This is a horrible show on The Learning Channel (TLC). It’s just … pathetic. Unfortunately the stories are STILL untold because whoever writes the scripts for the actors that are having fun playing Doctor/Nurse/EMT have evidently never stepped foot into a hospital in their lives.
First, I’ve only met one or two Doctors ever that have anywhere close to as strong of a God complex as EVERY doctor on the show1. Second, if a Doctor had ever acted like any of those Doctors on the show in my direction as an EMT I’d have gladly slugged them and then turned in my resignation ;)
Just too bad, they have an opportunity to tell some neat “war stories” and show people that might not know any better what it’s really like, but unfortunately they have ruined it by hiring writers that appear to have no background knowledge of EMS and allowing them to go way too over the top in their story telling.
- I’m a former EMT, so I have a pretty good idea of how things should be … Long story but there was a period of time where I left the computer field because I thought EMS was what I wanted to do for a career, obviously I was wrong since I’m now back in IT, heh. [back]