Also known as: Blocked arteries
83-year-old patient scheduled for percutaneous coronary intervention (stent placement) to open blockages in his coronary arteries. The procedure is completed successfully.
Also known as: Liver cancer
Patient with liver metastases requiring rare ALPPS procedure (Associating Liver Partition and Portal vein ligation for Staged hepatectomy). Surgery is complicated by venous bleeding requiring vascular exclusion, but ultimately successful.
Also known as: Head trauma
Woman who fell 30 feet into a construction site with skull fracture and severe brain injury, declared brain dead. Family makes decision to withdraw life support, but patient is later discovered to be misidentified.
Also known as: Broken back
Motor vehicle collision patient with step-off in T12 vertebra and concern for spinal cord injury and paralysis. Requires neurosurgical evaluation.
Also known as: Major artery injury
Patient with knife injury to brachiocephalic artery causing dissection. Treated with endovascular filter and stent graft placement.
Also known as: Severe dehydration
Elderly Korean woman found disoriented in hospital hallways, severely dehydrated. She traveled from South Korea to reunite with a man she loved 60 years ago.
Also known as: Lost central line wire
Complication during central line placement where guide wire is dropped and migrates into the right atrium, requiring emergent retrieval in cath lab.
Also known as: Unplanned pregnancy
Amelia announces she is pregnant with Link's baby. This is early in the pregnancy and she is experiencing nausea and fatigue while keeping it mostly secret.