As a preview, I wanted to go ahead and post on here that the NBC garbage show known as Trauma is apparently back on the air. I don’t have the time to post my extended thoughts on this show right now but I will do my best to get a post up tonight that goes into more detail. A good summary would be to say that the show is junk and portrays EMS as irresponsible and does nothing to increase the fact that we we are legitimate medical practitioners. In fact it makes EMS look very unprofessional and reckless.
You can go here to view the show for yourself. Don’t be surprised if you can’t make it past the first five minutes though.
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Trauma is not a documentary it’s entertainment. It should be judged on it’s entertainment value not it’s accuracy. That said the stories could be much better.
You’re right, it’s not a documentary but people are gullible. They think shows like this, ER and CSI show how it really is (and yes there have been studies done on this – I also have a background in media). If people believe that we’re all a bunch of reckless practitioners who do nothing but screw in the station and back of the rig between calls then how can we expect them to take us seriously? ER has done a lot of damage to nurses and docs who are real pros. People think nothing but sex and other junk go on in the ER. True, these things happen but they are generally not accepted and people are generally dealt with severely when they are caught.