Also known as: ARDS
Multiple patients from a medical conference present with severe respiratory distress that progresses to ARDS. The first patient, Dr. Susan Evans, dies despite resuscitation efforts. The condition is eventually identified as chlorine gas poisoning causing airway burns and air-trapping.
Also known as: Chlorine gas poisoning
The root cause of the mass casualty incident - patients were exposed to chlorine gas leak near a hotel pool tent. Neal's mother develops severe respiratory compromise requiring intubation. The diagnosis breakthrough allows proper treatment and saves multiple patients.
Also known as: Rebar through spleen
Construction worker falls 20 feet off a roof and is impaled through the groin by steel rebar. The rebar penetrates near his femoral artery, requiring careful surgical management to prevent catastrophic bleeding.
Also known as: Electrocution
The patient was electrocuted before his fall, causing an exit wound burn obscured by the rebar. This caused delayed cardiac arrest due to arrhythmia and retrograde amnesia about the incident.
Also known as: AFib with RVR
Neal's mother develops rapid atrial fibrillation triggered by hypoxia from her chlorine gas exposure. Neal successfully converts her rhythm using vagal maneuvers rather than medications to avoid further lowering her blood pressure.
Also known as: Broken heart syndrome
The husband of the deceased Dr. Susan Evans develops stress-induced cardiomyopathy with apical ballooning following his wife's death. The condition causes chest pain but is distinguished from myocardial infarction.
Also known as: Femoral artery injury
The rebar impalement creates a laceration to the femoral artery that begins bleeding catastrophically when the foreign body shifts. The team uses improvised battlefield medicine techniques including a makeshift tourniquet to control hemorrhage until vascular surgery arrives.