The House M.D. episode featuring a patient trapped in a collapsed building is “Help Me.”
“Help Me” is the season-six finale, which aired on May 17, 2010. House and his team respond to a building collapse and try to save Hannah, a young woman pinned beneath rubble. The emergency setting forces House to make decisions with limited information, little equipment, and rapidly changing conditions.
The episode is notable because its medical mystery unfolds in a disaster-response environment rather than primarily inside Princeton-Plainsboro. It also explores House’s emotional reaction to a patient whose situation cannot be solved simply by finding the right diagnosis.
“Help Me” is sometimes mixed up with “Three Stories,” another highly regarded episode centered on House recounting difficult cases. “Three Stories” is from season one; “Help Me” is the season-six finale and focuses on the building-collapse rescue.