Season 10, Episode 13

Also known as: Heart attack

Frank believes he is having a heart attack while working at the admissions desk, though it turns out to be indigestion from breakfast pirogis.

Also known as: Neck injury

Obese patient who fell down stairs undergoes evaluation for potential C-spine fracture using NEXUS criteria, ultimately cleared without imaging.

Also known as: Cold exposure

Twenty-year-old male suffers severe hypothermia (87.6°F rectal temp) after hockey initiation involving sledding accident into creek, requiring active external rewarming.

Also known as: Broken heel

Bilateral fractures of both heels sustained during sledding accident, with initial concern about paralysis due to inability to move toes from frostbite.

Also known as: Broken back

Compression fracture of L5 vertebra from sledding accident, prompting concern about spinal cord injury and paralysis, though ultimately resolved without neurologic deficit.

Also known as: Intimate partner violence

Intoxicated woman presents with superficial lacerations and possible broken arm after being assaulted by her domestic partner, with her young son having access to a gun.

Also known as: Whooping cough

Haitian woman and her children present with pertussis, leading to discovery of outbreak in their apartment building requiring mass inoculation.

Also known as: Blood infection

Diabetic grandmother with chronic ulcer becomes septic and hypotensive, goes into cardiac arrest despite resuscitation efforts and dies.

Also known as: Diabetes

Elderly diabetic woman with poor control and chronic ulcer for several months, leading to fatal sepsis.

Also known as: GPA

64-year-old man with inflammatory respiratory disease develops pleural effusion requiring thoracentesis, which results in iatrogenic pneumothorax.

Also known as: Collapsed lung

Iatrogenic pneumothorax develops during thoracentesis procedure, progressing to tension pneumothorax requiring emergency chest tube placement.

Also known as: Bullet in the heart

Man accidentally shot in the leg by his wife has bullet migrate through femoral vein and IVC into right ventricle, causing PVCs requiring surgical removal.

Also known as: Broken jaw

18-year-old hockey player with severe mandible fracture from puck to face, requiring nasal intubation due to inability to intubate orally.

Also known as: Unplanned pregnancy

Dr. Lewis reveals she is pregnant when declining the position of interim ER Chief, later experiencing food cravings.

Also known as: Bamboo spine

Referenced patient from previous episode - 19-year-old MVA patient with ankylosing spondylitis whose neck was fractured during intubation by Pratt, resulting in quadriplegia and ongoing litigation.