Also known as: Ruptured spleen
Dean sustained blunt force trauma to the abdomen from shielding children when a roller coaster car detached. He required emergency splenectomy and treatment for active liver bleeding.
Also known as: Brain bleed
Despite initially appearing neurologically stable, Dean had an expanding epidural hematoma discovered on CT scan that required emergency craniotomy. This created conflict between Amelia and Owen regarding clinical decision-making.
Also known as: Broken neck
Greg sustained a C5 fracture dislocation while trapped in the roller coaster car. Required careful manual traction and stabilization to prevent spinal cord injury, followed by planned spinal fusion surgery.
Also known as: Cement entrapment injury
Greg was at risk for crush syndrome from prolonged compression while trapped in the roller coaster car, requiring preparation for metabolic complications upon extrication.
Also known as: Stab wound
Cleo sustained penetrating trauma to the right flank from the roller coaster car lap bar, causing massive blood loss from a transected inferior vena cava that required emergency surgical ligation.
Also known as: placental tumor
Liza had a large chorioangioma that developed rapidly and caused fetal distress and maternal mirror syndrome, requiring emergency fetal surgery that converted to preterm cesarean delivery at 29.5 weeks.
Also known as: Ballantyne syndrome
Liza developed mirror syndrome (maternal edema mirroring fetal hydrops) secondary to the placental chorioangioma, causing her to pass out and requiring urgent intervention.
The fetus developed hydrops from cardiac strain caused by the large placental chorioangioma shunting blood, leading to fetal distress and emergency preterm delivery.
Also known as: Third-degree burn
Multiple patients sustained partial thickness burns from hot funnel cake oil that splattered when the roller coaster car crashed into the food booth.
Also known as: Dislocated knee
Minor injury from the roller coaster incident used as a teaching case for an intern, comparing the intern's approach to how Izzie Stevens would have handled it.