Also known as: Flesh-eating lung infection
High school band director with rapidly progressing necrotizing pneumonia requiring VV ECMO support. His entire left lung is liquified from necrotic tissue, necessitating a pneumonectomy while awaiting lung transplant.
Also known as: Fluid around the heart
Post-cardiac surgery patient who develops a pericardial effusion that progresses to cardiac tamponade. Owen performs emergency bedside drainage when the patient crashes, with dramatic blood spray witnessed by the patient's wife.
Also known as: Sickle cell
Hospital custodial staff member with severe sickle cell disease causing avascular necrosis requiring hip replacement. The episode explores his inability to afford the $3 million gene therapy cure despite working at a hospital, ultimately receiving a grant to potentially access the treatment.
Also known as: Head trauma
10-year-old girl who fell off a moving tractor, sustaining head trauma with subdural bleeding. Transported by helicopter during a storm, requiring close neuro monitoring.
Also known as: Severe leg injury
Severe left leg trauma from tractor accident with vascular injury requiring emergency tourniquet. During helicopter transport, Schmitt and Adams improvise a temporary arterial shunt using IV tubing to save the limb when the tourniquet breaks.
Also known as: Insecticide poisoning
Farm accident patient develops signs of organophosphate toxicity during helicopter transport (pinpoint pupils, bradycardia, diaphoresis, seizure), requiring atropine treatment. Likely from pesticide exposure while playing in fields.
Also known as: Twins
Jo is pregnant with twins and experiencing anxiety about the high-risk nature of the pregnancy. She and Link struggle with communication and fear about managing twin newborns while both working as surgeons.