I was excited to watch this programme after sitting down with the misses and hoped that I wouldn't be let down by another over dramitised medical show. Sadly I was wholly disappointed.
After watching the first 4 episodes to see if got better, each episode got increasingly bizarre in its medical depiction. What is realistic is how it depicts the essential support provided by nursing staff in a busy ER.
I'm not sure if age has just bittered me or the fact I just now know more after working in busy trauma centres, but I remember ER deftly combining multiple story lines while getting the medical aspects mostly right; it just seems like Code Black is forcing it, and then sacrificing medical realism in the process.
For those that care to know or are doing their finals: doing a Lactate, then a whole body CT, then taking a history and finally doing an U/S scan to diagnose an Ovarian torsion will fail you. Subsequently, if the same ER doctor then offered to do de-tort said Ovary laprascopically, I would ask to see another Doctor.
I may be criticised for being too exacting, but I believe that accurate portrayal of medical aspects should in no way detract from good dramatic storytelling. ER managed it.
As an aside, the characters have been cast well with a special mention to Luis Guzman who portrays a senior ER nurse skillfully.
After watching the first 4 episodes to see if got better, each episode got increasingly bizarre in its medical depiction. What is realistic is how it depicts the essential support provided by nursing staff in a busy ER.
I'm not sure if age has just bittered me or the fact I just now know more after working in busy trauma centres, but I remember ER deftly combining multiple story lines while getting the medical aspects mostly right; it just seems like Code Black is forcing it, and then sacrificing medical realism in the process.
For those that care to know or are doing their finals: doing a Lactate, then a whole body CT, then taking a history and finally doing an U/S scan to diagnose an Ovarian torsion will fail you. Subsequently, if the same ER doctor then offered to do de-tort said Ovary laprascopically, I would ask to see another Doctor.
I may be criticised for being too exacting, but I believe that accurate portrayal of medical aspects should in no way detract from good dramatic storytelling. ER managed it.
As an aside, the characters have been cast well with a special mention to Luis Guzman who portrays a senior ER nurse skillfully.