Also known as: Childbirth
Lea goes into labor and delivers her and Shaun's baby (Steve) with vacuum assistance after the baby stalls in the birth canal. This is the central storyline of the episode.
Also known as: Internal decapitation
A female patient from the multi-vehicle collision suffers complete severing of all stabilizing ligaments between skull and spine. Lim and Glassman perform occipitocervical fusion surgery and later try 'Operation Sunset' to stimulate brain response.
Also known as: Tear in the aorta
Kenny, the father in the car accident, develops an aortic dissection with false lumen extending past the carotid. Despite surgery attempts, he loses more than half his blood volume and dies, leaving behind his wife and two young daughters.
Also known as: Ruptured spleen
Ella, one of the young daughters in the car accident, suffers splenic injury that worsens over time. Shaun performs splenic artery embolization while Lea is in labor.
Also known as: Perforated intestine
Ella requires emergency abdominal surgery to repair bowel perforation from the car accident trauma.
Also known as: Blood around the heart
Mr. Ermey, who was being transported for valve replacement surgery, suffers hemopericardium in the ambulance crash requiring drainage.
Also known as: Collapsed lung
Multiple patients from the multi-vehicle collision suffer pneumothorax and hemopneumothorax requiring chest tubes.
Also known as: Broken ribs
Dr. Perez suffers multiple displaced rib fractures, lung contusions, abdominal bleeding, and fractured pancreas in the ambulance crash. He refuses opioids due to his sobriety, creating a medical and ethical dilemma.
Also known as: High blood pressure emergency
Perez develops hypertensive crisis (BP 180/110, HR 140) from severe pain, risking heart attack or stroke. Jordan ultimately administers fentanyl against his wishes to save his life.
Also known as: Broken thigh bone
Multiple patients from the collision suffer long bone fractures requiring stabilization.
Also known as: Arm nerve injury
Suspected in the driver of the last vehicle in the pile-up collision.