Multiple patients present with fever and are treated for malaria with Fansidar. One young patient's malaria advances when Fansidar fails, requiring IV quinine treatment.
Also known as: Polio
Young patient presents with urinary retention, fever, and diagnostic tripod and head-drop signs indicating poliomyelitis with bladder involvement.
Also known as: Lung infection
Multiple patients diagnosed with pneumonia based on fever and cough, treated with cotrimoxazole or IV ampicillin.
Also known as: AIDS
A woman dies from AIDS after months of illness. The episode mentions AIDS patients presenting with recurrent infections and wasting, with doctors preparing families for death due to lack of treatment options.
Also known as: GSW to abdomen
Mai Mai fighter presents with transthoracic gunshot wound from Dragunov rifle entering right axilla, traversing chest and abdomen, ending in thigh with femoral fracture. Requires extensive exploratory laparotomy with multiple organ repairs. Patient develops DIC and dies despite resuscitation efforts.
Also known as: Leg amputation
Young girl steps on landmine, sustaining traumatic amputation of foot above ankle. Carter and Luka perform emergency below-knee amputation under Bier block anesthesia in field conditions during active combat.
Patient arrives with machete wound to right thigh with significant blood loss requiring vascular repair and end-to-end anastomosis of femoral artery.
Also known as: Whooping cough
Young boy presents with two-week history of cough diagnosed as pertussis. Carter expresses frustration at limited antibiotic options, as only amoxicillin is available instead of more effective erythromycin.
Mentioned as common presentation (fever with watery diarrhea) treated with rehydration and doxycycline in the endemic disease context of the clinic.
Also known as: GSW
Government soldier (FAC) presents with small-caliber gunshot wound to right upper thigh with significant blood loss, treated with IV ampicillin and pain management.