On Wednesday evening, a number of VCH staff gathered at Vancity Theatre for a special screening of ER: Life + Death, a documentary filmed in the VGH emergency department and the second in the popular series.

“This is what we do every day, but it was still exciting,” says Dr. Chad Kim Sing at the screening of the series. “It’s a different vantage point.”

“To see it on a big movie screen, it gave us a different angle, a third-party perspective,” adds Anthony, a nurse at VGH. “There was a couple in front of us in the theatre and they got squeamish a few times. We were like what’s wrong with them?! It’s what we do every day but to see if like that, from a third party perspective, It’s very powerful. What happens in the ED is very powerful.”

Watch a clip

How does an ER nurse handle difficult patients? Watch this 90 second short of Carrie, an RN in the VGH emergency department, for a quick taste of the second series of ER: Life + Death at VGH, premiering next week.

Web short: ER: Life + Death at VGH

There are currently 49 web shorts to watch online now.

Series premieres Tuesday

The exciting series premieres on Tuesday, April 12 at 9 pm on Knowledge Network. In all, there will be six episodes, airing every Tuesday night. Episodes will also be available on the Knowledge Network’s website.