Also known as: Blood and air in chest cavity
Hattie sustained a hemopneumothorax after jumping from a burning building. The injury required emergency chest tube placement and ultimately a lobectomy to remove the damaged right lower lobe.
Also known as: Skull fracture with CSF leak
Hattie had a depressed temporal bone fracture with cerebrospinal fluid leaking from her ear, which Amelia was able to repair without opening the skull.
Also known as: Ruptured spleen
Norris sustained a shattered spleen from breaking his wife's fall when they jumped from a burning building, requiring emergency exploratory laparotomy and splenectomy.
Also known as: Cast too tight
Norris developed compartment syndrome in his right leg requiring fasciotomy to relieve pressure and restore blood flow.
Also known as: Broken leg bones
Norris sustained fractures to both the tibia and fibula in his right lower leg from the fall.
Also known as: SCT - tumor at base of fetal spine
The fetus was bleeding into the sacrococcygeal teratoma causing severe anemia, requiring emergency delivery at 28 weeks and surgical resection of the tumor by Alex Karev.
Also known as: Abnormal placental attachment
Emily had undiagnosed placenta percreta where the placenta invaded through the uterus into the bowel, bladder, and kidney. When the placenta was delivered during C-section, it caused catastrophic hemorrhage requiring over 100 units of blood products. She ultimately died from exsanguination.
Also known as: Brain cancer
Dr. Herman's brain tumor is requiring aggressive radiation therapy, which caused her to miss critical surgeries and feel ill. She revealed she had treatment that day which hit her harder than expected.
Also known as: Heroin addiction
Amelia's past oxycodone addiction and overdose that killed her boyfriend was publicly revealed by a patient's daughter who recognized her from Narcotics Anonymous, creating a crisis about her role as neurosurgery chief. This drives significant character conflict throughout the episode.