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New Amsterdam

New AmsterdamNBC

Season 1, Episode 22

5 medical diagnoses portrayed

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Also known as: Abruption

Hemorrhagic shockFetal distress

Georgia experiences a life-threatening rupture of her placenta previa at home, leading to massive hemorrhage. Max and Bloom perform emergency surgery in the apartment to ligate the bleeding artery and deliver baby Luna, with Georgia requiring immediate blood transfusion to survive.

New Amsterdam — S01E22Patient: Georgia Goodwin
Recurring storyline

Also known as: Baby in distress

Cord compressionBradycardia

During Georgia's emergency, baby Luna experiences severe fetal distress with heart rate dropping to 40 due to umbilical cord compression from contractions. Bloom must perform emergency delivery to save the baby's life while Georgia is hemorrhaging.

New Amsterdam — S01E22Patient: Luna Goodwin

Also known as: PTSD

HypervigilanceNightmaresFalse memories

Jacob suffers from severe PTSD following a pipe bomb explosion at a nightclub. Frome and Kapoor treat him with MDMA-assisted therapy, revealing that his traumatic memories were distorted - he believed he was trampled while trying to save his friend Emma, but actually was saved by a stranger who shielded him from the blast.

Risk of balloon ruptureCocaine overdose risk

Wilson Hatch, a lawyer, is brought to the ED by police after swallowing a large balloon containing approximately four ounces of cocaine. Reynolds orders an abdominal X-ray to confirm the contraband for legal evidence.

New Amsterdam — S01E22Patient: Wilson Hatch

Also known as: Shock from blood loss

TachycardiaHypovolemia

Georgia develops hemorrhagic shock from the placental abruption with heart rate reaching 180 and thready pulse. She requires emergency arterial ligation and urgent blood transfusion to prevent death from exsanguination.

New Amsterdam — S01E22Patient: Georgia Goodwin