Trauma: Life in the ER

This show appears on the Discovery Health channel, and is fascinating for anyone interested in healthcare or medicine. The show's premise is following around a team of emergency room physicians at certain hospitals across the nation. We get a first hand account of the various situations that these personnel have to deal with and the stress and tenacity it takes to cure patients in life threatening situations. The cameras get up close to the action, filming right next to the team as they operate. We get views of the injuries, but often times they do not show as much as I would like. The gore factor probably is the reason for only showing a little bit of the wounds. Most of the time, the cameras focus on the physicians who explain the injuries, how they were attained and what the treatment options are. It is a great show for learning about hospital life, and the culture that it harbors. We see by watching that the surgeons are always the ones who are barking demands at the remaining staff, and they hold the greatest authority. The nurses are always the ones carrying out demands, but as we learn from one episode, they are vital for the success of an operation or the proper curing of a patient. The show also becomes inspirational when the patients interview at the end (they don't always choose to) and explain how their recovery process went and how thankful they are to be alive and cured.