NBC New Show "Trauma" - Live Premiere

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Permalink Reply by Ed Gannon on September 29, 2009 at 5:42am

I had to watch the first episode to judge for myself. It was the first and last time I will watch. Boycott the program and send emails to the producers, actors and TV stations.

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Permalink Reply by Nathan on October 1, 2009 at 7:46pm

Im with you Chris, I really dont understand the people with total disdain for the show. Its about people being too sensitive, or insecure. People are scared of looking bad to the public which is understandable. BUT, I think people missed the point of this show by one hundred miles or more. The public is not watching this show for an accurate portrayal of the job we do! Your right, its entertainment, period! This was never meant to be an accurate account of our job! Im just glad it shows that we are much much more than a quick taxi ride to the hospital! Come on guys! Can we not support something that shows we do more than drive an ambulance!?

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Permalink Reply by Timothy Rossette on October 1, 2009 at 8:50pm

Good point, I hadn't thought of it like that.

Nathan said:

Im just glad it shows that we are much much more than a quick taxi ride to the hospital

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Permalink Reply by Chance Gearheart on October 1, 2009 at 9:30pm

I don't like the notion that telling the public that we're all adrenaline fired control junkies that trach every trauma patient, act unprofessional, and endanger our patients for bragging rights is somehow better than telling them we're all just ambulance drivers. Both are very dangerous and unrealistic expectations of EMS. Emergency Managed to appropriately portray EMS at the time and be entertaining, it's not like Trauma couldn't do the same thing, unfortunately, it doesn't. I absolutely agree with the NAEMT's position letter on this show. The problem is John Q will base his impression of EMS on this show: For christ sakes, CSI has everyone believing that each city runs multi-billion dollar crime labs and take DNA evidence on everything from murders to infidelity. Go ahead, watch an episode of CSI with a cop or a crime lab tech. It's a hillarious learning experience.

I would definitely support Trauma if it even a little more accurately portrayed professional behavior and skilled care that's accurate to the prehospital environment. Unfortunately, as it stands now it's no better than a Michael Bay Blammorama with Instant-Drama-Just-Add-Tracheotomy appeal.
Nathan said:

Im with you Chris, I really dont understand the people with total disdain for the show. Its about people being too sensitive, or insecure. People are scared of looking bad to the public which is understandable. BUT, I think people missed the point of this show by one hundred miles or more. The public is not watching this show for an accurate portrayal of the job we do! Your right, its entertainment, period! This was never meant to be an accurate account of our job! Im just glad it shows that we are much much more than a quick taxi ride to the hospital! Come on guys! Can we not support something that shows we do more than drive an ambulance!?

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