Also known as: Stab wound
A man is brought in by ambulance after a boiler explosion with a pipe impaled through his abdomen. He requires immediate surgery and is taken directly to the OR, then to intensive care where his deaf-blind brother is later brought to his bedside.
Also known as: Scalding burn
The same patient from the boiler explosion has two major burn wounds mentioned by paramedics, though the penetrating trauma is the primary focus of his treatment.
Also known as: Severed finger
A patient is mentioned who was cleaning a Civil War Confederate sword with glass cleaner and cloth when four fingers were completely severed. This case is discussed briefly as an example of injuries from foolish accidents.
Also known as: Food poisoning
A vegetarian patient presents after vomiting all night from eating ham (after 6 years without eating meat). She's dehydrated, requiring IV fluids, and claims the illness was from the ham, not heroin use.