Also known as: Arterial bleeding
Astrid sustains a radial artery laceration after punching through a plate glass window during a hallucination episode. The bleeding is controlled with a tourniquet and surgically repaired in the ED.
Also known as: MLD
After extensive testing to rule out psychiatric illness, Astrid is diagnosed with metachromatic leukodystrophy, a genetic disorder causing progressive loss of brain and nervous system function. She presented with visual hallucinations and muscle rigidity.
Also known as: Neck injury
Nathan sustains a complete spinal cord injury at C5 from a high-speed motor vehicle collision, resulting in tetraplegia. After stabilization and a risky decompressive laminectomy advocated by Dr. Hammer, he regains some motor function in his lower extremities.
Also known as: Blood in chest cavity
Nathan develops a hemothorax from his trauma, requiring chest tube placement in the ED.
Also known as: Broken forearm
EJ, Nathan's 15-year-old son, sustains a mid-shaft radial fracture with mild angulation in the same motor vehicle collision, requiring surgical repair.
Also known as: Heart attack
Dr. Cooper suffers a cocaine-induced myocardial infarction at a medical conference, experiencing cardiac arrest with ventricular fibrillation. He is resuscitated by Dr. Halstead and Dr. Choi after multiple shocks and advanced cardiac life support.
Also known as: Liver failure
Sheldon undergoes a complex liver transplant surgery with hepatectomy to trim an oversized donor liver to fit, requiring expansion of the abdominal cavity by enlarging the diaphragm.