Emergency: NYC

Matt Roush says...

“Sirens are the soundtrack of the city,” observes one of the frontline emergency medical workers profiled in an 8-part docuseries from the producers of Lenox Hill. As someone who lives in midtown Manhattan, I can attest to that—while also remembering the time when we applauded out our windows each evening during the pandemic lockdown at the heroism of these health-care workers. In an urban jungle where some 2 million-plus calls are registered each year, the series follows a helicopter flight nurse, paramedics, transplant surgeons, pediatric trauma surgeons and neurosurgeons as they provide essential medical services.

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