Also known as: Collapsed lung
Front-seat passenger in a motor vehicle crash who develops a collapsed lung that requires emergency chest tube placement. Her saturation drops and the condition is identified before the x-ray returns.
Also known as: Liver injury
Patient who appeared stable after MVA develops massive intra-abdominal hemorrhage from a complex liver injury involving the vena cava. Requires emergency thoracotomy, aortic cross-clamping, and attempted repair in the trauma bay under duress during hostage situation. Patient ultimately expires.
Also known as: Broken leg bones
Teenage patient who fell off a unicycle sustains bilateral fractures of the lower leg requiring closed reduction under fluoroscopy. Becomes trapped in trauma bay during hostage situation with concern for limb-threatening vascular compromise.
Also known as: Silver poisoning
Patient who consumed colloidal silver as a self-medication presents with blue-gray skin discoloration. Irreversible condition treated symptomatically with fading cream recommendation.
Character undergoes total colectomy with ileostomy creation for polyps in the distal sigmoid colon. Gates visits her post-operatively to discuss their relationship.
Also known as: Arm cut
Driver in motor vehicle crash sustains 4-centimeter laceration requiring suture repair. This patient later takes trauma bay hostage with a firearm.