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One would imagine that working in an emergency room that life would be orderly, clean and would strictly follow rules and guidelines so as to not endanger patients. But life even in the E.R. is messy, complicated and rules have to be bent or broken just to save lives. Doctors, nurses, administrators, and all necessary staff that populate a hospital E.R. have to find interesting and creative ways to navigate the demands of their jobs and the realities of the world they work in.

Everyone from the new trauma surgeon who has his first day on the job to an experienced surgeon looking to hone his skills to a psychiatrist called into to consult has to find a way to work in the chaos. Personal feelings, relationships, fears and insecurities, and egos all have to be set aside. Saving lives requires a level of dedication and commitment to those who come in looking for care. Miracles may be sought and somehow the E.R. doctors, nurses and crew find a way to make those miracles a reality.

In the new NBC drama series THE NIGHT SHIFT, it highlights the unique pace of life in an E.R. along with the even more unique personalities drawn to such an environment.

In exclusive video interviews, co-stars Scott Wolf, Freddy Rodriguez, Danielle Alonso, Robert Bailey Jr. and Jeanne Goossen talked about their characters and the unique qualities that make those characters essential and valued members of a medical team in THE NIGHT SHIFT: [Read more…]

Not everyone working the night shift is an adrenaline junkie. For some it is a refuge, a way to escape the pressures of the world and yet do a job they love. One such surgeon is Dr. Drew McAllister (Brendan Fehr). Unfortunately, he made an iron-clad agreement with the Army that they would pay for his medical education if he signed away 10 years of service after he was completed. Now into his second year of residency at San Antonio Memorial, Drew can feel the ticking clock counting down.

Fortunately, Drew has the good luck to be working under T.C. Callahan (Eoin Macken) and Topher (Ken Leung), trauma surgeons who served together in Afghanistan. Drew is learning not only from the best, but from those who understand what is to provide care for medical emergencies in the field. These are not just surgeons waiting for people to come through the E.R. doors, they will go where it they are needed to help. From an airplane crash to a hunting accident to a tornado disaster area, they are trauma surgeons that perform under any circumstance and will do anything to save a life. [Read more…]

At every hospital across the country, there is a world that most never see — the world of the night shift. After hours, every kind of medical emergency crosses the threshold all hopeful that the doctors can save one more life or ease a person’s medical agonies. But just what kind of person willingly wants to work the night shift? In NBC’s new drama series, it explores the personalities, psyche and passions of a group of people who embrace the craziness of what goes on after-hours in a hospital emergency room. Best of all, not all emergencies can come to them and they have to get out and put their trauma skills to use in the field. In the world of THE NIGHT SHIFT, anything goes. To save a life, rules are thrown out and financial budgets are concerns for those who do not understand that playing god and saving lives requires a dedication that only few know how to provide. [Read more…]