Plot Synopsis

On a scale of 1-5, the emergencies in this series are the highest level -- level one -- and the patients are critical. This series tells stories about emergencies like: two pregnant women who are involved in a car crash; a police shooting that puts a patient's life in the hands of the trauma team; a young veteran who makes it home safely from Iraq only to be gunned down in a Nashville nightclub; and a freak horse-and-buggy accident that leaves an elderly man fighting for his life. Providing trauma care for 65,000 square miles, the Division of Trauma at Vanderbilt University Hospital handles close to 3,000 acute trauma admissions annually by using: a 20-bed burn unit; a 31-bed integrated Acute and Sub Acute care unit, which contains a 14 bed ICU, a 7 bed Acute Admission Area and a 10 bed Sub-Acute unit; and LifeFlight, an active air medical transport program.