Also known as: Childbirth
Dr. Chen goes into labor and delivers a baby boy that she has decided to give up for adoption. The episode follows her through labor, delivery, and her emotional struggle with meeting and briefly breastfeeding the baby before ultimately giving him to the adoptive parents.
Also known as: Facial cut
Young boy who is attacked by a dog after accidentally shooting it with a BB gun. He sustains multiple lacerations with a through-and-through facial artery injury requiring emergency airway management and bleeding control.
Also known as: GBM, terminal brain cancer
Mark travels to New York to meet with Dr. Burke, a neurosurgeon, for a second opinion on his brain tumor. Burke determines the tumor is operable and schedules an awake craniotomy for December 31st, offering hope where the Chicago surgeon said it was inoperable.
Also known as: Head laceration
Motorcycle rider who crashes into a van and sustains a closed head injury with altered mental status. He has brain fluid in his right ear indicating a skull fracture and CSF leak.
Also known as: Broken leg bones
Nine-year-old girl injured in a motor vehicle accident on the way to a Christmas pageant. She sustains an open fracture of both the tibia and fibula in her right leg, along with a head laceration.
Also known as: Blood cancer
Young girl with leukemia whose sister Taylor is donating blood for leukapheresis. The case highlights the emotional toll on the donor sibling who feels she only exists to help her sister.
Also known as: Foot wound
Young girl who is a bone marrow donor for her sister with leukemia. She cuts her foot and is found hiding under stairs, fearful of the leukapheresis procedure and feeling used by her family.
Also known as: Heroin addiction
Carter experiences a relapse crisis when he takes two Vicodin tablets from a patient, then immediately induces vomiting. He confides in Mark, who takes him to a meeting.
Twelve-year-old boy who swallowed a pair of toenail clippers and requires endoscopy for removal.
Also known as: Reflux
Patient with reflux esophagitis who has been waiting in Exam 1 since 9 AM.