Also known as: Choking on candy
100-year-old woman chokes on hard candy during hospital photo shoot, causing apparent cardiac arrest. Candy is extracted from airway and she recovers fully.
Also known as: GSW to abdomen
8-year-old boy shot in abdomen by his friend Wilson Geary. Found pulseless and apneic with 30-minute downtime. Despite resuscitative thoracotomy, he dies in the ER. Central to the episode's plot about pediatric violence.
Also known as: Hit by car
8-year-old boy hit by car while fleeing scene after shooting his friend. Sustains broken finger, road rash, and right upper quadrant abdominal tenderness requiring CT scan. Key patient in episode's central storyline about the shooting.
Also known as: Profound hearing loss
Young child undergoing cochlear implant surgery. Benton observes the procedure as he considers the same surgery for his son Reece, who has similar hearing loss.
Also known as: Profound hearing loss
Benton's son who is being evaluated for cochlear implant surgery. After observing another child's surgery, Benton decides to postpone Reece's procedure due to concerns about age and residual hearing.
Also known as: Magnesium overdose
Patient from Corday's previous case discussed in Morbidity & Mortality conference. Corday injected incorrect magnesium dose leading to respiratory and cardiac arrest, requiring intubation and transvenous pacemaker. Used to highlight systemic issues with resident work hours.
Also known as: Ear infection
Pediatric patient with earache examined by Lucy Knight during routine clinic work.
Also known as: Childbirth
Ruth Johnson's granddaughter delivers her fourth child precipitously in the ER lobby during a snowstorm. Carter delivers the baby girl, who is named Ruth Johnson Bernucci after her great-grandmother.