Also known as: Infected burn
A patient from Meredith's work crew presents with an infected steam burn from working at a dry cleaner's. Meredith treats it in a parking lot clinic, requiring debridement and antibiotics.
Also known as: Aortoiliac occlusive disease
55-year-old male presents with weakness of the hips after walking short distances and erectile dysfunction due to near-complete blockage of blood flow in the distal aorta. Bailey uses this case for a teaching boot camp, and DeLuca performs an axillary bi-femoral bypass that initially bleeds but is successfully repaired.
Also known as: Blood around the heart
A scooter accident patient initially appears stable with rib fractures but develops cardiac tamponade when a fractured rib perforates his heart. Link and Maggie perform emergency surgery to repair the cardiac injury after multiple resuscitation attempts.
Also known as: Thyroid cancer
A work crew member has an enlarging neck mass that Meredith notices and brings to Jackson for biopsy. The diagnosis is papillary thyroid cancer, the most common and treatable type. The case highlights healthcare access issues as the patient had been waiting two months for an appointment.
Also known as: Unplanned pregnancy
Amelia discovers she is pregnant, approximately eight weeks along. She reveals this to Link and discusses her traumatic past pregnancy that resulted in her son Christopher's death after organ donation. After initial fear, both Amelia and Link decide they want to have the baby together.
Also known as: Dead bowel tissue
A patient who was half-dead in the ER has compromised left gastric artery with a small area of necrosis requiring surgical repair. Richard Webber and Alex Karev perform the delicate surgery at Pac-North.