Also known as: Slow heart rate causing cardiac arrest
71-year-old male found slumped in car with severe bradycardia unresponsive to atropine and transcutaneous pacing, requiring CPR and eventual stabilization with epinephrine infusion.
Also known as: Head injury
28-year-old prisoner with blunt head trauma from detention fight, presenting with altered consciousness and shallow respirations requiring close observation for potential intubation.
Also known as: Stitches popped open
Recent appendectomy scar reopened during prison fight, requiring wound irrigation and moist-to-dry dressing.
Also known as: Meth mouth
Patient with severe tooth decay from methamphetamine use, demonstrating corrosive effects on dental enamel.
Also known as: GSW to chest
Jerry is shot during a prisoner escape attempt, sustaining a chest gunshot wound with massive hemothorax requiring emergency thoracotomy, chest tubes, and rapid transfusion. He arrests after thoracotomy with poor prognosis.
Also known as: Drug-induced paralysis
Prisoner accidentally injected with vecuronium (paralytic agent) during escape attempt, causing complete respiratory paralysis requiring emergency intubation and manual ventilation to prevent asphyxiation.
Also known as: Blood in chest cavity
Jerry develops massive hemothorax (over a liter of blood in chest cavity) from gunshot wound, requiring multiple chest tubes and emergency intervention. Initial tube kinked or clotted, delaying adequate drainage.
Also known as: Shock from blood loss
Jerry develops severe hemorrhagic shock from gunshot wound with dropping blood pressure requiring rapid transfusion and emergency surgical intervention.