I awoke this morning in the UK to news that NBC has ordered three more episodes of TRAUMA. Before you go groaning about how bad you thought the show was realize the opportunity we have as a Profession. Everyone talks about the show being up against better shows in their time slot. Mark and I even had a chance to visit the set of a filming while he was in San Francisco and even the folks there mentioned the tough time slot.
Does anyone watch TV when the shows are live anymore? I have weeks of my favorite shows backed up on the DVR, including TRAUMA and we only watch certain shows live. The rest we watch when we have a chance. So put away all those arguments about the time slot.
Also, realize that we’ve been heard by the writers and producers about the characters and call types, the show is getting better with each episode.
Enough about the unrealistic medicine. Of course it’s unrealistic, but how many of you demanded ER be cancelled for the same reasons?
TRAUMA is the first real vehicle for bringing our job into the light. I’ll be it it’s a dim light for right now, but we need to take anything we can get and change it when it gets here.
Besides, until Chronicles of EMS gets picked up, this is the closest thing to what we do on TV. Unless you want Baywatch back. Don’t make me get that one out.
So let’s get our patient loaded and transported. This might just be an epi rhythm, but stranger things have happened.
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