Also known as: Torn aorta
Train crash victim with blunt chest trauma who suffers traumatic aortic rupture leading to cardiac tamponade. Patient goes into cardiac arrest during resuscitation, requiring emergency thoracotomy in the ER.
Also known as: Leg amputation
Firefighter pinned under derailed train car with bilateral lower extremity crush injuries. Carter performs field amputation of both legs with remote guidance from Benton due to hemorrhage and inability to extract patient.
Also known as: Brain bleed
7-year-old boy from train crash with closed head injury developing epidural hematoma. Shows signs of herniation with blown pupil, hypertension, and bradycardia. Benton performs emergency burr hole procedure in the ER.
Also known as: Early labor
Corday experiences preterm contractions at 25 weeks gestation while performing field amputation. Treated with terbutaline to stop labor and stabilize the pregnancy.
Also known as: Suicide attempt
Young woman who deliberately parked her car on train tracks in a suicide attempt, causing the train derailment. Shows flat affect and no remorse for the consequences.
Also known as: Aspiration pneumonia
7-year-old boy who aspirated lamp oil that his mother mistakenly gave him thinking it was holy water, causing wheezing and respiratory distress requiring admission.
Also known as: Spinal cord damage
Train crash victim with inability to move legs and spinal shock from impalement injury. Eventually regains sensation after surgical treatment.
Also known as: Collapsed lung
Train crash victim with tracheal shift requiring needle decompression in the field before transport to County.
Also known as: Low oxygen levels
Bishop Stewart has declining oxygen saturation to 65% on 100% oxygen requiring discussion of intubation and mechanical ventilation, which he refuses.
Also known as: Shock from blood loss
Train crash victim with penetrating back injury and abdominal wound who develops hemorrhagic shock, going into V-fib cardiac arrest requiring resuscitation.