Also known as: Ruptured spleen
14-year-old pedestrian hit by drunk driver sustains Grade 3 splenic laceration with ruptured sub-capsular hematoma requiring emergency splenectomy during hospital-wide ransomware attack.
Also known as: Skull base fracture
Patient develops CSF leak from basilar skull fracture requiring neurosurgical repair with dural patch using omentum during emergency surgery.
Father and daughter both present with unstable ventricular tachycardia; diagnosis reveals inherited Brugada syndrome explaining family history of sudden cardiac death. Esty will require implantable defibrillator.
Also known as: Heart attack
Patient develops massive anterior wall MI (widow-maker) with severe left main and LAD blockage following V tach episode. Requires emergency CABG during power outage but dies from multisystem organ failure despite surgery.
Also known as: Broken arm
Blind pedestrian pushed out of path of drunk driver sustains fractured radius below elbow requiring closed reduction and casting.