TvDx
Code Black

Code BlackCBS

Season 3, Episode 13

14 medical diagnoses portrayed

Watch on Amazon

Also known as: AFib with RVR

HypotensionHemodynamic instability

Phil collapses at dinner with heart racing and shortness of breath. He is found to have atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response, becomes unstable requiring cardioversion, and is then diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy.

Code Black — S03E13Patient: Phil Richardson

Also known as: Enlarged heart muscle disease

Heart failureNeed for heart transplant

Phil's workup reveals an enlarged heart (dilated cardiomyopathy) diagnosed a year ago. He is not a candidate for transplant and has only a few years to live, which he had hidden from his romantic interest.

Code Black — S03E13Patient: Phil Richardson
Limb ischemia

Mountain climber who fell and dislocated his knee, lacerating his popliteal artery. Requires urgent surgical repair to save his leg from ischemia.

Code Black — S03E13Patient: Clark Behar

Also known as: Dislocated knee

Vascular injury

Climber sustains knee dislocation during a fall while training for a solo climb, which leads to arterial injury.

Code Black — S03E13Patient: Clark Behar

Also known as: Huffing gas

Respiratory arrestCardiac arrest

Ariel's friend Joy huffs gasoline and stops breathing. Ariel performs CPR and calls 911, bringing Joy to Angels Memorial where she is treated with Narcan and aggressive resuscitation, though the specific inhalant toxicity requires supportive care.

Code Black — S03E13Patient: Joy Chen

Also known as: Date rape drug exposure

Motor vehicle crashAltered mental status

Noa is drugged by Diego's father (Mr. Avila) during what she thought was a recruitment dinner. She crashes her car due to the effects of the drug and later reveals she was assaulted, deciding to press charges.

Code Black — S03E13Patient: Noa Kean
Recurring storyline

Also known as: Head laceration

Altered mental statusHemorrhagic shock

After being drugged, Noa crashes her car and hits her head on the steering wheel, resulting in altered mental status and significant trauma requiring evaluation for brain injury.

Code Black — S03E13Patient: Noa Kean

Also known as: Shock from blood loss

HypotensionCardiovascular collapse

Noa arrives at the ER bleeding profusely from her car accident, requiring aggressive resuscitation with fluids and blood products to stabilize her blood pressure.

Code Black — S03E13Patient: Noa Kean
Multiple organ injuriesBurnsStructural collapse

A commercial airliner crashes into Angels Memorial Hospital after a bird strike takes out both engines. The plane strikes the eighth floor, causing mass casualties both in the hospital and among passengers, requiring immediate evacuation and triage.

Code Black — S03E13Patient: Multiple patients

Also known as: Head cut

Physical therapy patient injured during the plane crash with a scalp laceration and arm fracture, treated by Willis and Rox during the evacuation.

Code Black — S03E13Patient: Jeannie

Also known as: Broken arm

Jeannie sustains an obvious deformity to her humerus (upper arm bone) during the plane crash, requiring splinting and evacuation.

Code Black — S03E13Patient: Jeannie
Hemorrhage

Dr. Campbell is impaled by debris during the plane crash evacuation and sustains an abdominal laceration with arterial bleeding that Dr. Leighton repairs in the field.

Code Black — S03E13Patient: Dr. Campbell

Also known as: PTSD

Auditory hallucinationsRisk to self

Willis continues to struggle with PTSD following his brother's death, experiencing hallucinations of his deceased brother Robert and exhibiting concerning behavior that leads to a 72-hour psychiatric hold.

Code Black — S03E13Patient: Ethan Willis
Recurring storyline

Also known as: Psychosis

Hallucinations

Willis experiences persistent auditory and visual hallucinations of his dead brother throughout the episode, suggesting possible psychotic features related to his grief and trauma.

Code Black — S03E13Patient: Ethan Willis
Recurring storyline