Also known as: Cyanide poisoning
Actor intentionally poisons himself with cyanide to stage a realistic death scene for a child he's been hired to portray as her father. He refuses to reveal what he took until convinced to accept a staged peaceful death instead, ultimately being treated with hydroxocobalamin from a cyanokit.
Also known as: Sickle cell pain crisis
Pregnant woman at seven months experiences a sickle cell pain crisis lasting 24 hours. She refuses morphine to protect her baby, develops a transfusion reaction requiring emergency C-section to save both mother and baby.
Also known as: Digoxin overdose
Patient accidentally takes triple dose of digoxin causing severe bradycardia. Must keep running to maintain heart rate until doctors can place internal pacemaker. Requires dramatic field intervention with internal pacing wire while on treadmill.
Also known as: Cast too tight
Death row inmate develops severe compartment syndrome after botched lethal injection where drugs were injected into muscle tissue instead of vein. Requires fasciotomy which reveals progressive necrosis spreading to shoulder and chest. Patient dies during attempted surgical salvage.
Also known as: Blood transfusion reaction
Patient develops acute inflammatory reaction during blood transfusion for anemia, causing severe hypoxemia and necessitating emergency C-section delivery.
Also known as: Heroin addiction
Dr. Asher fails to show up for work and is found to be using drugs again despite previous promise to turn herself in. Her absence nearly results in complications for her patient Siana.
Also known as: Preterm delivery
Emergency C-section performed at seven months gestation due to maternal respiratory compromise from transfusion reaction. Baby delivered premature but healthy and transferred to NICU.