Also known as: Blocked airway
Young girl involved in a car accident suffers critical airway obstruction requiring emergency cricothyrotomy in the field and later removal of obstruction from vocal cords in the ER.
Also known as: Collapsed lung
Mother from the car accident presents with a small pneumothorax requiring a Heimlich valve for treatment.
Also known as: Internal bleeding
Husband involved in road rage incident sustains massive internal bleeding requiring emergency exploratory laparotomy. Despite surgery, he dies from uncontrollable hemorrhage.
Also known as: Brain bleed
Aggressive father involved in the car accident develops an epidural hematoma requiring emergent burr hole craniotomy to relieve intracranial pressure.
Also known as: Femoral artery injury
Motorcyclist involved in road rage incident suffers compound femur fracture that punctures his femoral artery, causing life-threatening bleeding controlled by tight leather pants acting as tourniquet.
Also known as: Heart valve infection
Drug addict who faked injury to obtain opioids is later discovered to have infective endocarditis from using dirty needles. Condition progresses to septic shock requiring aggressive treatment.
Also known as: Heroin addiction
Patient manipulates medical system by self-inflicting hand injury to obtain opioid prescription, later overdoses in hospital bathroom. His case explores the challenges of identifying and treating addiction.
Also known as: Blood infection
Complication of untreated endocarditis leading to septic shock with cardiac arrest requiring resuscitation and intensive treatment.
Famous singer presents with severe nausea and vomiting from chronic marijuana use, successfully treated with capsaicin (hot sauce).
Widow discovers she is six weeks pregnant after her husband dies in surgery, providing an emotional turning point as she realizes he left her a part of himself.
Also known as: Terminal cancer
Young patient who Angus encounters in the hospital is revealed to have cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy treatment. Uses 'cancer card' to justify eating ice cream.