iDRief
Do No Harm

Season 1 Episode 7

Six Feet Deep

Air date: Aug 3, 2013

Explore 2 medical cases

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

Spinal Fluid Sample for Experimental Drug

Ruben tries to obtain a spinal fluid sample for a pending drug.

Episode shows
Ruben tries to obtain a spinal fluid sample for a pending drug.
Clinical takeaway
Spinal Fluid Sample for Experimental Drug is included because episode evidence supports a concrete trauma, mental-health, spinal-fluid, medication, brain-tumor, neurosurgery, anesthesia, or care-safety issue.
Accuracy 3.4/5spinal-fluid-sample-for-drugmedication-safety

Case 2

Coerced Medical Harm Risk

The spinal-fluid plan backfires into blackmail and risk of medical harm.

Episode shows
The spinal-fluid plan backfires into blackmail and risk of medical harm.
Clinical takeaway
Coerced Medical Harm Risk is included because episode evidence supports a concrete trauma, mental-health, spinal-fluid, medication, brain-tumor, neurosurgery, anesthesia, or care-safety issue.
Accuracy 3.2/5coerced-medical-harm-riskmedication-safety

About the Episode

Ruben arranges for a gang to "mug" Ian so that he can get a sample of his spinal fluid -- a necessary element for his pending kill drug, but the plan backfires when Jason is blackmailed by the gang into potentially killing a patient who is a member of an opposing gang.

Medical Relevance

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The Medical Verdict

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