Also known as: Brain-eating amoeba infection
Claudia contracts Naegleria fowleri from warm stagnant water at a water park, causing severe hallucinations, seizures, and near-fatal brain infection. The diagnosis drives the episode as the team races to obtain expensive miltefosine medication and uses experimental hypothermia treatment.
Also known as: Hole in the diaphragm
Claudia sustains bilateral ruptured diaphragms with bowel herniation after being struck by an ambulance while hallucinating and running from the hospital. Dr. Austin and team perform emergency surgery.
Also known as: Broken hip
Hip fracture sustained from impact with ambulance, treated during the same emergency surgery addressing her other traumatic injuries.
Also known as: Ruptured spleen
Splenic injury discovered during surgery for diaphragm rupture, causing significant bleeding that Dr. Bell manages intraoperatively.
Also known as: Aortic stenosis
Yvonne has critical aortic stenosis requiring urgent valve replacement. Due to her concerns about anesthesia-induced dementia, Dr. Austin performs an awake transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with regional anesthesia only.
Also known as: Broken foot bone
Nonsurgical foot fracture sustained from a fall on the BeltLine, the initial presenting complaint that leads to discovery of her critical heart condition.
Also known as: Abnormal EKG
Yvonne develops an abnormal heart rhythm during her awake valve replacement surgery, requiring cardioversion and necessitating general anesthesia.
Also known as: Narcotic overdose
Jessie, Nic's sister, relapses after 8 months of sobriety and overdoses on oxycodone. Nic administers Narcan at home before bringing her to Chastain. This drives a major character subplot about addiction and family.
Also known as: Heroin addiction
Jessie's ongoing struggle with opioid addiction is central to the episode, culminating in Conrad arranging for her admission to a three-week inpatient treatment program at Crossroads.
Also known as: Chlamydia
Yvonne privately discloses to the medical team that she has chlamydia, which she refers to as 'the little C' common in her retirement community. Used for comedic effect while establishing complete medical history.