. He later goes into V-fib requiring CPR.

Third-year emergency resident. Comforts crying interns, explains the chief’s perfectionism and strictness are teaching not hatred, offers to tip the chief if things are hard, and urges them to learn beside Han Ju-won.