Season 15, Episode 2

Also known as: Cast too tight

Bioterrorist sustains tibial-fibular fracture causing compartment syndrome requiring emergency fasciotomy. During treatment, he arrests in ventricular tachycardia requiring defibrillation and advanced cardiac life support.

Also known as: Severe asthma attack

Child patient in ER for asthma exacerbation becomes severely hypoxic during ricin contamination incident, requiring epinephrine and urgent respiratory intervention.

Also known as: V-tach

Felix develops pulseless ventricular tachycardia during emergency fasciotomy, requiring multiple defibrillation attempts and code management in quarantined trauma room.

Also known as: Kidney injury from bus accident

8-year-old boy falls through floor into basement, sustains blunt chest and pelvis trauma with grade 3 liver laceration requiring emergency exploratory laparotomy.

Also known as: Scalding burn

Patient sustains second-degree burns to chest and arm from chemical explosion in adjacent apartment, treated conservatively with pain management.

Also known as: Gallbladder inflammation without stones

Pediatric patient presents with fever, positive Murphy sign, and elevated white count requiring laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Also known as: Skin infection

Patient with severe cellulitis requiring IV vancomycin for MRSA coverage; patient later found dead from heroin overdose after wandering off with IV access in place.

Also known as: Drug overdose

Patient being treated for cellulitis wanders off from ER, injects heroin using hospital IV access, found in cardiac arrest with PEA rhythm unresponsive to multiple rounds of narcan and ACLS, pronounced dead.

Also known as: PEA arrest

Heroin overdose patient presents in pulseless electrical activity requiring multiple rounds of CPR, epinephrine, and narcan without successful resuscitation.

Also known as: Broken arm

Mother sustains arm fracture jumping into basement to rescue her son after floor collapse, requires orthopedic reduction.

Also known as: Stress-induced fainting

Intern experiences psychosomatic syncope during ricin exposure scare, faints due to perceived toxic threat despite actual exposure being non-lethal.