Also known as: Impalement injury
Captain Hill suffers penetrating injuries from a climbing accident, requiring emergency field stabilization by Conrad and subsequent surgical repair. The trauma is complicated by a migrating bullet from a decade-old war injury.
Also known as: Blood in chest cavity
Nate develops hemothorax from his penetrating chest trauma, requiring chest tube placement in the field and draining approximately 800cc of blood.
Also known as: Bullet in chest
A bullet lodged near Nate's spine from a war injury a decade ago has migrated to his carotid bifurcation, causing stroke symptoms and requiring urgent surgical removal to prevent a massive stroke.
Also known as: Mini-stroke
Nate experiences stroke symptoms including facial numbness and lightheadedness caused by the migrated bullet at his carotid bifurcation.
Also known as: Hip deterioration
Rose develops avascular necrosis of the hip from repeated sickle cell crises blocking blood flow to the bone, causing severe pain and requiring hip replacement surgery.
Also known as: Sickle cell
Rose has sickle cell disease causing repeated crises and complications. Her condition makes surgery riskier and leads to a life-threatening reaction to blood transfusion during her hip replacement.
Also known as: Blood transfusion reaction
Rose develops antibodies from previous transfusions causing her body to attack transfused blood during surgery, leading to severe anemia and cardiac instability requiring matched blood from the Red Cross.
Also known as: Irregular heartbeat
Rose develops unstable tachycardia as her heart works overtime to compensate for severe anemia, requiring cardioversion to restore normal rhythm.
Also known as: Central line complication
During a complex quadruple heart valve replacement, the central line punctures the vena cava, causing hidden bleeding into the lung cavity and loss of anesthesia medication, discovered and repaired by Dr. Okafor.
Also known as: Arm nerve injury
Cain's medial cord was completely severed and lateral cord partially lacerated, with only 50% chance of regaining full hand function, threatening his surgical career.