Also known as: Heroin addiction
Carter checks into a 90-day drug rehabilitation program in Atlanta. He experiences withdrawal symptoms including sweating and nausea, and attends mandatory group therapy as part of his treatment.
Also known as: Blood around the heart
17-year-old football player suffers blunt chest trauma during a game, causing bleeding into the pericardial sac. During pericardiocentesis, the needle lacerates the LAD artery causing massive MI and cardiac arrest requiring emergency thoracotomy.
Also known as: Neck injury
Initial concern for cervical spine fracture in the football player after being hit midair. C-spine imaging was normal with numbness attributed to hyperventilation rather than nerve damage.
Also known as: Broken rib
Football player sustained rib fracture from helmet strike to chest, which contributed to internal bleeding and cardiac complications.
Also known as: Heart attack
Teenager suffers acute MI during pericardiocentesis when the needle inadvertently lacerates the left anterior descending coronary artery, leading to prolonged resuscitation efforts.
Also known as: Heart attack
Elderly woman arrives in cardiac arrest after massive heart attack. Despite resuscitation efforts, she is pronounced dead.
Also known as: TCA poisoning
Widower intentionally overdoses on his deceased wife's medications (Elavil, codeine, lorazepam) hours after her death. Develops refractory cardiac arrhythmias and dies despite aggressive resuscitation.
Also known as: Poison ivy
Both Mark and Elizabeth develop poison ivy rash after Mark picked poison ivy during camping trip in Wisconsin, with spread to genital areas causing significant discomfort.
Also known as: Broken leg bone with skin break
Football player from opposing team sustains open fracture of tibia during the riot following the game.
Also known as: Head laceration
Cheerleader assaulted with bat to face during football game riot, presenting with blown pupil and elevated intracranial pressure requiring emergent management.
Also known as: Collapsed lung
Teacher jumped in parking lot during football game riot sustains chest trauma with possible collapsed lung requiring evaluation.
Also known as: Kidney injury from bus accident
Patient from mass casualty incident when bleachers collapsed during football game presents with low blood pressure and internal bleeding requiring emergency exploratory laparotomy.
Also known as: Kidney failure
Patient on dialysis presents three days late for treatment with fluid overload requiring emergent dialysis and foot wound debridement.