Also known as: Newborn heroin withdrawal
7-month-old baby born addicted to heroin undergoes experimental ultrarapid detox procedure performed by Doug Ross without proper consent, becoming the central conflict of the episode and threatening Doug's career.
Also known as: Blood clot in shoulder artery
Patient with fractured clavicle develops arterial thrombosis causing poor circulation to hand. Case highlights insurance coverage issues when expensive outpatient anticoagulation is denied.
Also known as: Suicide attempt
Patient presents with self-inflicted wrist lacerations after marital conflict. Initially deemed non-suicidal and released, later returns and shoots his family in the ER parking lot.
Also known as: Brain tumor
Patient with end-stage brainstem glioblastoma presents in coma due to tumor blocking cerebrospinal fluid flow. Wife must decide between palliative care or temporary intervention.
Also known as: Bleeding to death
84-year-old dialysis patient experiences accidental disconnection of femoral catheter by a sex worker, resulting in massive blood loss and cardiac arrest.
Also known as: Self-inflicted gunshot wound to neck
Woman shot in the neck by her husband in murder-suicide attempt in ER parking lot. Survives with spinal cord injury after emergency intubation and resuscitation.
Also known as: GSW to chest
Young boy shot in chest by father, sustaining penetrating injury to right ventricle. Requires emergency thoracotomy with direct cardiac repair after going into arrest.
Also known as: GSW to abdomen
Young girl shot in abdomen by father during murder-suicide attempt. Stabilized and taken to surgery, survives the trauma.