Also known as: Blood in chest cavity
Starting pitcher for Brooklyn Cyclones suffers crush injury to right shoulder and rib cage with hemothorax after being thrown from vehicle, requiring amputation of right arm. Patient initially refuses life-saving surgery, creating ethical conflict about patient autonomy versus medical intervention.
Also known as: Trampled
Extensive crush injury to right shoulder with damage to bones, muscles, nerves, and blood vessels including weakened subclavian artery at risk of rupture. Requires emergency shoulder disarticulation to save patient's life.
Also known as: Vocal cord spasm
Firefighter who rescued a jumper from river develops severe laryngeal spasm after inhaling water particles, blocking airway despite no visible water in lungs. Progresses to hemorrhagic pulmonary edema and cardiac arrest despite resuscitation attempts.
Also known as: Bleeding in the lungs
Complication of dry drowning in firefighter, progressing from laryngospasm to hemorrhagic pulmonary edema with subsequent cardiac arrest and death.
Also known as: Suicide attempt
Young patient jumped from Hell's Gate Bridge in suicide attempt, resulting in multiple lower extremity fractures. Rescued by firefighter Mike.
Patient with severe asthma exacerbated by walking to work in heat, prescribed bus pass as preventative care through cash prescription program.
Also known as: High blood pressure
Patient unable to afford blood pressure medication at $40, illustrating the Medicare donut hole problem that inspired the cash prescription pilot program.
Also known as: Manic depression
Iggy suggests Floyd's father's erratic behavior during fishing trip (swinging from excited to indifferent to angry) is a textbook example of bipolar disorder, though this is not confirmed.