Also known as: GSW to chest
17-year-old with multiple gunshot wounds to chest and abdomen from drug deal shootout. Develops tension pneumothorax requiring chest tube placement and experiences hypovolemia from infiltrated IV.
Also known as: GSW
Jermaine's younger brother with through-and-through gunshot wound to lower extremity. Stable wound requiring CT angiography to rule out vascular injury.
Also known as: GSW
Undercover narcotics officer with superficial graze wound to left triceps from the shootout. Evaluated for potential neurovascular injury but found to be intact.
Also known as: Collapsed lung
Develops tension pneumothorax as complication of chest gunshot wound, presenting with decreased breath sounds, tracheal shift, and hemodynamic instability requiring emergent chest tube placement.
Also known as: Gallbladder inflammation
13-year-old with sickle cell disease presents with severe abdominal pain. Ultrasound reveals gallstones with wall thickening and pericholecystic fluid. Requires IV antibiotics and admission for eventual cholecystectomy.
Also known as: Sickle cell
13-year-old with known sickle cell disease presenting with severe abdominal pain, initially concerning for sickle cell crisis but ultimately diagnosed with cholecystitis.
Also known as: Diminished ovarian reserve
Dr. Banfield explores in vitro fertilization options due to age-related infertility. Labs reveal elevated FSH of 13.5 indicating poor ovarian reserve, making IVF success unlikely but she requests to try despite the odds.