Season 2, Episode 6

Also known as: Collapsed lung

Patient presents with pneumothorax following motor vehicle accident, requiring chest tube placement for blood evacuation.

Also known as: Cast too tight

Patient develops compartment syndrome in lower right extremity following MVA, requiring fasciotomy using two incision four compartment technique.

Also known as: SVT

Patient develops SVT requiring cardioversion during treatment in emergency department.

Also known as: Blood around the heart

Patient found to have cardiac tamponade from a cardiac mass that had penetrated the heart chamber wall, discovered after MVA and requiring complex cardiac surgery.

Also known as: Heart tumor

Left atrial mass requiring complete heart removal for resection, with heart preserved in cold solution before reimplantation - a two-hour window surgery.

Also known as: Umbilical nodule indicating abdominal cancer

Nurse identifies Sister Mary Joseph node (periumbilical nodule) indicating metastatic abdominal malignancy with associated lymph node infection, complicated by diabetes.

Also known as: Diabetes

Previously undiagnosed diabetes discovered during ED visit, causing complications including seizures and infection. Patient unable to access routine care due to hospital closures.

Also known as: Absence seizure

Patient experiences petit mal seizures presenting as loss of concentration, caused by uncontrolled diabetes.

Also known as: Kidney failure

Patient presenting with lower extremity edema found to have kidney failure with GFR of 16, requiring kidney transplant.

Patient diagnosed with brittle diabetes after dramatic spiking of blood sugar to 550, which likely caused the motor vehicle accident. This reveals the crash was medical, not intentional.

Also known as: Unplanned pregnancy

Nine-week pregnancy discovered during MVA workup in a young woman with intellectual disability under legal guardianship, raising complex questions about reproductive autonomy and decision-making capacity.

Also known as: Acid burn

Patient sustained chemical burns from airbag deployment during motor vehicle accident.

Also known as: Broken nose

Patient sustained nasal fracture during motor vehicle accident requiring reduction.