Emergency Room: Life + Death at VGH (2014)

Genre

documentary television program

Country

Canada

Length

3 seasons, 14 episodes

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary series follows the medical staff at Vancouver General Hospital as they treat both minor injuries and life-threatening emergencies. It shows real patients and procedures in a major Canadian trauma center.

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What happens

Emergency Room: Life + Death at VGH is a medical documentary series which premiered on British Columbia's Knowledge Network on January 21, 2014. It follows doctors, nurses and staff at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) as they cope with real patients from the Greater Vancouver Regional District. VGH is the second largest hospital in Canada and British Columbia's only level I trauma centre. Stories of stabbings, car accidents, heart attacks, and life-threatening disease are shown alongside everyday cuts and sprains, drunks, and other minor cases, and episodes contain graphic images of wounds, blood, and/or routine and invasive medical procedures. The series was directed and co-executive produced by Kevin Eastwood, produced by David Moses, and executive produced by Andrew Williamson and Louise Clark of Lark Productions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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