Season 8, Episode 2

Also known as: Face injury

Patient involved in a drunk boating accident with severe facial trauma requiring emergency cricothyrotomy when unable to intubate due to airway compromise.

Also known as: Low blood sugar

Patient with glyburide overdose (60mg) causing severe hypoglycemia requiring admission due to the 10-hour half-life of the medication.

Also known as: Skin infection

Recurring patient Barney returns with cellulitis requiring IV access, specifically requesting nurse Abby who successfully got a line previously.

Also known as: Cut toe

Concert roadie dropped heavy equipment on foot causing near-amputation of toe requiring digital block, x-ray, and two-layer repair.

Also known as: Blood infection

Homeless patient died from post-operative bacteremia and sepsis after surgery, complicated by his compromised state and inability to fight infection despite antibiotics.

Also known as: Stopped breathing from drugs

Patient experienced respiratory arrest from combination of alcohol, marijuana, and GHB (liquid G/Georgia Homeboy) requiring intubation and mechanical ventilation.

Also known as: Kidney injury from bus accident

7-year-old boy crushed against stage at concert with moderate epigastric tenderness requiring CT scan and serial exams to rule out internal injuries including pancreatic contusion.

Also known as: Broken ribs

Concert crush victim with multiple rib fractures and bleeding into chest cavity requiring bilateral chest tube placement.

Also known as: DTs

Patient experiencing delirium tremens from alcohol withdrawal being treated in the ER, encountered by Luka and Abby at a bar.

Also known as: Heart valve infection

Young woman with infected genital piercing causing bacteremia and endocarditis, requiring workup after heart murmur detected on exam.

Also known as: Head laceration

4-year-old boy injured in motor vehicle accident with closed head injury requiring CT scan after initial seizures. Patient is Peter Benton's son.

Also known as: Car accident with internal bleeding

Carla, Peter Benton's ex-wife and mother of his child, died from massive internal bleeding after single vehicle accident. Arrived without blood pressure, worked on for over an hour but injuries were too severe. This death is central to the episode's emotional arc.

Also known as: Torn pancreas

7-year-old requiring emergency surgery for pancreatic transection with bleeding from splenic vessels, Elizabeth Corday performing spleen-sparing procedure despite technical difficulties.

Also known as: Tear in the aorta

27-year-old artist with undiagnosed Marfan syndrome presenting with chest pain, misdiagnosed as MI and given thrombolytics which caused fatal bleeding from aortic dissection. This case drives major conflict between Malucci, Chen and Weaver about medical error.

Underlying genetic condition causing weak connective tissue in 27-year-old artist, leading to fatal aortic dissection. Recognition of Marfanoid features (tall stature, pectus excavatum, loose joints) came too late after thrombolytics were administered.

Also known as: Nosebleed

Recurrent severe nosebleeds in mother of overdose patient, later discovered to be caused by septal defect from chronic cocaine use requiring surgical repair.