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Grey's Anatomy

Grey's AnatomyABC

Season 14, Episode 5

3 medical diagnoses portrayed

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Also known as: Arm artery injury

Limb ischemiaPotential amputation

A soldier suffers a severe arm injury from gunfire during an attack at a military base. Megan performs a reversed saphenous vein graft to save both his arm and his life, defying her superior's orders to use a simpler but less effective procedure.

Grey's Anatomy — S14E05Patient: PFC Tyler Budreaux
Pneumothoraxsupporting

Also known as: Collapsed lung

Respiratory distress

An Iraqi woman suffers a gunshot wound to the upper right chest causing a collapsed lung. Megan places a chest tube and provides emotional support during treatment. The patient later requires repositioning of the chest tube during transport.

Also known as: Gunshot to the leg

Hemorrhagic shockSplenic injury

A patient initially believed to be the second shooter arrives with multiple gunshot wounds to the torso requiring emergency exploratory laparotomy. Nathan and Teddy perform surgery to control bleeding and repair a shattered spleen. Later revealed to have been trying to stop the actual shooter.

Grey's Anatomy — S14E05Patient: Nadir al-Jabouri