Complex sentence: When he returns to the hospital, Starks slips on ice and hits his head; bleeding profusely, he convinces two of the more sympathetic doctors to put him into the jacket one last time.
Split into simpler sentences: When he returns to the hospital, Starks slips on the ice and hits his head. Bleeding profusely, he convinces two of the more sympathetic doctors to put him into the jacket one last time.