Celebrity guests at a party for Edie Falco's new TV show Nurse Jackie got a medical scare of their own when an elderly female collapsed and was carried away on a stretcher.

Julianna Margulies, LL Cool J and Debra Winger were among the star-studded crowd at the hospital-themed party in New York on Tuesday.

Showtime executives had a space at the Parker Meridien hotel decorated with a hospital bed and an X-ray machine, leading some guests to believe the woman's fall was a stunt.

However actress Merritt Wever, who also plays a nurse on the show, quickly realized the incident was no performance and called paramedics to the scene.

The woman was treated for exhaustion and released, reports the New York Post.

Image © PR Photos

(This news article provided by World Entertainment News Network)