The Medicine of Er: Or, How We Almost Die

Lets you scrub in for an insider s view of ER, the most true-to-life med. TV series ever made. It takes you behind the quick cuts -- both those of the camera & those of the scalpel -- to enhance your understanding of the heroics & the heartbreak that fill every episode of this popular show. In fact, the show s writers have actually come in search of material to the hospital where Dr. Gibbs practices. Here is everything dedicated viewers will want to know, including bloopers from the series, clear explanations of how ER doctors zero in on a diagnosis, & step-by-step re-creations of the medical decisions & procedures from some of ER s most gripping episodes.