Also known as: GSW to arm
12-year-old foster child with gunshot wound through the upper left arm during mass shooting at foster care facility. Presented with pain and paresthesia requiring vascular study.
Also known as: Gunshot wound with arterial injury
Adult female shot during foster care facility attack with significant blood loss and ischemic leg requiring emergent vascular surgery.
Also known as: Gunshot wound to the head
8-year-old girl shot in the head during the mass shooting who arrived in cardiac arrest with fixed dilated pupils and brain stem failure. Pronounced dead in the ER.
Also known as: GSW to abdomen
HIV-positive patient with GSW to abdomen causing intra-abdominal bleeding who refuses surgery due to advanced AIDS and wish to die. Major ethical conflict over respecting patient autonomy versus lifesaving intervention.
Also known as: AIDS
Advanced AIDS with failing antiretroviral therapy drives patient's decision to refuse surgery for gunshot wound, viewing the injury as an opportunity to avoid prolonged suffering.
Also known as: Self-inflicted gunshot wound to neck
Young boy shot in the neck when bullet passed through his mother into him during the shooter's rampage. Mother died from her injuries, requiring Mark to deliver death notification to the child.
Also known as: Gunshot wound to aorta
Mother shot protecting her son, sustained devastating thoracic aortic injury that was initially contained but then ruptured through the esophagus causing massive hemorrhage and death despite emergency thoracotomy.
Also known as: Spinal cord damage
Social worker who initiated the protective custody case shot in her home by the gunman. Sustained incomplete spinal cord injury with paraplegia from bone fragment compression requiring emergency decompression surgery. Major impact as she was targeted for her role in the case.
Also known as: Ewing sarcoma
Foster child discovered to have soft tissue sarcoma (Ewing type) during workup of his gunshot wound. The early diagnosis gives 70% survival chance, but highlights his isolation as he has no family support.
Also known as: Hit-and-run injuries
Police officer dragged by vehicle when shooter fled, resulting in partial ear avulsion and other trauma.
Also known as: Gunshot wound to the head
Cab driver shot at base of skull by the gunman, pronounced dead on arrival with extensive brain injury.
Also known as: Multiple gunshot wounds
The shooter himself, brought in with five gunshot wounds to chest and abdomen after being shot by armed civilian. Despite the team's conflict about treating him, he survives surgery. Central to the episode's exploration of trauma care ethics.
Also known as: Needlestick with HIV exposure
Benton sustains needlestick injury while treating HIV-positive patient refusing surgery, requiring immediate post-exposure prophylaxis. Creates tension between respecting patient autonomy and protecting healthcare workers.