Also known as: Multiple broken ribs on both sides
Professional soccer player suffers multiple rib fractures during practice, leading to unstable chest wall, requiring chest tube placement and emergency surgery.
Also known as: Blood in chest cavity
Dax develops massive hemothorax requiring emergency decompression and surgical intervention including lobectomy.
Also known as: Ruptured spleen
Abdominal trauma causes splenic injury that later begins rebleeding, requiring emergency splenectomy.
Also known as: Rhabdo
Dax develops rhabdomyolysis with muscle tissue breaking down, causing swollen legs, blood in urine, and dangerous electrolyte imbalances including hyperkalemia.
Also known as: Mitochondrial disorder
Underlying genetic mitochondrial disorder causing chronic weakness, recurrent injuries, and metabolic dysfunction exacerbated by intermittent fasting. This is the root cause of all Dax's symptoms throughout the episode.
Also known as: Stroke in the cerebellum
Young woman initially presenting with nausea and vomiting develops acute cerebellar stroke while boarding in the ER, progressing to herniation requiring emergency posterior craniectomy.
Also known as: High potassium
Dax develops dangerously elevated potassium level of 6.9 causing tachy-brady syndrome requiring emergency treatment with calcium, bicarb, insulin and dextrose.
Background patient mentioned as example of ER-medicine floor tension, developed pancreatitis from alcohol binge with subsequent withdrawal symptoms.
Also known as: Suicide attempt
Nic's father Kyle experiences severe depression and suicidal ideation, leading to him being admitted to an inpatient psychiatric facility in Savannah for treatment.