Also known as: Tear in the aorta
Motor vehicle accident victim with guardrail impalement sustaining traumatic aortic dissection requiring emergency vascular surgery. Benton attempts clamp-and-run procedure but complications occur, requiring Vucelich to take over.
Also known as: Ruptured spleen
Seven-year-old boy hit by car while skitching, presenting with hemorrhagic shock, positive peritoneal lavage, and requiring emergency surgical intervention for ruptured spleen.
Also known as: Heart failure
Fifty-year-old woman with end-stage alcoholic cardiomyopathy presenting with acute decompensation, pulmonary edema, and v-fib arrest. Has DNR order and refuses intubation, ultimately dying in the ER.
Also known as: Liver scarring
Contributing condition to Barbara Dean's terminal illness alongside cardiomyopathy, part of her end-stage alcoholism complications.
Also known as: Brain attack
Elderly woman who develops stroke complications after recent major surgery, with husband Ruby desperately trying to keep her in the hospital. Carter eventually admits she is dying and will never leave the hospital.
Also known as: Lung infection
Recurring pneumonia complicating Mrs. Rubadoux's post-operative recovery, with husband concerned it has returned despite antibiotics.
Also known as: Broken leg
Dr. Morgenstern sustains non-displaced distal fibula fracture while tossing the caber at Burns Supper celebration, requiring cast.
Also known as: Alcoholism
Chronic alcoholism with multiple prior ER visits for detox, DTs, and complications, culminating in terminal presentation on her 50th birthday.
Also known as: Broken wrist
Nine-year-old boy sustains left wrist fracture after being hit by car while skitching with his brother.
Also known as: Broken thigh bone
Seven-year-old Kenny sustains femur fracture as part of his multiple trauma injuries from car accident.
Also known as: Head laceration
Kenny presents with head trauma and altered mental status requiring head CT as part of his polytrauma from car accident.