Also known as: Abnormal EKG
A 17-year-old wrestler presents with syncope and develops severe arrhythmia including supraventricular tachycardia requiring multiple cardioversions and cardiac pacing. The arrhythmia is secondary to severe electrolyte depletion from eating disorder.
Also known as: Low potassium
The wrestler has critically low potassium (2.0) causing life-threatening arrhythmias. The team considers hyperaldosteronism, Barter's Syndrome, or cirrhosis, but it's ultimately revealed to be from starvation related to wrestling weight management.
Also known as: Sports-related eating disorder
Carter identifies the wrestler is cycling weight dramatically between matches through self-starvation to make weight class, causing severe metabolic derangement and near-fatal cardiac complications.
A 6-year-old with sore throat and fever rapidly develops acute epiglottitis with airway obstruction, requiring emergency intubation. Ross performs a needle decompression for tension pneumothorax during the resuscitation.
Also known as: Collapsed lung
During attempted intubation for epiglottitis, the child develops tension pneumothorax with tracheal shift requiring emergency needle decompression.
Also known as: Rape
A young woman presents after being gang-raped by three men. Carol performs a rape kit and provides counseling. The patient struggles with self-blame and her boyfriend doesn't believe her, creating a major emotional storyline about trauma and recovery.
Also known as: DKA
A 300-pound diabetic patient in ketoacidosis is mentioned briefly as requiring endocrinology consultation.
Also known as: Suicide attempt
A man with alcohol intoxication and suicidal depression after losing his wife and son in an accident. Doug initially commits him for 72 hours but later releases him when he sobers up, showing questionable judgment.
Also known as: Sprained ankle
Benton's mother presents with a sprained ankle. She also shows signs of stroke-related confusion during the visit.
Also known as: Brain attack
Benton's mother has had a previous stroke causing intermittent confusion and disorientation, which is evident during her ER visit for the ankle sprain.
Also known as: Severe flu
Mark calls in sick with the flu, leaving Doug to cover as acting chief resident. His illness allows him to spend the day with his visiting wife Jennifer.