Also known as: Collapsed lung
Dr. Johnson sustains a hemopneumothorax (bleeding into chest cavity with collapsed lung) after helicopter crash. Maggie performs emergency chest tube placement using improvised equipment (Cordis kit) in the field to save his life.
Also known as: Ruptured appendix
Young woman with atypical presentation of appendicitis (fever, nausea, abdominal distension) misdiagnosed at multiple facilities. Found to have completely ruptured appendix with extensive pelvic infection requiring emergency surgery.
Also known as: Head trauma
Patient sustains catastrophic head trauma with exposed and missing brain tissue after falling from fourth-floor balcony during sleepwalking episode. Progresses to brain death and becomes organ donor.
Also known as: Somnambulism
Sleep study reveals patient has sleepwalking disorder with absent prefrontal cortex activity during sleep. This explains her fatal fall from balcony, which was initially presumed to be suicide.
Also known as: Gunshot to the leg
Patient sustains multiple gunshot wounds (shoulder, arm, abdomen) during altercation while intoxicated. Requires emergency surgery to remove retained bullet from abdomen.
Also known as: Drug overdose
College student presents with extreme agitation and violent behavior after using cocaine and PCP combination. Exhibits paranoid and aggressive behavior, ultimately getting shot during altercation.
Also known as: Lung failure
Patient on ECMO for over three weeks awaiting lung transplant. Experiencing frequent clot formation in ECMO circuit. Successfully receives lung transplant from June Bishop at episode's end.
Also known as: Sleep disorder
Recurring insomnia prompts psychiatric evaluation and sleep study, which ultimately reveals underlying sleepwalking disorder.
Also known as: Sinus infection
Minor case used as backdrop for subplot about patient's husband carrying concealed firearm in hospital.
Also known as: Open bone fracture
Compound fracture of left humerus sustained during fall from balcony, part of multiple trauma injuries.
Also known as: Broken rib
Multiple left rib fractures with large pulmonary contusion sustained during fall from balcony.
Also known as: Broken fingers
Patient sustains multiple finger fractures from punching a tree while intoxicated on cocaine and PCP.