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New Amsterdam

New AmsterdamNBC

Season 1, Episode 16

12 medical diagnoses portrayed

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Also known as: Heart attack

Cardiogenic shock

Mrs. Calloway suffered a massive myocardial infarction and is in cardiogenic shock. Dr. Kapoor indicates she is unlikely to survive the night.

New Amsterdam — S01E16Patient: Mrs. Calloway
Drug overdosesupporting

Also known as: Synthetic cannabinoid overdose

Respiratory depressionAspiration

A female patient overdosed in her hospital room with low respiratory rate. Lauren Bloom initially refuses to treat her but later returns to prevent aspiration and orders charcoal treatment.

Hyperglycemiasupporting

Also known as: High blood sugar

Eric's blood glucose was monitoring at 475. His husband Hugh was running to the pharmacy to refill Eric's insulin when Hugh fell and was injured.

New Amsterdam — S01E16Patient: Eric (Mr. Torone's husband)

Also known as: Head laceration

Hypothermia

Hugh fell on ice and hit his head, with initial heart rate around 30 due to cold exposure. He was found lying in the snow with altered mental status.

New Amsterdam — S01E16Patient: Hugh Torone

Also known as: Knife wound

Hemorrhage

After his initial fall, Hugh is discovered to be impaled on a spike that penetrated his body. Dr. Reynolds attempts to remove him from the spike and must transport him back to the hospital with the spike still in place, requiring emergency surgery.

New Amsterdam — S01E16Patient: Hugh Torone
Hypothermiasupporting

Also known as: Cold exposure

Hugh developed hypothermia after lying in the snow, which slowed his heart rate to around 30 bpm and contributed to his critical condition.

New Amsterdam — S01E16Patient: Hugh Torone
Cardiac arrestsupporting

Also known as: Heart stopped

An elderly woman found unresponsive in her apartment without a pulse. Max and Helen perform CPR and defibrillation, successfully resuscitating her.

New Amsterdam — S01E16Patient: Mrs. Gallagher

Also known as: GBM, terminal brain cancer

Chrissy is a patient with glioblastoma who was scheduled to start an immune checkpoint inhibitor to improve response to her clinical trial. She dies during the episode while her husband Connor was away retrieving a phone.

New Amsterdam — S01E16Patient: Chrissy
Lacerationsupporting

Also known as: Cut

A doorman's arm was sliced by a snow blower during the storm, requiring field medical treatment.

Also known as: Suicide attempt

Hypothermia

Avi, a child, deliberately leaves the pediatric area during the blizzard and goes to the roof, revealing to Dr. Frome that he was testing whether anyone would notice if he disappeared, with implied suicidal thoughts.

Cancersupporting

Also known as: Terminal cancer

ImmunosuppressionCognitive impairment

Max's cancer and ongoing chemotherapy treatment are referenced multiple times, including concerns about his compromised immune system during the blizzard, chemo brain affecting his memory, and his exhaustion at the end of the episode.

New Amsterdam — S01E16Patient: Max Goodwin
Recurring storyline

Also known as: Heroin addiction

Lauren reveals she wanted to take drugs from the overdose patient but resisted. She reflects on her struggle with addiction and acknowledges she can never be a doctor again in her current role.

New Amsterdam — S01E16Patient: Lauren Bloom
Recurring storyline