Also known as: Fever seizure
An 18-month-old presents with febrile seizure in the context of an upper respiratory infection. Post-ictal state resolves, temperature comes down, and lumbar puncture is deferred as meningismus is ruled out.
Also known as: Ingrown toenail infection
A hacker presents with an infected cuticle requiring incision and drainage. Brief procedural case used to highlight workload.
Also known as: Broken wrist
A curious school-aged patient named Janell presents with a wrist fracture after falling during volleyball. Requires closed reduction under local anesthesia and casting.
Also known as: Blood in chest cavity
A young man injured in a porch collapse presents with blunt chest trauma resulting in hemothorax with two liters of blood drainage. Requires chest tube placement and aggressive fluid resuscitation.
Also known as: Collapsed lung
A patient from the porch collapse presents with respiratory distress and evidence of pneumothorax requiring chest tube placement.
Also known as: Baby stuck during delivery
A pregnant woman at 38 weeks goes into labor after a porch collapse trauma. During delivery, the baby's anterior shoulder becomes impacted, requiring multiple maneuvers including a symphysiotomy to achieve safe delivery.
Also known as: Cut artery
A patient from the porch collapse has lost pedal pulses due to an arterial injury in the foot requiring emergency surgical intervention.
Also known as: Perforated eardrum
The pregnant trauma patient also sustained a tympanic membrane perforation during the porch collapse.
Also known as: Second-degree burns
An actor from a theater production about the Chicago Fire sustains burns to the torso and extremities during the performance, requiring treatment with topical Silvadene.
Also known as: Head cut
An actor struck by falling scenery sustains a bleeding scalp laceration requiring suturing.
Also known as: Stab wound
Ray's friend Jessica is impaled during the porch collapse and requires exploratory laparotomy. Surgery successfully avoids the aorta and she remains stable.
Also known as: Type 1 diabetes
Alex's diabetes is referenced when Sam realizes he has run away without his insulin, Glucometer, or syringes, creating urgency to find him within 12 hours.