Also known as: Heart transplant rejection
Young woman with prior heart transplant presents with acute respiratory failure due to transplant rejection. The episode reveals she intentionally stopped taking her immunosuppressant medications (cyclosporine) because her heart came from her boyfriend's deceased fiancée, creating an emotionally complex situation that drives the central storyline.
Also known as: Collapsed lung
Elderly assisted living resident who sustained chest trauma from falling off a table during a trust exercise and being subsequently assaulted by another resident. Diagnosed using ultrasound and treated with chest tube placement.
Also known as: Broken hip
Elderly librarian who sustained a displaced femoral neck fracture after falling from a table and being assaulted by her coworker. Treated with Buck's traction.
Also known as: Antihistamine overdose
Same patient as hip fracture case. Her blown pupil and combative behavior were caused by exposure to Datura stramonium (thorn apple), a powerful anticholinergic plant she wore as a crown during the trust exercise.
Also known as: Taser injury
Dr. Morris volunteers as a test subject for his research study on Taser effects but is shocked for over two minutes due to equipment malfunction, resulting in prolonged muscle paralysis requiring extensive monitoring.
Also known as: Alcoholism
Abby struggles with sobriety and honesty in recovery while preparing to reunite with her husband Luka. Her sponsor helps her confront the need to be truthful about her past drinking at work and affair with Moretti. This is part of her ongoing recovery arc.