Also known as: Absent sweat glands
An infant presents with fever and loss of developmental milestones. Carter correctly diagnoses anhydrotic ectodermal dysplasia (absence of sweat glands), treating with cooling measures rather than metabolic workup.
Also known as: Ruptured triple-A
A patient with an abdominal mass is diagnosed with a triple-A (abdominal aortic aneurysm) with involvement of the anterior left renal vein, requiring surgical intervention.
Also known as: GSW
A 16-year-old male presents with a gunshot wound to the left temporal scalp. He is stable with no neurological deficits and receives treatment for the scalp laceration.
Also known as: Shot in the butt
A 16-year-old presents with a gunshot wound to the buttock. CT reveals rectal perforation requiring surgery. During the procedure, a ureteral injury is discovered using methylene blue dye test, requiring additional repair and colostomy.
Also known as: Stabbing
A female patient from the ambulance bay presents with multiple stab wounds and pneumothorax. Carter discovers a lacerated right mainstem bronchus and must intubate past the laceration to ventilate. Lucy makes a critical error drawing blood above an IV line.
Also known as: Cardiac arrest from chest impact
A 13-year-old karate student collapses after an instructor's demonstration kick to the chest. He experiences ventricular fibrillation from commotio cordis—a split-second blow during the heart's vulnerable upstroke phase. Despite CPR and resuscitation efforts, the patient cannot be revived after 30 minutes down.
Also known as: Papilloma from HPV
A young child presents with month-long stridor. Endoscopy reveals pedunculated papilloma caused by HPV transmitted during birth. Doug initially assumes the mother has an STD but learns the child is adopted.
Also known as: Profound hearing loss
Benton's son Reece undergoes audiology testing revealing severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss, particularly at higher frequencies. The audiologist explains Reece cannot hear talking, crying, or the telephone and will need digital hearing aids. Benton is devastated by the diagnosis.
Also known as: Bladder blockage
A patient presents complaining of inability to urinate for two and a half days. It is later revealed he has a psychiatric condition involving enjoyment of medical procedures and does not actually need the Foley catheter.
Also known as: Malingering
Mr. Savage is revealed to have a psychiatric condition where he derives pleasure from medical procedures, particularly those administered by nurses. His private-duty nurse warns the staff about his condition.
A former patient returns to thank Dr. Ross for switching his pain medication from morphine to gabapentin, correctly identifying his arm pain as neuropathic rather than from the fracture itself, providing months of relief.
Also known as: Heroin addiction
A pediatrician seeks ultra-rapid detox treatment from Doug Ross after hearing about his successful treatment of a mother and baby. Doug refuses to treat adults and the encounter highlights ongoing fallout from his controversial treatment decision.