Also known as: Cancer of the esophagus
Patient with large throat tumor requiring esophagectomy develops airway obstruction from swallowed taffy, then suffers iatrogenic pneumothorax during surgery when Carter tears lung pleura. Patient later strokes out postoperatively, and Carter regrets not pursuing psychiatric consult about patient's questionable competency to consent.
Also known as: Gunshot to the leg
Gang shooting victim with chest and abdominal gunshot wounds arrives with 20+ minutes of downtime. Benton resuscitates him over Doug's objections, performs emergency thoracotomy and extensive surgery including pneumonectomy and liver repair. Ultimately performs apnea test showing brain death.
Football player hit by car suffers complete traumatic amputation of right foot at ankle. Patient sent to reimplantation team, but float nurse Wendy mistakes the foot for a football and fails to ice it properly, making reimplantation impossible.
Also known as: Collapsed lung in newborn
10-day-old baby on ECMO (referenced from previous episode) develops abdominal hemorrhage from anticoagulation. Keaton removes her from ECMO despite high mortality risk. Baby miraculously improves by episode end.
Young boy presents with infected human bite to finger with concern for joint involvement. Doug and Mark clash over treatment approach when father initially refuses care.
Also known as: Lymphatic malformation of the neck
Pediatric surgical case mentioned that Dr. Keaton leaves to attend after supervising the gunshot victim surgery.
Also known as: Head laceration
Female bird-watcher/anthropologist falls 10 feet from tree while photographing birds in Grant Park. CT scan is normal and patient is discharged.