Cathlyn Robinson
Author
Language
English
Description
All of our country's biggest public health challenges-from COVID-19 to the opioid crisis to gun violence to behavioral health and lack of insurance-collide in emergency departments. Nearly half of all medical care in the U.S. is delivered in E.D.s and nurses are on the frontlines of that care, addressing our physical and emotional needs and sending us back out into the world. "In Case of Emergency" is a documentary that follows emergency nurses and...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Director Carolyn Jones looks at how the USA's biggest public health challenges, from the COVID-19 pandemic to the opioid crisis to gun violence and lack of insurance, collide in emergency departments. She follows emergency nurses and their patients in seven unique settings across the U.S., shedding light on some of the biggest health care crises facing Americans today, and the opportunity that emergency nurses have to help break a vicious cycle for...