Also known as: Severe respiratory virus
A serious respiratory virus drives the entire episode's crisis, causing quarantine of the emergency room. Multiple patients including Dr. Lim and Tyler develop severe respiratory failure requiring advanced interventions. Tyler dies from the infection.
Also known as: Asthma attack
Kellan experiences a severe asthma attack during the quarantine crisis. His father Dr. Park has to improvise a nebulizer treatment to manage his hyperinflated lungs and breathing difficulty.
Also known as: Torn artery with internal bleeding
Patient presents with torn IMA (inferior mesenteric artery) causing hemorrhaging into abdomen. Requires emergency surgery with saphenous vein graft repair in the ER during quarantine.
Also known as: Blood cancer requiring transplant
Patient requires emergency bone marrow transplant from his father Bob. The team must create an improvised sterile pathway during quarantine to extract marrow and perform the transplant in a janitor's closet and linen room.
Also known as: Water breaking early
Pregnant patient at 34 weeks gestation experiences premature rupture of membranes during quarantine. Develops preeclampsia, transverse fetal position requiring external cephalic version, then placental abruption requiring emergency C-section.
Also known as: Baby in wrong position for delivery
The fetus is positioned transversely at approximately 30 degrees to the left side, preventing vaginal delivery. Requires external cephalic version to rotate baby into proper position before subsequent complications arise.
Also known as: Abruption
During attempted delivery, patient develops placental abruption causing severe hemorrhage and fetal distress, necessitating emergency cesarean section with improvised Bakri tamponade balloon to control bleeding.
Also known as: Baby inhaling stool in amniotic fluid
Newborn develops meconium aspiration with fecal matter blocking airway. Requires emergency suctioning and airway clearance to prevent suffocation. Baby initially not breathing and requires resuscitation.
Also known as: Heart stopped
Bone marrow donor develops cardiac arrest during marrow extraction procedure when IV tip breaks off and lodges in his heart. Despite resuscitation attempts, he dies, having successfully donated marrow to save his son.
Also known as: Breathing failure
Dr. Lim develops severe respiratory failure from the viral infection with lungs filled with fluid and secretions. Requires intubation and ultimately ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) to oxygenate blood outside her body while lungs heal.
Also known as: Brain infection
Dr. Glassman is diagnosed with meningitis caused by a CSF leak in his head. This explains his recent memory loss. He requires immediate surgery to fix the leak. Initially feared to be cancer recurrence.