Also known as: Chest injury with blood vessel damage
Link is recovering post-operatively from a thoracotomy and repairs to his subclavian artery and lung from injuries sustained in a previous explosion. He struggles with rehabilitation and PTSD.
Also known as: Chest mass
Sok Tep presents with chest pain and mediastinal widening on X-ray. The mass is ultimately discovered to be intrathoracic splenosis, ectopic splenic tissue that migrated to his chest following traumatic injury during the Cambodian genocide.
Also known as: Splenic tissue growing in the chest
The definitive diagnosis for Sok Tep's mediastinal mass. Splenic tissue migrated to his thoracic cavity after a traumatic spleen rupture decades earlier during the Khmer Rouge regime, and grew into a symptomatic mass requiring surgical removal.
Also known as: Stab wound
A construction worker is impaled through the abdomen by a forklift blade. The team performs an awake intubation and carefully removes the blade in the OR, finding injuries to his colon and small bowel but miraculous sparing of major vessels.
Also known as: Perforated intestine
As a result of the forklift impalement, Patrick sustains damage to his ascending colon and part of his small bowel, requiring resection and creation of an ostomy.
Also known as: Dialysis shunt problem
A dialysis patient's AV fistula ruptures and begins bleeding profusely. An intern successfully controls the hemorrhage with a figure-of-eight suture.
Also known as: PTSD
Link exhibits symptoms of PTSD following the hospital explosion, including intense fear of death, emotional volatility, and difficulty processing his trauma. He confesses his struggles to Owen.
Also known as: Bereavement
Amelia is severely depressed and non-functional following Dr. Beltran's death, staying in bed and unable to engage with normal activities. Her sisters intervene to help her process her grief.