Also known as: Walking corpse syndrome
Jerry has Cotard's syndrome, a rare psychiatric condition where he believes he has been dead for four years despite being alive and ambulatory. He is a recurring patient who appears throughout the episode expressing his delusion of being deceased.
Also known as: Head laceration
An unconscious patient brought in after a bar fight where he threw the first punch, was hit back, slipped and struck his head. The injury is central to the ethical dilemma of whether to report his assailant Billy to the police.
Also known as: Broken nose
A patient presents to the emergency department with what J.D. describes as the worst broken nose he has ever seen, though the patient was actually there for stepping on a nail. Used for comedic effect in the opening scene.
Also known as: Impalement
The same patient with the broken nose mentions stepping on a nail as their actual chief complaint, which J.D. initially misses due to focusing on the obvious nasal injury.