Also known as: Esophageal tear
Young boy suffers esophageal perforation and pneumomediastinum after ingesting boiling water through a straw as an internet challenge, requiring emergency surgery for extensive reconstruction.
Also known as: Throat burns
Young girl develops severe thermal burns and blisters in her throat after also attempting the boiling water challenge, later perforating and requiring emergency surgery.
Also known as: Crushed pelvis
Boat captain pinned by 10,000-pound winch during boat crash, crushing his pelvis and causing hemorrhage. Team must lower the boat by flooding it to free him before he can be transported for surgery.
Also known as: Head trauma
Son of boat captain develops traumatic brain injury from the boat crash and subsequently has prolonged seizures requiring aggressive medical management to prevent permanent brain damage.
Also known as: Prolonged seizure
Patient develops continuous seizures that do not respond to initial medications, creating conflict over how aggressively to treat before inducing coma.
Also known as: Drowning
Woman drowns in boat crash; her body is recovered from the water but she cannot be resuscitated. Her death creates emotional conflict when her son must decide whether to tell his injured father.
Also known as: COPD flare-up
Elderly man from assisted living presents with wheezing and shortness of breath from COPD exacerbation, treated with steroids and nebulizer.
Also known as: The clap
Elderly patient tests positive for gonorrhea, leading to comedic subplot about sexual activity among assisted living residents and need to contact multiple partners.
Also known as: Perforated intestine
Patient with OCD and history of deliberately swallowing foreign objects develops bowel perforation from swallowed tacks, creating conflict between doctors over surgical versus psychiatric approach.
Also known as: OCD Harm (violent obsessions)
Patient has form of OCD that compels her to swallow foreign objects and seek surgery, with history of three previous surgical scars from this behavior.
Also known as: Low potassium
During surgery for bowel perforation, patient develops dangerous cardiac rhythm from low potassium caused by excessive vomiting, nearly arresting on the table.
Also known as: Lung cancer
Teenage patient with lung cancer on transplant waiting list develops acute breathing crisis requiring emergency nebulizer treatment. His condition creates conflict when his father objects to his relationship with a volunteer.
Also known as: Collapsed lung
Boat crash victim arrives DOA, identified by his sister who is brought to verify the body in the morgue.
Also known as: Knife wound
Boat crash victim impaled by piece of boat; treated in field with removal of impaled object without severing artery before transport.