Also known as: Heart attack
Mrs. Garvey presents with chest pain and irritability. Her EKG is abnormal and cardiac enzymes confirm she had a heart attack around 4 AM. She is a difficult, demanding patient who requires extensive explanation.
Also known as: Ruptured appendix
Mrs. Mendoza initially presents with vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain after a trip to Mexico, misdiagnosed as food poisoning and sent home. She returns with pain localized to the right lower quadrant. During surgery, Benton discovers her appendix has perforated, causing peritonitis and sepsis. This is a central case highlighting medical error and its consequences.
Also known as: GSW to chest
Female patient arrives in traumatic full arrest from a gunshot wound to the chest. The team attempts resuscitation but she has been dead for approximately three hours based on lividity. She was shot by her young son who was trying to protect her from her boyfriend.
Also known as: PTSD
Young boy brought to the ER after witnessing his mother's death. He is non-verbal and appears to be in posttraumatic shock. Later revealed he accidentally shot his own mother while trying to protect her from her abusive boyfriend.
Also known as: Stab wound
16-year-old gang member who was beaten and stabbed with an ice pick. He presents with multiple facial and torso injuries, fractured leg, hypotension, and internal bleeding. The team initially struggles to locate the source of bleeding before finding a small ice pick wound that penetrated the kidney.
Also known as: Overdose
Patient brought in 'zonked out of his gourd,' tachycardic and diaphoretic, suspected cocaine or PCP intoxication. He becomes combative and goes into cardiac arrest during examination before being resuscitated.
Also known as: Fluid in the lungs
Mrs. Mendoza develops pulmonary edema (Kerley B lines on imaging) as a complication of her septic condition following the perforated appendix.