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Season 15, Episode 8

15 medical diagnoses portrayed

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Also known as: Kidney injury from bus accident

Liver lacerationSplenic injuryHemorrhage

Beth Lotery fell down stairs fleeing a house fire, sustaining blunt trauma to abdomen with subcapsular hematoma, requiring CT scan, transfusions, and emergency surgery to repair liver and spleen injuries.

ER — S15E08Patient: Beth Lotery

Also known as: Broken leg bones

Beth sustained a closed deformity to her left leg (tibia and fibula fracture) during the fall from the stairs while escaping the fire.

ER — S15E08Patient: Beth Lotery
Burn injurysupporting

Also known as: Scalding burn

Beth sustained superficial burns to her right arm during the house fire that she and her husband escaped from.

ER — S15E08Patient: Beth Lotery

Also known as: Smoke inhalation

Henry Lotery was exposed to smoke from the house fire, presenting with wheezing and shortness of breath, requiring oxygen and pulmonary assessment.

ER — S15E08Patient: Henry Lotery

Also known as: Bleeding behind the eye

Vision lossElevated intraocular pressure

Henry sustained a large hematoma behind his eye with compression of the optic nerve causing vision loss, requiring emergency lateral canthotomy procedure to relieve pressure and prevent permanent blindness.

ER — S15E08Patient: Henry Lotery
Epistaxissupporting

Also known as: Nosebleed

Hemorrhage

Henry had severe posterior epistaxis contributing to his retrobulbar hematoma, requiring anterior and posterior nasal packing with Gottschalk balloon.

ER — S15E08Patient: Henry Lotery

Also known as: Multiple broken ribs on both sides

Pneumothorax

Tasha Overbrook was struck by a car and sustained flail chest with diminished breath sounds, requiring bilateral chest tubes and intubation.

ER — S15E08Patient: Tasha Overbrook

Also known as: Broken pelvis

HemorrhageHemodynamic instability

Tasha sustained a severe pelvic fracture from the auto-pedestrian collision requiring T-POD placement, massive transfusion, and interventional radiology to control bleeding.

ER — S15E08Patient: Tasha Overbrook

Also known as: Shock from blood loss

Cardiac arrest

Tasha lost pulse from severe hemorrhage due to her pelvic fracture, requiring massive transfusion protocol with multiple units of blood products and Factor 7-A to control bleeding.

ER — S15E08Patient: Tasha Overbrook

Also known as: Tylenol poisoning

Potential hepatotoxicity

Young girl presented after taking six acetaminophen tablets for a headache, requiring antidote (N-acetylcysteine/mucomyst) and monitoring of liver function tests and drug levels.

ER — S15E08Patient: Meredith
Sepsissupporting

Also known as: Blood infection

Hypotension

Homeless man found down presented septic with hypotension requiring volume resuscitation, pressors (levophed), and central line placement.

ER — S15E08Patient: Homeless patient

Also known as: Ruptured triple-A

Patient undergoing endovascular stent placement for abdominal aortic aneurysm mentioned during conversation between Neela and Dubenko.

Also known as: Eye socket fracture

Patient with possible orbital blowout fracture requiring intraocular pressure check and surgical eye consult, though deferred due to more critical trauma cases.

Zygoma fracturesupporting

Also known as: Fractured cheekbone

Parking enforcement officer punched in the face during altercation, presenting with swelling over the zygoma requiring facial x-ray series.

ER — S15E08Patient: Gary Jones

Also known as: Child abuse

Post-traumatic stressTrust issuesUnresolved trauma

Brenner reveals his history of childhood sexual abuse at age 10 by a family friend during his mother's parties, explaining his strong protective reaction toward a patient falsely accused of child abuse and his difficulty trusting people.

ER — S15E08Patient: Simon Brenner