Season 1 Episode 2

We Plug Holes

We Plug Holes is curated around Surgery to Preserve Reproductive Future; Career-Threatening Diagnosis Disclosure.

Air date: Oct 7, 2015

Explore 2 medical cases

diagnostic realism

3.7/5

overall

3.7/5

procedure realism

3.6/5

workflow realism

3.8/5

Medical Cases in This Episode

These are the patient stories worth unpacking. Open any case for the real-world medicine, what the episode shows, what it leaves out, and source-backed context.

2 cases identified

Case 1

Surgery to Preserve Reproductive Future

Christa pleads with Neal to perform surgery that will ensure a patient's reproductive future.

Episode shows: Christa pleads with Neal to perform surgery that will ensure a patient's reproductive future.
Clinical takeaway: Surgery to Preserve Reproductive Future is included because the episode evidence supports a concrete ER, trauma, diagnostic, surgical, staffing, communication, or safety problem.

Accuracy 3.7/5reproductive-future-surgeryemergency-medicinepatient-safety

Case 2

Career-Threatening Diagnosis Disclosure

Mario delivers a diagnosis that could imperil a patient's hockey career.

Episode shows: Mario delivers a diagnosis that could imperil a patient's hockey career.
Clinical takeaway: Career-Threatening Diagnosis Disclosure is included because the episode evidence supports a concrete ER, trauma, diagnostic, surgical, staffing, communication, or safety problem.

Accuracy 3.6/5career-threatening-diagnosis-disclosureemergency-medicinepatient-safety

Episode Summary

Christa saves a woman's life and pleads for surgery to preserve the patient's reproductive future. Mario fights with a patient after delivering a career-threatening diagnosis.

Diagnostic Testing Logic

Surgery to Preserve Reproductive Future: A real ER team would triage acuity, stabilize immediate threats, verify history, perform targeted exam and tests, involve senior clinicians, document decisions, communicate risks, and reassess. The available evidence does not support adding unshown vital signs, lab values, medication doses, imaging findings, timestamps, or definitive outcomes.

Career-Threatening Diagnosis Disclosure: A real ER team would triage acuity, stabilize immediate threats, verify history, perform targeted exam and tests, involve senior clinicians, document decisions, communicate risks, and reassess. The available evidence does not support adding unshown vital signs, lab values, medication doses, imaging findings, timestamps, or definitive outcomes.

Medical Accuracy Review

Surgery to Preserve Reproductive Future: The episode ties this case to a specific supported ER, medical, safety, diagnostic, emergency, or care-pathway event. The available sources do not support adding exact vital signs, lab values, imaging results, medication doses, timestamps, or full outcomes.

Career-Threatening Diagnosis Disclosure: The episode ties this case to a specific supported ER, medical, safety, diagnostic, emergency, or care-pathway event. The available sources do not support adding exact vital signs, lab values, imaging results, medication doses, timestamps, or full outcomes.

Sources Further Reading

Episode evidence: iDRief catalog page, TVmaze - Code Black 1x02 We Plug Holes, Code Black recap search - We Plug Holes. Medical context appears on linked case/topic records with trusted emergency, trauma, ethics, cardiac, infection, obstetric, oncology, palliative, and mental-health sources.

Medical Disclaimer

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