Also known as: Trampled
Worker caught in metal press with multiple injuries including posterior hip dislocation causing absent femoral and distal pulses. Benton successfully reduces the dislocation, saving the patient's leg.
Also known as: Noise-induced hearing loss
Child develops sudden hearing loss after removing ear protection on a naval firing range during 'Take-your-daughter-to-work' day. Ross orders ENT evaluation and audiometry.
Also known as: Hole in the heart
Eight-week-old infant with heart murmur and cyanosis when eating. Diagnosed with hole between aorta and pulmonary arteries requiring open-heart surgery to correct.
Also known as: Manic depression
Patient brought in from Grant Park exhibiting manic behavior after stopping her lithium medication.
Also known as: DKA
Teen girl presents with head trauma but is actually in diabetic coma from ketoacidosis. She deliberately stopped taking insulin for a week because she didn't want to be different from her peers.
Also known as: GI bleed
Homeless alcoholic man brought in vomiting blood, found to have bleeding peptic ulcer requiring endoscopy and cauterization.
Also known as: Brain aneurysm
Sixteen-year-old presents with progressive weakness in arm and leg. MRI reveals aneurysm at junction of basilar and vertebral arteries pressing on spinal tract. Benton tracks down specialist Dr. Dyer for emergency transfer.
Also known as: Gunshot to the leg
Patient shot multiple times in chest and abdomen develops tension pneumothorax and cardiac arrest. His mother asks staff to let him die, stating he killed two boys that day.
Also known as: Struck by lightning
Woman struck by side-flash lightning on the street, presents in full arrest with characteristic feathering burns. Carter successfully resuscitates her with high-dose epinephrine.
Also known as: Broken hip
Benton's mother is recovering from hip fracture in nursing home. Peter is frustrated with her slow progress and lack of mobility exercises, leading to conflict with facility staff.
Also known as: Unplanned pregnancy
Susan's sister Chloe comes in for ultrasound showing a baby girl with low weight due to poor maternal nutrition. Chloe has been irresponsible but declares the baby is hers.