Also known as: Kidney failure
Mr. Luck is a dialysis patient with end-stage renal disease who was banned from his clinic for abusive behavior. He presents uremic and intoxicated, requiring emergency dialysis.
Also known as: Kidney injury from bus accident
Andy is a teenager involved in a high-speed motor vehicle accident. He sustained severe abdominal injuries requiring diagnostic peritoneal lavage, which revealed internal bleeding necessitating emergency splenectomy. He was the driver and later confesses to Carol that he, not his friend, was responsible for the fatal crash.
Also known as: Head trauma
Larry is a teenager involved in the same motor vehicle accident as Andy. He arrives in traumatic full arrest with severe head injuries including exposed brain matter. Despite resuscitation attempts, he is pronounced dead at 9:33.
A 22-year-old female victim of the same high-speed motor vehicle accident. She was decapitated in the collision and left at the scene.
Also known as: Broken thigh bone
Andy sustained a broken right femur in addition to his abdominal injuries in the motor vehicle accident.
Also known as: Fluid around the heart
A 40-year-old woman with lupus on prednisone presents with chest pain and collapses in the waiting room. She develops cardiac tamponade requiring emergency pericardial window procedure when needle drainage fails due to thick infected fluid. She arrests but is successfully resuscitated.
Also known as: Lupus
The patient with pericardial effusion has a known history of lupus, previously in remission, which likely contributed to her cardiac complications.
Also known as: Cut
A transgender woman involved in a minor motor vehicle accident sustains a 10-centimeter deep head laceration requiring sutures. Carter repairs the wound, but the patient later attempts suicide by jumping from the hospital roof.
Also known as: Depression
Miss Carleton, a transgender woman, exhibits signs of severe depression including gender dysphoria and feelings of being disgusting. Her motor vehicle accident is later recognized as a suicide attempt, and she later jumps from the hospital roof after treatment.
Also known as: Depression
The episode opens with Div narrating classic symptoms of major depression including obsessional negative thoughts, inability to feel pleasure, insomnia, and difficulty concentrating. Mark and Susan express concern that he shouldn't be treating patients in his condition and needs psychiatric help.
Also known as: Hamster bite
An animal rights activist is attacked by a turkey he was attempting to rescue from a mall display. The bird clawed and pecked at his head, resulting in multiple lacerations requiring treatment and antibiotics.
A pediatric patient in Exam 3 being treated by Doug Ross for croup, a respiratory condition.