Chev Chelios é um assassino profissional que deseja deixar o ramo de trabalho. Porém ele é envenenado com uma toxina chamada "Beijing Cocktail", que afeta a glândula supra-renal. Esta glândula cuida da produção de adrenalina no organismo, com a toxina forçando a diminuição constante dos batimentos cardíacos até sua parada total. Com pouco tempo de vida, Chev decide partir atrás de vingança.
Guy Luthan é um médico inglês que, trabalhando em um hospital de Nova York, começa a fazer perguntas quando repara que o corpo de um homem que morreu na emergência desapareceu. Na verdade não há nem registros de sua entrada. Ao tentar descobrir a verdade, o médico encontra pistas que têm relação com um eminente cirurgião, mas logo se vê em perigo, pois algumas pessoas não querem que os segredos do hospital venham à tona.
A troubled young woman wakes up one day as a different person - someone who is stalked by creatures.
Dois homens se conhecem em um clube de sexo, se envolvem em um abraço apaixonado e passam a noite se conhecendo. Enquanto vagam pelas ruas vazias de Paris, eles precisam confrontar os sentimentos que crescem entre eles.
An accident occurs and we dial 911, an ambulance arrives and we are taken to a fully equipped Emergency Room staffed with specifically trained Emergency Room Doctors. Forty years ago, that was not the case. How did we get here? Our film explores the dramatic history of modern Emergency Medicine, told by its maverick founders, in their own words. The historic take on the specialty allows us to contrast where Emergency Medicine is today with where it began, not too long ago.
Medical drama about a major hospital whose emergency room regularly faces an overload of patients. One of the doctors finds it necessary to adopt an unorthodox procedure to try to save a patient, and finds himself in trouble in consequence.
Two friends enter an Emergency Room, seeking help after an incident. They will find themselves living a series of surreal experiences through the eccentric characters that populate the waiting room. But will they get the help they need?
Stresses recognition and treatment of drug abuse emergencies, accurate identification of symptoms, and immediate clinical procedures. Presents scenes of actual cases in the emergency room and adjoining physician's offices of Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. Viewers observe emergency treatment of patients in the major classes of drugs commonly abused, opiates, depressants, stimulants, and hallucinogens. The film demonstrates to health professionals that successful management of drug overdoses can save most lives and avert additional organic and psychiatric complications.
Uma imersão no coração do ambiente hospitalar com todas as suas luzes e sombras.
Focuses on the state of the Quebec health system in the early 1970s. This film reveals the harsh reality of emergency rooms. There, medical teams, facing a serious shortage of staff, are facing a real invasion of patients. The technical means, often insufficient, make the task even more difficult.