Also known as: Self-harm by cutting
A 13-year-old girl is brought in unconscious with heavy vaginal bleeding. Initially suspected to be sexual assault, it is later revealed she has been cutting herself genitally as a coping mechanism after witnessing her mother's rape years earlier. This is the central medical case driving the episode's emotional arc.
Also known as: PTSD
Danielle's self-harm is revealed to stem from witnessing her mother's rape when she was nine years old, representing undiagnosed and untreated PTSD manifesting as self-injurious behavior.
Also known as: ACL tear
A middle-aged patient with probable ACL tear from overexertion, humorously diagnosed as 'boomeritis' by Morris, representing minor orthopedic cases in the ER.
A woman who swallowed her boyfriend's cell phone during an argument, requiring potential endoscopic or surgical removal.
Also known as: Gunshot wound to the head
A psychotic patient who inserted an ice pick deep into his ear canal to stop the voices in his head, miraculously missing all vital structures. The case becomes a departmental conflict about who should handle the removal.
Also known as: Hearing voices
The underlying psychiatric condition that led the patient to self-insert an ice pick into his ear, believing demons were in his head.
Also known as: Asthma attack
A returning patient and acquaintance of Abby's who presents with asthma exacerbation after running out of medications. Serves as a subplot involving Eddie's inappropriate familiarity with Luka.
Also known as: Paralyzed bowel
A patient initially diagnosed by Gates as small bowel obstruction, but correctly identified by Neela as ileus (paralyzed bowel) secondary to excessive Vicodin use.
Also known as: Food poisoning
Multiple eighth grade students with gastroenteritis from contaminated potato salad left out too long in the school cafeteria.
Also known as: Hernia in groin
A surgical case mentioned by Neela that requires urgent operative management and possible colostomy.