The film
What actually happens in the sixty minutes that decide a trauma outcome — from the radio call to the quiet after.
The problem on the table
Emergency medicine residents were choosing other programs based on an outdated perception of the department's volume and teaching culture.
How we made it
Six weeks of on-call availability, HIPAA-cleared observational filming, and a strict two-person footprint in the trauma bay. Attendings wore wireless audio; nothing was recreated.
Behind the scenes
- Strict two-person footprint in the trauma bay, radios monitored, cameras staged outside the red line.
- Attendings wore wireless lavs so nothing needed to be recreated.
- A long shoot window run without interrupting clinical workflow.
They were in our trauma bay for weeks and never once got in the way. Residents notice that.
