Trauma: Life in the ER
TV Show · Reality

Explore what life is like in an emergency room. Travel to different ERs located throughout the United States to learn about the excitement, trials, and tribulations associated with emergency medicine. Nowhere are the stakes higher than in the trauma bays of the hospital, where life and death hinge on split-second decisions.

1997 · 1h 0m
Starring Michael McGlone

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Cast & Crew

  • Michael McGlone
    Narrator

About

Trauma: Life in the ER

Reality

Explore what life is like in an emergency room. Travel to different ERs located throughout the United States to learn about the excitement, trials, and tribulations associated with emergency medicine. Nowhere are the stakes higher than in the trauma bays of the hospital, where life and death hinge on split-second decisions.

Information

Studio
Discovery Life
Released
1997
Rated
TV-PG
Region of Origin
United States
© 1998 Discovery Communications Inc.

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  • Armenia
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  • Gambia
  • Ghana
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  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger (English)
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa
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  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
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  • 香港 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Indonesia (English)
  • 日本
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
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  • Malaysia (English)
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
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  • New Zealand
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