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Season 4, Episode 6

9 medical diagnoses portrayed

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Also known as: GSW

Cartilage destructionFemoral condyle defect

Performance artist shot in the knee during a William Tell stunt, resulting in complete cartilage destruction requiring an osteochondral allograft procedure.

ER — S04E06Patient: Max Prole (artist)

Also known as: Head laceration

Patient injured when a spotter dropped a free-weight bar on his head at the gym. Has a KKK tattoo which makes Carter uncomfortable, requiring Anna to take over his care.

ER — S04E06Patient: Matthew Lindermulder

Also known as: Seizure

Tongue lacerationIncontinence

Prisoner presenting with seizures that appear textbook but are suspected by staff to be faked to avoid returning to jail. Eventually revealed to be malingering.

ER — S04E06Patient: Steiff (prisoner)
Gonorrheasupporting

Also known as: The clap

Repeat patient familiar with gonorrhea treatment protocol, describing it as an 'occupational hazard' of his lifestyle.

ER — S04E06Patient: Vinnie La Fontaine

Also known as: Heart stopped

Fixed and dilated pupilsAbsent deep tendon reflexesAnoxic brain injury

82-year-old man found unconscious after 10-15 minutes, brought in after cardiac arrest. Resuscitated but with poor neurological prognosis due to prolonged anoxia.

ER — S04E06Patient: Vincent Scarletti

Also known as: Lung cancer

Cardiac arrest

Advanced, inoperable lung cancer diagnosed two weeks prior but patient never told his wife. Mark Greene inappropriately reveals this to the wife while emotionally dysregulated.

ER — S04E06Patient: Vincent Scarletti

Also known as: Anxiety attacks

TachycardiaTachypneaAnaphylaxis

Woman with history of anxiety attacks presenting with environmental allergy concerns, wearing charcoal-filter mask. Mark dismisses her concerns; she later returns in anaphylactic shock.

Anaphylaxissupporting

Also known as: Severe allergic reaction

Same patient with environmental allergies collapses outside the ER in anaphylactic shock after Mark had previously dismissed her concerns.

Also known as: PTSD

Emotional dysregulationAnger outburstsSocial withdrawal

Mark continues to struggle with PTSD following his assault in the men's room months earlier, manifesting in inappropriate behavior with patients, emotional outbursts, and walking out mid-shift.

ER — S04E06Patient: Mark Greene
Recurring storyline