Code Black — CBS

Season 1, Episode 17

9 medical diagnoses portrayed

Also known as: Bowel evisceration

Motorcycle accident victim with traumatic disembowelment requiring emergency surgery. Patient had intestinal injury with exposed bowels, required airway management and surgical intervention.

Code Black — S01E17

Crush injurymajor

Also known as: Trampled

Gastric herniationGastrointestinal hemorrhageShockDiaphragm rupture

Father injured at zombie convention from scaffolding collapse. Sustained crush injury with multiple chest deformities and diaphragm rupture causing stomach to translocate to chest. Required difficult airway management and emergency surgery.

Code Black — S01E17Patient: Ben Barton

Splenic injurymajor

Also known as: Ruptured spleen

Hemorrhagic shockDelayed rupture

8-year-old boy injured in scaffolding collapse, initially stable with free fluid suggesting splenic injury. Later decompensated with hemorrhagic shock requiring emergency splenectomy.

Code Black — S01E17Patient: Luke

Ectopic pregnancy with rupturemajor

Also known as: Tubal pregnancy

Intraperitoneal hemorrhageHemorrhagic shock

VIP patient with abdominal pain found to have ectopic pregnancy implanted on ovary that ruptured, causing life-threatening internal bleeding requiring emergency surgery. Couple had been undergoing fertility treatments.

Code Black — S01E17Patient: Susan Stein

Factitious disordermajor

Also known as: Malingering

Iatrogenic oversedation

16-year-old from boot camp feigning seizures and other symptoms by self-inducing vomiting with eye drops and pretending to seize to falsely accuse staff of abuse. Nearly caused respiratory arrest from excessive Ativan administration.

Code Black — S01E17Patient: Brody

Local anesthetic toxicitysupporting

Also known as: Lidocaine overdose

Cardiac arrest

Zombie convention attendee suffered cardiac arrest from lidocaine toxicity during laceration repair. Successfully treated with intralipid therapy.

Code Black — S01E17Patient: Sandy

Proximal humerus fracturesupporting

Also known as: Upper arm fracture

Part of the presentation in the teenager who was found to be faking additional symptoms and falsely claiming abuse.

Code Black — S01E17Patient: Brody

Dehydrationsupporting

Also known as: Severe dehydration

Part of initial presentation that raised concerns about abuse at boot camp, though patient was later found to be fabricating symptoms.

Code Black — S01E17Patient: Brody

Intercostal vessel hemorrhagesupporting

Also known as: Chest wall bleeding

Hypotension

Complication during surgery for crush injury requiring careful ligation near the vagus nerve to control bleeding.

Code Black — S01E17Patient: Ben Barton