The Pitt Season 2 Episode 14

Emergency Medicine Case Files & Clinical Analysis

Every emergency department patient from Season 2 Episode 14 of The Pitt, charted with medically accurate clinical documentation, diagnostic workups, and expert clinical pearls.

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Patient presenting with American flag pole impaled in right chest.

S02E14 Brief

34 · Male

Barrett Dunkle

Penetrating chest trauma with retained foreign body

34-year-old male presents to the ED via EMS following a bar fight over a game of pool at a sports bar. He sustained a penetrating thoracic injury when an adversary impaled him in the right chest with an American flag pole. The object remains in situ. Patient is awake, alert, and combative on arrival.

TraumaThoracic Surgery +2 more

Patient Edith Lynch experiencing right-sided chest pain.

S02E14 Moderate

46 · Female

Edith Lynch

Right-sided chest pain for an hour

46-year-old female presenting with one hour of right-sided chest pain. Medical history is significant for hyperlipidemia. She received sublingual nitroglycerin and 4mg of morphine in the pre-hospital setting with minimal relief. Initial 12-lead EKG performed by EMS was interpreted as negative for STEMI.

CardiologyResuscitation +2 more

Patient arrived via EMS after a head-on MVC into a telephone pole.

S02E14 Moderate

53 · Male

Lyman Paine

Involved in a single-vehicle head-on collision into a telephone pole.

53-year-old male presents post single motor vehicle collision. He drove head-on into a telephone pole. Airbags deployed. He was unconscious at the scene but woke up during transport. There is no scent of alcohol; EMS suspects syncope, seizure, or falling asleep at the wheel. Initially stable upon ED arrival, he shortly develops progressive bilateral upper extremity paresthesia and impending respiratory failure.

TraumaNeurosurgery +2 more