 In the pilot episode, Turk uses the electrical defibrillation  paddles to "shock" an apparently unconscious patient, who  immediately wakes up screaming in pain, apparently not having been  unconscious at all. That patient was played by Vinko Bogataj, the  Slovenian ski jumper whose disastrously unsuccessful ski jump  attempt was made famous in the opening title sequence of ABCs  television sport news show ABCs Wide World of Sports.