Also known as: Skull fracture with brain exposure
Teenage girl ejected through rear window in motor vehicle crash, sustained open skull fracture with exposed brain matter, underwent resuscitation attempts but died despite aggressive interventions including bilateral chest tubes and pericardial tap.
Also known as: Dislocated shoulder
Alex sustained a severe shoulder dislocation in a motor vehicle crash that required multiple reduction attempts with skin hooks due to the humeral head being stuck, eventually requiring surgical repair.
Also known as: Blood in chest cavity
Alex developed a small hemothorax from blunt chest trauma in the motor vehicle crash, initially stable but later required chest tube placement.
Also known as: Bruised heart
Alex developed supraventricular tachycardia from a cardiac contusion (bruised heart) due to sternal trauma from the crash, initially misdiagnosed as blood loss but correctly identified by Gates and treated with cardioversion.
Also known as: Torn aorta
Alex suffered a delayed aortic rupture while awaiting orthopedic surgery, resulting in massive blood loss into the chest cavity and cardiac arrest requiring emergency thoracotomy and vascular clamping.
Also known as: Head laceration
Alex sustained a severe concussion from the motor vehicle crash with prolonged altered mental status, though CT scan showed no intracranial bleeding.
Also known as: Blood around the heart
Leo developed cardiac tamponade from sternal contusion requiring emergent pericardial window procedure to remove blood clots from around the heart, followed by cardiac surgery.
Also known as: Multiple drug overdose
Leo ingested multiple prescription medications (opiates, benzodiazepines, marijuana) in a 'trail mix' party drug scenario, resulting in altered mental status and respiratory depression requiring intubation and treatment with Ativan and bicarbonate.
Also known as: Bruised breastbone
Leo sustained a sternal contusion from the motor vehicle crash which contributed to his cardiac complications.
Also known as: Broken wrist
Sarah sustained a broken right wrist in the motor vehicle crash requiring casting.
Also known as: Broken tailbone
Background patient with slip and fall resulting in broken coccyx, briefly mentioned at the beginning of the episode.
Also known as: Migraine headache
Background patient treated with Imitrex for migraine headache, briefly mentioned at the beginning of the episode.