Also known as: Pepper spray exposure
Multiple students exposed to pepper spray released through classroom HVAC system, causing severe burning to eyes and throat, treated with irrigation and supportive care.
Also known as: Broken thigh bone
14-year-old student sustained displaced femoral fracture after being trampled during panic evacuation from pepper spray incident, requiring traction.
Also known as: Severe asthma attack
Teacher with history of asthma developed severe respiratory distress from pepper spray exposure requiring intubation and continuous breathing treatments, later developed cardiac arrhythmia from treatment requiring overdrive pacing.
Also known as: Irregular heart rhythm
Life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia developed as complication of albuterol treatment for severe asthma, successfully treated with overdrive pacing.
Also known as: Trampled
Construction foreman's arm caught in crane cable drum 40 stories up, required field amputation of arm to save his life and free his brother.
Also known as: Body pinned by cable
Construction worker pinned by crane cable across his torso at risk of being severed in half, rescued after his brother's amputation released the cable tension.
Also known as: Air bubbles in blood vessels
Developed air in heart vessels following traumatic amputation on the crane, causing cardiac arrest requiring aspiration of air via catheter and positioning to prevent coronary involvement.
Also known as: Head laceration
Woman found unconscious at bottom of stairs with blunt head trauma and scalp laceration, initially attributed to intoxication but later revealed to be victim of domestic violence by daughter.
Also known as: Heroin addiction
Long-term addiction to prescription pain medication (Percocet) combined with alcohol use, initially suspected as cause of fall but later understood as coping mechanism for domestic abuse.
Also known as: Intimate partner violence
Pattern of multiple old fractures including spiral radius fracture revealed both parents were victims of repeated physical abuse by their adult daughter Lily, who was violently controlling and eventually restrained from contact.
Also known as: Torn artery in neck
Orthopedic surgeon developed stroke symptoms including aphasia and right-sided weakness from carotid dissection caused by blunt trauma from daughter's physical abuse, treated with intra-arterial tPA.
Also known as: Stroke
Blood clot traveled to brain from carotid dissection causing stroke with aphasia and weakness, requiring interventional radiology treatment with intra-arterial thrombolytic therapy.