Code Black — CBS

Season 2, Episode 7

10 medical diagnoses portrayed

Also known as: Knife wound

Pneumothorax riskSoft tissue damage

Multiple inmates from prison riot arrive with penetrating injuries from makeshift weapons (shanks, toothbrushes, spoons). Several patients require evaluation for chest and abdominal injuries.

Code Black — S02E07

Traumatic brain injurymajor

Also known as: Head trauma

Intracranial hemorrhageSeizuresCerebral edema

Former physician Hank Goldman sustains open skull fracture with multiple areas of intraparenchymal and intraventricular bleeding during prison riot. He is deemed terminal due to extent of brain hemorrhage.

Code Black — S02E07Patient: Hank Goldman

Dilated cardiomyopathymajor

Also known as: Enlarged heart muscle disease

Ventricular fibrillationCardiac arrestNeed for heart transplant

Inmate Sonny presents with penetrating trauma but unexpectedly develops ventricular fibrillation and cardiac arrest. Diagnosed with severely enlarged heart requiring transplant, though he initially refuses due to guilt over past crime.

Code Black — S02E07Patient: Sonny

Carotid artery lacerationmajor

Also known as: Lacerated neck artery

ExsanguinationHemorrhagic shockDeath

Nurse Jackie suffers bilateral carotid artery lacerations when attacked by escaped prisoner Damien. Despite emergency surgery in Center Stage during hospital lockdown, she dies from massive blood loss.

Code Black — S02E07Patient: Jackie

Sternoclavicular dislocationmajor

Also known as: Dislocated collarbone

Aortic compressionHemodynamic instability

Russian submarine officer sustains posterior sternoclavicular dislocation compressing his aorta after engine room explosion, causing repeated hemodynamic crashes requiring emergency manual reduction.

Code Black — S02E07Patient: Lieutenant Malinovsky

Blast injurymajor

Also known as: Explosion injuries

Renal artery injuryInguinal artery injuryHemothoraxHemorrhagic shockMultisystem trauma

Russian sailor with shearing abdominal injuries and vascular trauma from submarine explosion requires emergency exploratory laparotomy and innovative kidney autotransplantation to preserve renal function.

Code Black — S02E07Patient: Petty Officer Sergei Ivanov

Tension pneumothoraxsupporting

Also known as: Collapsed lung

Cardiac arrestHemodynamic collapse

Russian officer develops tension pneumothorax during surgery, requiring emergency needle decompression to prevent death.

Code Black — S02E07Patient: Lieutenant Malinovsky

Parkinson diseasemajor

Also known as: Parkinson's

Progressive disabilityOccupational impairment

Staff confronts Dr. Guthrie about tremors, illegible charts, and festinating gait consistent with Parkinson's disease or similar degenerative condition affecting his ability to practice medicine safely.

Code Black — S02E07Patient: Dr. Rollie Guthrie

Recurring storyline

Hemorrhagic shocksupporting

Also known as: Shock from blood loss

Cardiac arrestMulti-organ failure

Escaped inmate Damien develops progressive hemorrhagic shock from internal bleeding due to stab wounds, eventually requiring emergency laparotomy during his recapture.

Code Black — S02E07Patient: Damien

Galeazzi fracturesupporting

Also known as: Forearm fracture with dislocation

Russian submarine doctor sustains probable Galeazzi fracture during explosion but continues working through the injury.

Code Black — S02E07Patient: Dr. Dmitri Volkov