Also known as: Collapsed lung
17-year-old Amish boy on rumspringa presents with gunshot wound to right chest causing pneumothorax. He is intubated, receives chest tube placement, and is admitted for several days.
Also known as: GSW to chest
Gunshot wound to right chest that collapses lung but doesn't hit critical structures. Part of storyline involving Amish teenagers experimenting during rumspringa who got shot during drug deal gone wrong.
Also known as: Broken leg
Leg fracture sustained in motor vehicle accident while fleeing after drug deal. Mentioned as requiring treatment but secondary to his chest trauma.
Also known as: Cut
Head laceration through the galea requiring irrigation and multilayer closure. Sustained in motor vehicle accident. Patient is Thomas's girlfriend, also Amish on rumspringa.
Also known as: Knife wound
Stab wound to right flank requiring occlusive dressing, part of the triple crown trauma (MVA, GSW, stab wound).
Also known as: Cold exposure
5-6 year old girl found in bushes in Lincoln Park with severe hypothermia (rectal temp 86.7), bradycardia, and no vital signs initially. Requires aggressive rewarming, intubation, and resuscitation. Central to episode's mystery about missing child.
Also known as: V-tach
Cardiac arrhythmia secondary to severe hypothermia requiring cardioversion. Successfully converted with defibrillation.
Also known as: Blood clot in lung
Patient with chest pain and shortness of breath suspected to have pulmonary embolism. Becomes central to medical ethics conflict between Susan Lewis and Luka Kovac about whether to give heparin empirically versus confirming with angiogram. Patient dies during angiography.
Also known as: Severe allergic reaction
Fatal anaphylactic reaction to contrast dye during pulmonary angiogram, presenting with urticaria, loss of blood pressure, and ventricular tachycardia. Patient dies despite resuscitation efforts. Central to episode's conflict about appropriate testing.
Also known as: Severed finger
Patient with four severed fingers from chainsaw injury while cutting ice. Requires hand surgeon and replantation service. Subplot involves Sam's son Alex stealing one of the severed fingers.
Also known as: Broken ankle
Patient with ankle fracture requiring reduction and casting, mentioned as background case.
Also known as: MS
Gallant's twin sister reveals she was diagnosed with MS at age 22. She uses a wheelchair and crutches, experiences relapses a couple times per year, but remains fully functional. Disclosed during conversation with Pratt.