Also known as: Early labor
Pregnant woman at 28 weeks gestation involved in motor vehicle collision goes into unstoppable preterm labor, delivering prematurely in the ER with complications requiring NICU admission for the infant.
Also known as: Respiratory distress syndrome
Premature infant born at 28 weeks develops severe lung complications requiring NICU care but ultimately survives.
Also known as: Chest injury
Gang member who stole car and crashed into pregnant woman sustains chest trauma that leads to aortic rupture and death in recovery.
Also known as: Enlarged heart muscle disease
Construction worker with severe heart failure and ejection fraction less than 10% repeatedly goes into ventricular fibrillation while waiting for heart transplant that never arrives; dies when no suitable donor is found.
Also known as: V-fib
Patient repeatedly goes into life-threatening heart rhythm requiring multiple defibrillations throughout the episode as his heart continues to fail.
Also known as: Severe asthma attack
12-year-old girl has severe asthma exacerbation likely triggered by cat allergy, responds to treatment but returns when mother cannot afford prescribed inhaler.
Also known as: Alcohol poisoning
Fraternity student presents comatose and hypotensive with blood alcohol level of 0.832 after drinking game; requires intubation and dialysis but recovers.
Also known as: Self-inflicted gunshot wound
Recurring liquor store owner accidentally shoots off half his toe while showing his new gun to a friend.