Emergency Room: Life + Death at VGH

Season 2

Depicts the nature of medicine practiced under pressure, allowing viewers to observe how a doctor's experience is challenged by unpredictable circumstances.

Where to Watch Season 2

6 Episodes

  • We Turn No One Away
    E1
    We Turn No One AwayTriage sorts through bike accidents, severed fingers, a patient who has fallen off a mountain and one who barely needs a bandage. No case, large or small, is turned away by the emergency department of Vancouver General Hospital… and it’s taking its toll.
  • Mondays
    E2
    MondaysMondays are the worst in the emergency department, with staff tackling a wide range of medical emergencies. Meanwhile, patients from the overflowing psychiatric assessment unit have filled up the beds and some are literally fighting to get out.
  • Full Code
    E3
    Full CodeThe staff faces overwhelming traffic from elderly patients suffering a range of medical issues. Doctors and nurses struggle with the conflicting issues of “living long” versus “living well.”
  • Summer
    E4
    SummerSummer hits the ER and the air conditioning is down. From a nail in a boot, to an agonizing escharotomy following a severe burn, everybody is feeling the heat. An ER resident winds up in treatment after a head - injury on the water.
  • Nurses
    E5
    NursesIt's last days at VGH for Jo - Anne, the matriarch/charge nurse of the ER. Despite being surrounded by pain and suffering on a daily basis, most nurses love the challenge and share their secrets to surviving in “Emerge”.
  • Going Home
    E6
    Going HomeIn an episode that’s full of life-saving technology, remarkable treatments and heart - warming recoveries, we witness ER staff, patients and family members confront the limitations of medicine and face the truth of their own mortality.

 

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