Also known as: Torn aorta
A ballet dancer suffers a thoracic aortic aneurysm that has dissected, requiring urgent surgery. He initially refuses treatment to perform in a ballet but collapses when leaving AMA, necessitating an emergency thoracotomy in the ER.
Also known as: Broken thigh bone
A woman is trapped in a car with legs pinned under the dashboard. Her femur is manually manipulated to free her, causing severe bleeding that requires emergency surgery and massive transfusion.
Also known as: Head trauma
A young woman is found submerged in a car in a river. She suffers a traumatic brain injury and later reveals she was left to die by Congressman Reeves after their car crashed.
Also known as: Mild traumatic brain injury
Congressman Reeves suffers a mild concussion after being ejected from a submerged car and then struck by another vehicle while trying to flag down help.
Also known as: Collapsed lung
The Congressman has decreased breath sounds and fluid on his left lung, requiring a chest tube placement.
Also known as: Dislocated shoulder
The Congressman has a dislocated right shoulder that is reduced in the ER using manual manipulation.
Also known as: Broken hip
A man initially appears stable after a car accident but crashes due to occult internal bleeding from a hip fracture. The bleed is identified as coming from the obturator artery and is embolized using interventional radiology techniques in the ER.
A psychic medium has a non-cancerous abdominal tumor secreting multiple hormones that cause hallucinations and elevated blood pressure. The tumor is surgically removed.
Also known as: High blood pressure emergency
The psychic patient presents with blood pressure of 200 over 110, related to her hormone-secreting tumor.
Also known as: Broken facial bones
The young woman pulled from the submerged car has multiple facial fractures and abrasions from the crash.