Emergency, Channel 4, review: “Watch this vital trauma medicine documentary from behind your pillow”

From The i newspaper:

“In 2005, after the 7/7 London bombings, the NHS formed the Major Trauma System, a network of hospitals, paramedics and air ambulances, whose aim is to treat the most critically injured patients in London and the south east as quickly and effectively as possible.

This Channel 4 documentary series, which runs over four consecutive nights this week, follows their efforts in excruciating, sobering, and sometimes graphic detail.

In terms of format, Emergency was fairly standard and procedural, providing narrative by cutting between the cases at the three hospitals – but it was the breathtaking work and expertise of the NHS staff featured which took the programme far, far out of the ordinary and made this an enormously moving watch.

The access granted to the documentary crew was almost no-holds-barred. Injuries were shown close up, and patients’ loved ones were interviewed.”

Read the full article here and more about the production here.

https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/emergency-channel-4-review-documentary-london-major-trauma-system-1485055