Also known as: Cold exposure
April Kepner falls into a ravine after a car accident and becomes severely hypothermic with no pulse or vital signs. The team uses rewarming techniques including bypass to restore her temperature and cardiac function, successfully reviving her after prolonged resuscitation efforts.
Also known as: Ruptured spleen
Matthew Taylor sustains a splenic injury in a motor vehicle accident requiring emergency splenectomy. He also has a head injury and is found unconscious at the scene after rolling his car on an icy road.
Also known as: Head laceration
Matthew Taylor presents with altered mental status and a GCS of 11 following his car accident, requiring monitoring and treatment for head trauma.
Also known as: Smoke inhalation
Jackson treats a burn victim from an apartment fire in Ballard with significant airway involvement from smoke inhalation, showing mucosal swelling and carbon particles in the airway.
Also known as: Pseudotumor cerebri
Dr. Herman returns with severe headaches and dizziness initially feared to be tumor recurrence, but discovered to be a buildup of cerebrospinal fluid requiring a shunt placement.
Also known as: Heroin addiction
Betty (Leo's birth mother) struggles with opioid addiction, initially claiming six days clean but later admitting she relapsed and came to Owen and Amelia's home while high. Amelia takes her to work and eventually to a recovery meeting.