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The Resident

The ResidentFox

Season 4, Episode 11

7 medical diagnoses portrayed

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Liver failureCoagulopathyUncontrolled bleedingSpleno-mesenteric junction occlusion

Seven-year-old adopted girl with extensive abdominal tumors involving pancreas, liver, spleen, stomach, and intestines. Undergoes emergency auto-transplantation surgery where organs are removed, tumors excised, and organs re-implanted. Additional malignant growths found in abdominal wall during surgery.

The Resident — S04E11Patient: Sammie Ackermann

Also known as: Brain bleed

Grand mal seizureMiddle meningeal artery lacerationDecompensationRisk of herniation

Hospital maintenance worker trapped in sim lab after tornado drives metal rod through his skull. Undergoes emergency makeshift craniotomy with power tools when standard surgical equipment unavailable. Arterial bleeding controlled with soldering iron.

Also known as: Neck injury

Young male patient sustains open cervical spine injury during tornado, requiring emergency surgical intervention.

Also known as: Crushed leg

Hemorrhagic shockVentricular tachycardiaExsanguinationMulti-organ failure

Paramedic whose leg is trapped and crushed under collapsed ambulance bay roof during tornado. Despite emergency field amputation, she dies from hemorrhagic shock and blood loss on the operating table.

Also known as: Sickle cell

Patient undergoing myeloablative chemotherapy in preparation for gene therapy. Falls and sustains closed head injury during tornado, requiring head CT evaluation.

The Resident — S04E11Patient: Rose Williams
Recurring storyline

Also known as: Head laceration

Rose falls in bathroom and hits her head while weakened from chemotherapy. Undergoes neurological examination and head CT, which shows no bleeds.

The Resident — S04E11Patient: Rose Williams
Lung cancersupporting

Also known as: Lung cancer

Referenced in opening recap as the reason Mina had to leave Chastain and return to Nigeria. Not actively treated in this episode but contextually important to character storylines.

The Resident — S04E11Patient: Mina's mother
Recurring storyline