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The Pitt Season 1 Episode 2

Emergency Medicine Case Files & Clinical Analysis

Every emergency department patient from Season 1 Episode 2 of The Pitt, charted with medically accurate clinical documentation, diagnostic workups, and expert clinical pearls.

Episode
Specialty
Showing 4 of 4 cases
Patient presenting with massive facial trauma and epistaxis after an e-scooter collision.
S01E02 Brief
23 · Male

Ben Kemper

Facial trauma, neck contusion, and hemoptysis following a high-mechanism e-scooter crash.

23-year-old male arrives via EMS after getting 'doored' while riding an e-scooter without a helmet. Mechanism of injury involves his neck striking the handlebar, followed by a face-plant onto the pavement. He complains of blood pooling in the back of his throat.

TraumaAirway Management +2 more
Patient presenting to the trauma bay with a severe high-voltage electrical burn to the left forearm.
S01E02 Brief
Adult · Male

Unknown

High-voltage electrocution and ventricular fibrillation

Adult male brought in by flight crew after sustaining a high-voltage electrical injury to his left forearm. He was found at an abandoned factory with bolt cutters at his side, suggesting he cut into a live wire while attempting to steal copper. Pre-hospital course was complicated by a witnessed ventricular fibrillation (V-fib) arrest requiring at least one defibrillation shock prior to ED arrival.

TraumaEnvironmental +3 more
Patient arriving via EMS in restraints, visibly distressed and yelling in pain.
S01E02 Moderate
Adult · Female

Joyce St. Claire

Severe, diffuse body pain, initially flagged by EMS as 'drug-seeking behavior'.

Patient is an adult female with a known history of Sickle Cell Disease who was forcibly removed from a city bus and brought to the ED by EMS and police for 'disrupting and disturbing passengers.' Prehospital personnel labeled her as 'combative' and 'drug-seeking' because she was screaming for narcotics and possessed an empty Percocet bottle filled 5 days prior. Upon arrival, the patient was physically struggling with staff, stating her home medications were not working and that she was experiencing a severe vaso-occlusive sickle cell crisis.

HematologyPain Management +3 more
Worried Parents of the Patient
S01E02 Moderate
19 · Male

Nick Bradley

Found unresponsive in bed by parents

19-year-old college student found unresponsive in his bed by his mother. No known medical history, no daily medications, no known allergies. Found barely breathing with pinpoint pupils and a heart rate of 38. Prehospital EMS administered Narcan which improved pupillary response, but the patient failed to breathe spontaneously and required endotracheal intubation. No obvious signs of trauma, and no drugs or alcohol were reported on the scene.

ToxicologyOverdose +3 more