Also known as: Unplanned pregnancy
A pregnant teenager who came to the hospital with her aunt seeking abortion services, but faces opposition from her mother who refuses to consent to the procedure.
Also known as: Seizure
Patient who had seizure activity and was found to have neurocysticercosis (parasitic cysts in the brain from pork tapeworm larvae) causing the seizures.
Also known as: Parasites in the brain
CT scan revealed calcified cysts in the brain from dead pork tapeworm larvae, causing seizures. The patient was distressed to learn he had 'worm eggs' in his brain permanently.
Also known as: Bleeding after tonsil surgery
Patient with bleeding complications following tonsillectomy surgery who was successfully managed and taken to surgery.
Also known as: Broken rib
45-year-old man who fell from an 8-foot ladder, breaking ribs 7 and 8 on the right side, which led to progressive hemothorax requiring chest tube placement and intubation.
Also known as: Blood in chest cavity
Patient developed progressive blood collection around the lung from rib fractures, causing critical deterioration with dropping blood pressure and oxygen levels requiring emergency chest tube insertion.
Also known as: Dislocated collarbone
18-year-old driver of stolen ambulance who crashed, sustaining posterior dislocation of the clavicle that compressed his trachea and caused breathing difficulty, requiring emergent manual reduction.
Also known as: Dislocated hip
Posterior hip dislocation sustained in the ambulance crash, successfully reduced using the Captain Morgan technique.
Also known as: Cut
21-year-old passenger in stolen ambulance sustained anterior thigh lacerations from broken glass in the crash.
Also known as: Illegal butt injections
22-year-old woman with complications from unlicensed silicone buttock injections performed in someone's home, possibly using hardware store caulk, being evaluated for potential pulmonary embolism.
Also known as: Twisted testicle
Teenage patient with severe scrotal pain from testicular torsion successfully treated with manual detorsion and scheduled for surgical fixation to prevent recurrence.
Also known as: Brain death
18-year-old patient with drug overdose confirmed brain dead by cerebral perfusion scan showing no blood flow to the brain. Family counseled about organ donation.
Also known as: Synthetic cannabinoid overdose
Teenage patient who overdosed and subsequently developed brain death from lack of cerebral perfusion.
Also known as: Self-induced vomiting with ipecac
Mother who intentionally ingested ipecac syrup to make herself vomit in order to get her troubled son to come to the hospital. Successfully rehydrated and referred for mental health support.
Also known as: Bereavement
Woman struggling with grief after husband's death, engaging in self-harming behavior to manipulate her son, referred for psychological counseling.
Also known as: Schizoaffective disorder
85-year-old woman with schizophrenia who fell and may have been abandoned by her overwhelmed primary caregiver daughter.
Also known as: Sickle cell
Patient with sickle cell disease who required intubation and was awaiting ICU bed placement.
Also known as: Inflamed appendix
Young man with acute appendicitis used as a teaching case, demonstrating positive psoas sign and being evaluated for antibiotic versus surgical management.
Also known as: Ear infection
Four-year-old patient with fever diagnosed with ear infection after ruling out more serious conditions like meningitis.
Also known as: Male breast enlargement
Bilateral symmetrical breast enlargement discovered on examination of the ladder fall patient, prompting workup for underlying hormonal or pathologic causes including alcoholism and tumors.