I watch a lot of documentaries, and given their subject matter is often the grimmest ills of our society, wanton criminality and the most base of human motivations, I was frankly overjoyed to see this series highlighting first responders and other expert healthcare professionals struggling to help anybody and everybody in need in NYC, while dealing with their own real-life moments. You get to see continually overworked (& often underappreciated) doctors, nurses, specialists, and even "flight-for-life" helicopter pilots and ground ambulance transport personnel. Can you Imagine your chopper-pilot nurse who happens to be 6-7 months pregnant herself (and needing to be manually induced soon), or the trauma nurse traveling with your gravely ill child has had a kid of his own desperately needing that neo-natal ICU? What about a guy donating a kidney to a friend and former coworker that he's known well for ~20 years, but wanting to keep it a secret from the recipient "so he'll think a kind, random stranger wanted to help save his life." I have seen some reviewers pointing out that this show paints an unrealistically rosey picture of Western medicine in general, and healthcare in America in particular, and there may be some truth to that. But frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn! These dedicated human beings represent the best of our species trying their level best to provide psychological comfort and physiological care to other humans who need it the very most. And I am both fascinated and moved by it all. I rate it a strong 9/10, and recommend it for all.
Review of Emergency NYC
