Also known as: Smoke inhalation
Multiple patients from an apartment building fire present with smoke inhalation requiring oxygen therapy and monitoring in the ER.
Also known as: Collapsed lung with bleeding
Building superintendent Doug Johnson develops a tension hemothorax after falling through a staircase during the fire rescue, requiring emergency chest tube placement in the ER.
Also known as: Torn aorta
Doug's broken rib is found lodged in his aorta on CT scan, a one-in-a-million injury requiring complex surgical repair. During surgery, the aorta begins dissecting, requiring emergency graft replacement. Despite successful surgery, Doug dies from complications post-operatively.
Also known as: Sickle cell
Rose, previously treated with experimental gene therapy for sickle cell disease, returns with chest and leg pain. Tests confirm the gene therapy was successful - she has no remaining sickle cells and is effectively cured. Her symptoms were from costochondritis and overexertion.
Also known as: Chest wall inflammation
Rose's chest pain is diagnosed as costochondritis, inflammation of the cartilage between her ribs caused by overexertion as she resumed normal activities after her sickle cell cure.
Also known as: Lung cancer
Dr. Austin's mother Carol undergoes PET scan to evaluate her response to targeted therapy for lung cancer. The scan shows complete resolution of all tumors, indicating successful treatment response.
Also known as: Post-surgical infection
Young patient Sammie develops worsening post-operative infection following intestinal surgery, showing signs of multi-organ failure with kidney and liver dysfunction and rising lactate levels.
Also known as: Blocked blood flow to intestines
Sammie develops acute mesenteric ischemia due to a blood clot compromising blood supply to her bowels, requiring emergency embolectomy and bowel resection. She is critically ill post-operatively but begins to improve overnight.
Also known as: Blood clotting disorder
Sammie's underlying hypercoagulable state leads to clot formation causing her mesenteric ischemia, complicating her post-surgical recovery.
Also known as: Childbirth
At the end of the episode, Nic reveals to Conrad that she has been having contractions for the past hour that are getting closer together, indicating she is in labor.