Also known as: MD
A 6-year-old boy is diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rapidly progressive degenerative disease. The episode centers on his parents' agonizing decision about whether to enroll him in an available but only mildly successful clinical trial, knowing he'll only get one chance at gene therapy.
Also known as: Ovarian cancer
A patient undergoing chemotherapy for ovarian cancer develops necrotizing fasciitis from a missed cut on her leg. The episode explores her husband's caregiver burnout and the difficult decision to place her in respite care.
Also known as: Flesh-eating bacteria
The ovarian cancer patient develops necrotizing fasciitis on her calf from an infected cut that her caregiver husband failed to notice, requiring surgical debridement.
Also known as: Morphine overdose
Multiple patients from a scaffolding collapse simultaneously experience sudden bradycardia and cardiac arrest. The team discovers that prefilled morphine syringes were overfilled with three times the intended dose, creating a Class Two Recall emergency affecting multiple hospitals.
Also known as: Brain tumor
A patient's wife exhibits inappropriate sexual behavior toward Dr. Kapoor. Upon examination, he discovers she has a meningioma pressing against her pleasure center, causing heightened libido and lowered inhibitions requiring immediate surgery.
Also known as: Brain inflammation from immune system
A patient undergoes plasma exchange therapy for autoimmune encephalitis while his wife (who has the meningioma) keeps vigil with him.
Also known as: Chest injury
A 25-year-old man sustains multiple lacerations and penetrating chest trauma when his beer fermenting vat explodes, requiring emergency surgery in an ambulance using UV light to identify wood splinters.
Multiple patients arrive after a construction scaffolding collapse near 46th and Lex, presenting with burns and lacerations. These patients later experience cardiac arrest due to overfilled morphine syringes.
Also known as: Car accident injuries
A 30-year-old male driver of a 1965 antique roadster crashes into a concrete divider, sustaining trauma with the steering column embedded in his chest.