Season 6, Episode 5

Also known as: Liver injury

16-year-old with cystic fibrosis involved in car accident suffers liver laceration requiring emergency surgery and blood transfusion. His case reveals his brother Aaron is HIV positive when blood typing shows incompatibility.

Also known as: CF

Pre-existing condition in the trauma patient requiring genetics consultation before surgery due to anesthesia risks.

Also known as: AIDS

Discovered when Aaron attempts to donate blood for his injured brother Benjamin. He is a closeted gay teen whose father rejects him after learning the truth, creating significant emotional conflict.

Also known as: Chlorine gas poisoning

52-year-old teacher exposed to chlorine gas in a deliberate classroom experiment sabotage, resulting in severe respiratory distress and pulmonary edema requiring intubation.

Also known as: Head laceration

17-year-old student from the classroom explosion with blunt head trauma, loss of consciousness, and signs of increased intracranial pressure requiring neurosurgery consultation.

Also known as: Ruptured eyeball

Student victim of classroom explosion suffers glass injury that slices through his left eyeball and displaces the lens, with potential permanent vision loss threatening his college scholarship.

Also known as: Third-degree burn

Teenage girl suffers partial thickness burns to hands and face (8% body area) in classroom explosion, causing severe emotional distress and suicidal ideation about her appearance.

Also known as: Suicide attempt

Burn patient expresses wish to be dead rather than live with facial disfigurement, requiring psychiatric intervention from Dr. Carter.

Also known as: Broken voice box

Father of injured student suffers laryngeal fracture during physical altercation in the ER, requiring emergency tracheostomy when standard intubation fails.

Also known as: Cocaine addiction

Artist presenting with paint ingestion whose urine tests positive for cocaine; Lucy Knight successfully convinces him to enter voluntary psychiatric treatment.

Also known as: Lead toxicity

Patient ingests half a tube of paint requiring toxicity screening and treatment for potential lead and chemical poisoning.

Also known as: Heroin addiction

Pregnant woman tests positive for opiates, using drugs to avoid withdrawal symptoms while pregnant, placing her unborn baby at significant risk. Carol Hathaway advocates for detox placement.

Also known as: Broken rib

Part of the MVA trauma in the cystic fibrosis patient requiring surgical intervention.

Also known as: Broken wrist

Grade-one open wrist fracture in a student from the classroom explosion requiring evaluation for reduction.

Also known as: Severed finger

Student from explosion suffers traumatic finger amputation; reimplantation service called but the severed finger was lost by classmates.

Also known as: Practice contractions

Pregnant Carol experiences contractions during a stressful trauma situation; Mark Greene insists she rest and monitors her condition throughout the episode.

Also known as: Wheezing

Jeanie's adopted son Carlos develops wheezing, causing her anxiety about leaving him with Reggie. He improves with albuterol treatment.

Also known as: Memory loss

Visiting attending displays subtle signs of cognitive decline including forgetting where he parked his car and showing uncharacteristic confusion, though he dismisses it. Kerry Weaver observes but does not confront.