Also known as: Demon face syndrome
Eight-year-old foster child experiencing visual distortions where he sees people's faces as monstrous/demonic. Dr. Charles diagnoses PMO triggered by pediatric migraines and lack of sleep due to trauma from past abuse. The condition is treated with green-tinted glasses to reduce distortions.
Underlying trigger for Lucas's prosopometamorphopsia, manifesting as headaches, light sensitivity, and squinting. Less intense than adult migraines but caused by lack of sleep and stress.
Also known as: Postpartum uterine infection
College student presents with fever, tachycardia, hypotension, and severe menstrual-like bleeding. Revealed to have endometritis from retained placental tissue after delivering a stillborn baby she concealed. Required emergency surgery when she began hemorrhaging.
Also known as: Fetal death
Jenny had delivered a full-term stillborn baby at home weeks earlier, which she buried. The baby had died in utero weeks before delivery, leading to retained placental tissue and subsequent infection.
Also known as: Cut
Lucas presented with a 2cm through-and-through laceration below the lip where his lower front teeth went through the skin after falling and hitting his chin on a curb while trying to run from school.
Also known as: Alzheimer's disease
Sharon's ex-husband Bert is experiencing progression of his dementia, now in the anger phase where he raises his voice and exhibits personality changes. Episode ends with him having a fall at his facility, becoming unconscious.
Also known as: V-fib
Patient in Treatment 5 goes into ventricular fibrillation and requires multiple defibrillation attempts and medications (epinephrine, amiodarone) before being successfully cardioverted back to sinus rhythm.
Also known as: Head laceration
Bert falls at his care facility and hits his head, causing a gash and loss of consciousness. Staff member Tamika reports he was initially responsive but then stopped opening his eyes, prompting emergency call to Sharon.