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New Amsterdam

New AmsterdamNBC

Season 4, Episode 17

8 medical diagnoses portrayed

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Also known as: Date rape drug exposure

Loss of consciousnessHypothermiaMemory impairment

Multiple main characters are drugged with Thanatophol at a karaoke bar, causing them to become unconscious and go missing. This drives the entire episode as staff search for missing colleagues and treat the various complications.

New Amsterdam — S04E17Patient: Helen Sharpe, Mia, Trevor, Casey, Elizabeth Wilder

Also known as: DIC

Multiple arterial thrombosesPotential uterine rupturePulmonary embolism

Helen develops severe DIC as a complication of Thanatophol poisoning, with multiple blood clots in renal, hepatic, gastric, ovarian, and uterine arteries. She refuses hysterectomy and opts for Platazel treatment despite the risks.

New Amsterdam — S04E17Patient: Helen Sharpe

Also known as: Blood clot in lung

HypoxemiaCardiac arrest risk

One of Helen's clots breaks free and lodges in her lung, requiring emergency embolectomy. The procedure involves navigating a catheter through her heart with risk of cardiac arrest.

New Amsterdam — S04E17Patient: Helen Sharpe
Hypothermiasupporting

Also known as: Cold exposure

Cardiac arrestBradycardia

Mia is found outdoors after being drugged, with severe hypothermia and core temperature of 79 degrees. Treatment requires careful warming to prevent cardiac arrest.

Also known as: Knife wound

Hemorrhagic shockPotential carotid artery injury

Casey is found with a screwdriver impaled in his neck after being mugged while drugged. Lauren and Leyla improvise emergency treatment using caulking gun to seal the wound when the screwdriver is removed.

Cardiac arrestsupporting

Also known as: Heart stopped

Mia experiences cardiac arrest during rewarming for hypothermia. Team must induce anaphylactic reaction with Dranova to raise body temperature enough to restart her heart.

Anaphylaxissupporting

Also known as: Severe allergic reaction

Airway closureHypoxemia

Mia is deliberately given Dranova (a drug she's allergic to) to induce anaphylaxis and raise her body temperature during cardiac arrest, then reversed with EpiPen once warm enough to defibrillate.

Strokemajor

Also known as: Brain attack

AphasiaSpeech impairment

At episode's end, Helen suffers a stroke and develops inability to speak clearly (stuttering/aphasia) when trying to communicate with Max after he proposes.

New Amsterdam — S04E17Patient: Helen Sharpe
Recurring storyline