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Available medical charts from the ED database.

Episode
Specialty
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Facial trauma presenting with avulsion of maxillary central incisor (Tooth #8).
S01E01 Brief
Adult · Male

Charlie

Facial trauma and missing tooth following a bar altercation.

Patient presents to the ED following a bar fight. He sustained blunt facial trauma resulting in the complete avulsion of tooth number eight. Patient was initially evaluated, deemed stable, and prepped for discharge before the unaccounted missing tooth was noted during morning rounds.

TraumaDental +2 more
Patient with Right Lower Leg Degloving Injury
S01E01 Complex
Adult · Female

Jane Doe

Extremity trauma and severe pain after falling onto subway tracks.

Patient fell from a subway 'T' platform and her foot was caught between the platform and an incoming train, resulting in a severe degloving injury and open fracture dislocation of the right lower leg and ankle. The mechanism of the fall is initially unknown; bystanders report she may have fainted, tripped, or been pushed. She was rescued by a Good Samaritan who sustained a head injury in the process. Patient presents with extreme pain refractory to initial opiate administration and an inability to provide history due to a profound language barrier.

TraumaOrthopedics +2 more
Patient presenting with severe intoxication.
S01E01 Brief
56 · Male

Louie Cloverfield

Severe Alcohol Intoxication

Louie Cloverfield is a known patient to the ED who presented at 11:00 PM the previous night with a potentially lethal blood alcohol content (BAC) of 0.420. Due to severe chronic alcohol tolerance, he survived the acute intoxication and is currently sobering up. He is now being evaluated for acute alcohol withdrawal.

ToxicologyAddiction Medicine +1 more
Otis Williams presenting in triage.
S01E01 Complex
31 · Male

Otis Williams

Shortness of breath and severe fatigue after attempting a morning run.

A 31-year-old healthy male presents with shortness of breath and severe fatigue. He reports feeling fine until about two weeks ago, following the Rochester Marathon. He frequently participates in triathlons. Attempted to run this morning but had to quit after one minute due to dyspnea. No recent falls, injuries, or previous medical issues reported.

CardiologyNephrology +3 more
Patient arriving via EMS with LMA in place.
S01E01 Moderate
42 · Male

Sam Wallace

Blunt head trauma with agonal respirations after fall onto subway tracks.

42-year-old male brought in by EMS. Jumped onto the T (subway) tracks to rescue a woman who had fallen. After successfully pulling her off the tracks, he slipped while climbing back up the platform, fell backward, and struck his head. EMS noted agonal respirations. They were unable to intubate in the field and placed an LMA (Laryngeal Mask Airway) prior to transport.

TraumaNeurology +1 more
Thermal burn to the anterior hand
S01E01 Brief
30s-40s · Female

Sherry

Burn to the hand

Patient presents to the ED after sustaining a thermal burn to her hand from a Sterno can while allegedly making s'mores with her son. She has been waiting in the ED for hours and is anxious to leave to take her children to school.

BurnWound Care +2 more
Left shoulder with entry wound from 9mm gunshot.
S01E01 Brief
30s · Male

Virgil Straker

Gunshot wound to the left shoulder

Patient sustained a 9mm gunshot wound to the left shoulder. He was evaluated overnight. CT angiogram was negative for vascular injury. The surgical team requested overnight observation, and he has been boarding in the ED.

TraumaGunshot Wound +1 more