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Season 5, Episode 15

13 medical diagnoses portrayed

Also known as: Brain bleed

HerniationAltered mental status

10-year-old female with head trauma and blown pupil from the bus accident, requiring emergency neurosurgery for subdural hematoma.

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Femur fracturemajor

Also known as: Broken thigh bone

Pulseless footMottled legVascular injury

10-year-old JJ trapped under bus with open femur fracture and pulseless foot requiring emergency angiogram and vascular repair to save the leg.

ER — S05E15Patient: JJ Mitchell

Spinal cord injurymajor

Also known as: Spinal cord damage

ParalysisSpinal shock

Boy trapped in bus unable to move his legs with possible lumbar-sacral plexus injury or spinal fracture.

ER — S05E15Patient: Dennis

Traumatic amputationmajor

Also known as: Leg amputation

Hemorrhage

10-year-old female with traumatic amputation below the left wrist from the bus accident, requiring microsurgical reattachment.

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Diaphragmatic rupturemajor

Also known as: Hole in the diaphragm

Herniation of abdominal contents into chest

14-year-old female with blunt chest trauma causing ruptured diaphragm with intestines pushed into chest cavity requiring emergency surgery.

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Splenic injurymajor

Also known as: Ruptured spleen

HemorrhageHemorrhagic shock

Child from bus accident with blunt abdominal trauma and positive DPL requiring emergency exploratory laparotomy for splenic injury.

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Severe hypothermiamajor

Also known as: Severe cold exposure

ArrhythmiaPVCsCardiac irritability

Child thrown from bus found 20 yards away with core temperature of 84°F requiring active rewarming and exploratory surgery.

ER — S05E15Patient: Anthony Martino

Infectious hepatitismajor

Also known as: Liver inflammation

Elevated liver enzymesLiver dysfunction

Jeanie's routine trauma labs reveal elevated liver function tests and abnormal coagulation studies consistent with hepatitis C infection, requiring liver biopsy.

ER — S05E15Patient: Jeanie Boulet

Recurring storyline

Closed head injurysupporting

Also known as: Head laceration

Loss of consciousnessConcussion

Jeanie sustains head trauma and loses consciousness after car accident with Doug, requiring CT scan which shows no bleeding.

ER — S05E15Patient: Jeanie Boulet

Tension pneumothoraxmajor

Also known as: Collapsed lung

Tracheal shiftHemodynamic compromise

Mrs. Ekabo presents with stab wound to chest causing tension pneumothorax requiring emergency needle decompression.

ER — S05E15Patient: Mrs. Ekabo

Post-traumatic stress disordermajor

Also known as: PTSD

Acute psychotic episodeViolence

Patient with history of torture triggers into violent PTSD episode, stabbing his wife and jumping from window before scheduled surgery.

ER — S05E15Patient: Mr. Ekabo

Erectile dysfunctionsupporting

Also known as: ED

Patient scheduled for surgery to repair erectile dysfunction resulting from torture in Nigeria.

ER — S05E15Patient: Mobalage Ekabo

Sexual assault traumasupporting

Also known as: Rape trauma

Mrs. Ekabo reveals she was gang-raped by soldiers after her husband fled Nigeria, causing severe psychological trauma and inability to be intimate.

ER — S05E15Patient: Mrs. Ekabo