Also known as: Ruptured spleen
Bryan Liu suffered a ruptured spleen from a head-on car collision, causing approximately two liters of blood in his abdomen and hypovolemic shock. The spleen was removed during emergency surgery.
Also known as: Leg amputation
Bryan's leg was severely damaged in the car accident and required below-knee amputation. The trauma also threatened his arm, which surgeons attempted to save despite significant vascular and nerve damage.
Also known as: Blood vessel damage
Bryan sustained subclavian and brachial artery damage with no distal blood supply to his hand. Dr. Andrews performed vascular reconstruction to save the arm, creating conflict with Dr. Lim who advocated for amputation due to bleeding risks.
Also known as: Arm nerve injury
Bryan's brachial plexus nerves were damaged in the accident, requiring nerve repair surgery as part of the limb salvage procedure.
Also known as: Brain bleed
Elaine suffered bleeding around her brain from hitting her head on the dashboard. She had a dilated left pupil and severe headache with vomiting. Glassman initially used a dural flap to stop the leak, and she later required a shunt for fluid backup.
Also known as: Damaged heart valve
Elaine sustained major damage to her aortic valve in the accident, presenting with an early-diastolic murmur. Her pump failed and she went into total heart failure requiring emergency valve repair.
Also known as: Fractured windpipe
Elaine had a large tear in her trachea that threatened her airway and compressed her carotid bulb, causing dangerous bradycardia during surgery. Required transcervical reconstruction.
Also known as: Collapsed lung
Isla suffered a pneumothorax when a broken rib punctured her lung in the car accident. She had decreased left-sided breath sounds and required chest tube insertion.
Also known as: Weakened blood vessel in lung
Isla developed a pseudo-aneurysm of a segmental branch of her left pulmonary artery from chest trauma. The vessel initially stopped bleeding but ruptured again, requiring emergency thoracotomy. Shaun performed endovascular embolization and later emergency chest surgery.
Also known as: Blocked arteries
Morgan's chess partner Donald Adler presented with weeks of chest pain and was diagnosed with coronary artery disease requiring angioplasty and stent placement.