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ER

ERNBC

Season 6, Episode 1

10 medical diagnoses portrayed

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Also known as: Dislocated shoulder

Patient injured in the coffee shop truck accident with probable shoulder dislocation, treated in the ER as part of the mass casualty incident.

Also known as: Blood in chest cavity

Hemorrhagic shockCardiac arrest

Young male patient from coffee shop accident with deep chest lacerations and massive hemothorax requiring emergency thoracotomy after initial stabilization failed. Patient arrested and underwent open-chest surgery in the ER.

Also known as: Lung bruising

Respiratory failureCardiac contusion

Pregnant woman from coffee shop accident with bilateral pulmonary contusions and cardiac contusion requiring intubation and extracorporeal bypass support. Her daughter was searching for her throughout the episode.

ER — S06E01Patient: Michelle Kinney's mother

Also known as: Bruised heart

Cardiogenic shockPoor ejection fraction

Same patient with pulmonary contusions also had severe cardiac contusion with poor ejection fraction requiring bypass machine placement for cardiac support.

ER — S06E01Patient: Michelle Kinney's mother

Also known as: Torn aorta

ExsanguinationDeath

Female patient from the coffee shop accident who suffered a ruptured aorta and bled out within seconds, pronounced dead on arrival.

Migrainesupporting

Also known as: Migraine headache

Male patient with severe migraine who becomes increasingly agitated waiting for treatment, eventually pulling the fire alarm to get attention. Treated with Imitrex and reported to police.

Also known as: Lung infection

FeverDehydration

Infant found abandoned with HIV-positive mother, presenting with fever, dehydration, and bacterial pneumonia. Treated with IV fluids and antibiotics while social services works on placement. An illegal HIV test was ordered without proper consent.

ER — S06E01Patient: Carlos Ortega

Also known as: AIDS

Pneumocystis pneumonia

Mother with end-stage AIDS who abandoned her baby, presenting with fulminant pneumocystis pneumonia requiring ICU admission and aggressive treatment with Bactrim.

Also known as: Heart stopped from trauma

Fetal distressMaternal death

Full-term pregnant woman in traumatic full arrest after motor vehicle accident with no pulse in the field. Emergency perimortem cesarean section was performed to save the baby, but mother could not be resuscitated.

Also known as: Baby in distress

Full-term fetus of mother in traumatic arrest requiring emergency perimortem cesarean section. Baby girl delivered successfully with good Apgar scores after maternal death.