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Code Black

Code BlackCBS

Season 1, Episode 11

15 medical diagnoses portrayed

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Also known as: Shock from blood loss

Intraperitoneal bleedingSeizuresCardiac arrest

Hospice nurse involved in car accident with multiple fractures, right arm and foot injuries, and severe internal bleeding requiring emergency stabilization and transport.

Code Black — S01E11Patient: Alice

Also known as: Head laceration

Non-responsive pupilsUnconsciousness

Alice's date who sustained severe head trauma in car accident, struck window hard, became non-responsive with poor prognosis and was black-tagged as unsalvageable.

Also known as: Trampled

HypothermiaAsphyxiation riskLoss of leg sensation

Driver trapped under wet concrete after accident, at risk for hypothermia and asphyxiation as concrete expands. Team uses warm saline infusions and eventually extracts him with tools.

Code Black — S01E11Patient: Kenny Wylar

Also known as: Broken rib

Possible internal bleedingPneumothorax

8-year-old boy with two broken ribs, one possibly puncturing right lung causing shortness of breath. Disoriented after accident, separated from his mother.

Code Black — S01E11Patient: Jason Riner
Panic disordersupporting

Also known as: Panic attacks

Chest tightnessNauseaDizzinessHyperventilation

Jesse experiences panic attack with chest tightness and hyperventilation while recovering from recent heart attack, worried about having another cardiac event.

Code Black — S01E11Patient: Jesse Sallander
Recurring storyline

Also known as: Severe leg wound

Hemorrhagic shockWeak femoral pulseUnconsciousnessCrush injury to footHemorrhage

Jason's mother trapped in car with massive thigh laceration extending to completely crushed foot. Initially black-tagged but Leanne fights to save her, ultimately requiring amputation to extract her.

Code Black — S01E11Patient: Connie Riner

Also known as: Broken neck

Paralysis of lower extremitiesHead laceration requiring suturesParalysis

Mother thrown from car over embankment who fractured her neck and lost ability to move her legs. Requires strict immobilization to prevent permanent paralysis.

Code Black — S01E11Patient: Katherine

Also known as: Fractured windpipe

Subcutaneous emphysemaRespiratory distressHip injuries

Young boy with fractured trachea causing air to leak into tissues (crepitus). Experiences progressive airway obstruction requiring emergency cricothyrotomy with makeshift pen.

Code Black — S01E11Patient: Elliot

Also known as: Brain tumor

SyncopeBrain stem compressionRisk of respiratory and cardiac arrest

Pregnant former resident with leukemia who presents after fainting. CT reveals aggressive brain tumor causing swelling that presses on brain stem, with terminal prognosis.

Code Black — S01E11Patient: Carla Niven
Recurring storyline
Pneumothoraxsupporting

Also known as: Collapsed lung

HypoxiaBone fragments complicating chest tube placement

Accident victim requiring emergency chest tube insertion in field. Malaya struggles with difficult placement due to bone fragments, patient experiences oxygen deprivation.

Code Black — S01E11Patient: Jocelyn

Also known as: Dislocated shoulder

Christa dislocates her shoulder while climbing down embankment to reach trapped family. Requires Lily's help to reduce the dislocation before she can perform emergency procedures.

Code Black — S01E11Patient: Christa Lorenson

Also known as: V-tach

Cardiac arrest

Jesse's roommate who goes into cardiac arrest from ventricular tachycardia. Jesse successfully defibrillates him back to normal rhythm despite being a patient himself.

Code Black — S01E11Patient: Jack Rhodes

Also known as: Multiple broken bones

Woman trapped in car with broken right arm and foot. Requires rapid extraction from burning vehicle without proper fracture stabilization.

Code Black — S01E11Patient: Woman with leg fracture

Also known as: PEA arrest

Hemorrhagic shockSeizures

Connie develops PEA cardiac arrest from severe blood loss during transport. Team resuscitates her with fluids and manages seizures with Ativan.

Code Black — S01E11Patient: Connie Riner

Also known as: Heart attack

AnxietyPanic attacks

Jesse is recovering from heart attack that occurred 8 days prior. He remains hospitalized and anxious about having a second cardiac event, ordering unnecessary tests on himself.

Code Black — S01E11Patient: Jesse Sallander
Recurring storyline