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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well this week's episode is a gut punch. Fantastic acting all around but just brutal.

I've had to spend a bit of time in the ER as a patient and as a loved one and I've always really respected and appreciated the people who work in them, but this show is giving me a better sense of what it is like, emotionally, to work there. I've encountered some people in ERs who struck me as callous or harsh at times, and while I've never been too bothered by it, I've also never really considered what they might have experienced prior to my encounter with them that might have influenced how they approach me or their work. I just chalked it up to personality. But this episode made me think a lot about that, how the work must impact the people there and the different ways people might handle it.[/quote]

There was an article in the NYT about how medical professionals are impressed by the show's accuracy.  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/arts/television/pitt-doctors-noah-wyle.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yk4.gfA4.Qlm8SHmCbgaK&smid=url-share
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As a medical professional who has been in various areas of the hospital and who has seen a lot , I've been pretty impressed by the accuracy of this show.  Obviously some things are rushed for drama, overdone for drama, or just cant be done accurately because of TV.  But that story line with the elderly man and his children who weren't ready to let him go?   I've been through that so many times I had tears streaming down my face because it was done so well that it brought back so many memories of myself being involved in those situations.  Or the stable patient who suddenly dies and you have to just keep going?  So hard.

They've obviously hired good consults because the medical bits are pretty accurate and I like that they don't dumb it down.  [/quote]

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