Also known as: Liver injury
13-year-old girl suffers a grade 3 or 4 liver laceration after being hit by an ambulance while skateboarding. The injury causes significant bleeding requiring IR embolization and becomes complicated by her underlying liver disease.
Also known as: PSC
Pre-existing chronic liver condition that compromises Clarissa's liver function, causes her to bleed excessively from the traumatic injury, and necessitates an emergent liver transplant to survive.
Also known as: High blood pressure emergency
EMT donating portion of his liver suffers a hypertensive episode lasting several minutes during surgery, raising concern for possible stroke. He recovers without apparent neurological damage.
Also known as: Stomach pain
Young boy presents to ED with abdominal pain, but the case is used primarily to reveal his abandonment by his mother rather than focus on the medical condition itself.