Also known as: Blast lung
Dr. Pratt suffers bilateral pulmonary contusions from the ambulance explosion, causing progressive hypoxemia requiring intubation and eventual cardiac arrest.
Also known as: Broken jaw
Pratt sustains a jaw fracture from the explosion that later causes a fragment to lacerate his carotid artery, requiring emergency surgical intervention.
Also known as: Gunshot wound to the neck
A mandible fragment lacerates Pratt's carotid artery causing massive hemorrhage. Neela performs emergent surgical ligation at bedside, accepting stroke risk.
Also known as: Air bubbles in blood vessels
Pratt suffers cerebral air embolism from the blast injury, leading to ventricular fibrillation, cardiac arrest, and ultimately brain death despite ECMO support.
Also known as: Brain death
After cardiac arrest from air embolism, Pratt is diagnosed with brain death via isoelectric EEG, absent brainstem responses, and failed apnea testing. He becomes an organ donor.
Also known as: Stab wound
Paramedic Bardelli is impaled by debris from the ambulance explosion, causing intra-abdominal hemorrhage requiring urgent surgical intervention.
Also known as: Collapsed lung
Bardelli develops pneumothorax from the blast injury requiring chest tube placement and surgical repair.
Also known as: Wrist fracture
Abby sustains a wrist fracture while responding to the ambulance explosion scene, requiring splinting and restricting her ability to perform procedures.
Also known as: Cyanide poisoning
Young asthmatic girl develops cyanide toxicity from inhaling fumes from a burning car interior, presenting with profound gap acidosis and arrhythmias. Treated emergently with hydroxocobalamin.
Also known as: Asthma attack
Jasmine presents with acute asthma exacerbation from smoke exposure at the explosion scene, requiring bronchodilator therapy.
Also known as: Broken leg
Norman sustains a spiral tibial fracture after jumping into a well to rescue Rose. He later develops sepsis from osteomyelitis requiring surgical washout.
Also known as: Bone infection
Norman develops a bone infection in his fractured tibia, presenting with fever, sepsis, and fluctuant abscess requiring operative debridement.
Also known as: Head trauma
Rose sustains a severe concussion after falling into an access well during the explosion chaos, presenting with altered consciousness.
Also known as: Broken pelvis
Rose suffers an unstable pelvic fracture with ongoing hemorrhage requiring innovative preperitoneal packing technique to achieve hemostasis.