Content & Trigger Warnings for Chicago Med (2015)

Racial bias in healthcare is explored in storylines involving patients and staff.

Several episodes feature critically ill or dying children, with some not surviving

Pediatric cases with tragic outcomes continue as recurring storylines

Pediatric emergencies with sometimes fatal outcomes remain part of the show

Child patients die in several episodes, often depicted with emotional intensity.

Parent characters die or patients who are parents pass away in various storylines.

Patient cases involving eating disorders are addressed in select episodes

Psychiatric holds and involuntary commitment are depicted when patients pose a danger to themselves.

Both patients' families and medical staff grapple with loss and the emotional toll of the profession

Medical staff experience burnout and grief from repeated patient losses

Staff and family grief explored as long-running characters face personal losses

Characters and families of patients frequently deal with grief and loss.

Pregnancy complications and miscarriage are addressed in patient storylines

Pregnancy emergencies and losses depicted in obstetric storylines

Obstetric emergencies and pregnancy complications continue in later seasons

Miscarriage and pregnancy complications are depicted in multiple patient and character storylines.

Patients with suicidal ideation and suicide attempt aftermath are addressed in several episodes.

Multiple patient storylines involve terminal diagnoses and end-of-life decisions

Intensified focus on terminal patient stories and staff members facing their own health crises

Terminal illness storylines continue with emotional weight for both patients and staff

Car accident trauma victims are a frequent source of emergency cases.

Frequent scenes of bleeding patients, surgical blood, and trauma injuries in the emergency department

Surgical and trauma-related blood shown frequently in emergency and operating room scenes

Blood and surgical imagery continue at the same intensity as prior seasons

Extensive depictions of medical procedures including injections, IVs, and surgeries across seasons 1 through 4

Continued extensive medical procedures shown in detail across seasons 5 through 7

Medical procedures remain a constant visual element across seasons 8 through 10

Extensive depiction of medical procedures, surgeries, injections, and hospital trauma throughout every episode.

Occasional scenes of patients vomiting as symptoms of illness or reactions to treatment

Patient vomiting shown occasionally in clinical contexts

Occasional patient vomiting in clinical settings

Alcohol-related injuries and alcoholism are addressed in patient storylines.

Storylines involving patients with addiction and a recurring plot about a doctor's substance abuse

Ongoing addiction storylines among both patients and hospital staff

Addiction and substance abuse remain recurring themes in patient presentations

Drug addiction and overdose patients are regularly treated; a main character struggles with addiction.

Patients arrive in the ED after drug overdoses requiring emergency intervention

Opioid crisis storylines with patients presenting after overdoses

Overdose patients continue to arrive in the emergency department

Child abuse cases appear as patient storylines where doctors must report suspected abuse.

Domestic violence injuries are treated and the abuse is discussed in multiple episodes.

Graphic surgical scenes and severe injury depictions are a core part of the show.

Gunshot wound victims are a recurring presence in the emergency department

Gunshot victims treated in the ED as part of ongoing urban violence themes

Gun violence victims treated as a continuing reality of the urban hospital setting

Gunshot wound victims are regularly treated; a mass shooting event occurs in one storyline.

Patients are treated after suicide attempts and self-inflicted injuries

Patients treated after self-harm and suicide attempts with increasing frequency

Mental health crises including self-harm and suicidal patients continue to be depicted

Sexual assault survivors are treated as patients; the assault itself is discussed rather than shown.