Also known as: Brain bleed
14-year-old boy develops a subdural hematoma after being in a fight at school. The blood clot puts pressure on his brain, requiring emergency intubation when he becomes hypoventilating, followed by surgical evacuation of the hematoma.
Also known as: Rebar impalement
18-year-old with a fork embedded in his chest from a school fight. Requires CT scan to rule out vascular involvement and evaluation of the pectoralis major muscle.
Also known as: Gunshot to the leg
Young man shot multiple times in the chest and upper left arm by police who mistook his toy gun for a real weapon. Develops significant hemothorax requiring chest tube, emergency resuscitation, and vascular surgery to repair torn brachial artery.
Also known as: Nosebleed
Danny presents initially with a persistent nosebleed from the fight that the school nurse couldn't stop, requiring nasal packing before the more serious subdural hematoma is discovered.
Also known as: Lost both legs
Ray returns to County General walking on prosthetic legs with custom foot modules after his traumatic amputation injury. He discusses his ongoing recovery including future skin graft surgeries and reveals he had attempted suicide with Vicodin during his initial hospitalization.
Also known as: Suicide attempt
Ray discloses to Neela that he attempted suicide with Vicodin while hospitalized after his amputation injury, describing it as a very dark period he had to work through on his own.
Also known as: Nerve injury
Sports injury patient presents with tingling in thumb and numbness in fingers from hyperextension, diagnosed as median nerve neuropraxia and used as a teaching case for the intern.
Patient with multiple abscesses covering abdomen following a Tijuana tummy tuck procedure, requiring CT-guided drainage to avoid surgery.