It means the "system" that is the county hospital is overwhelmed, as a body is overwhelmed during a heart attack, and may in fact be on the edge of death. As this bleak but sadly illuminating movie shows us, the whole U. The advent of limited socialized medicine hasn't begun to ease the misery.
The problem, as the movie explains, is twofold. There's funding, and then there's paperwork. Medical care costs too much in this country. It's so expensive that a major injury or the onset of a major illness can bankrupt whole families. There's still tremendous resistance to the idea that society should collectively pitch in for everyone's health care, even though, as one doctor in the film explains, everyone already IS paying for everyone else's health care: when poor or working class people with no decent health insurance go to emergency rooms, the taxpayer ends up footing the bill anyway, so getting on a high-horse about it is silly.
The question isn't whether you should have to contribute to a stranger's health care, since you already are contributing in the form of taxes; it's what form that contribution will ultimately take, and how efficiently and sensibly the money will be used. The paperwork problem is thornier. As "Code Black" points out, emergency medicine as we now know it was created at C-Booth, a ward in LA County General that in flashbacks has a touch of the battlefield tent about it.
Because C-Booth was located in a cramped area of an old building, it was spared some of the usual administrative requirements placed on similar facilities in newer hospitals. The doctors and nurses who worked there were sort of grandfathered in, as professionals empowered to concentrate on treating patients and not worrying so much about dotting all the i's and crossing all the t's.
When C-Booth moved to a new, state-of-the-art facility in , the waivers disappeared, and now those same healthcare providers talk about spending most of their days filling out paperwork, instead of establishing a rapport with patients and then treating their ailments.
Wait times in the waiting rooms began creeping upward. Many patients now wait hours, sometimes whole days, to see a doctor. This medical drama follows the staff in an extremely busy emergency room as they cope with a staggering amount of patients, which oftentimes outweighs the hospital's resources, resulting in a code black. Did you know Edit. Trivia The cast and some extras attended a medical boot camp to train for the show. User reviews Review. Top review. Why cancel a good show.
While I'll admit they wrote a fine ending to this series, I still have problems understanding why they cancelled this show. Code Black was a show that should have been given a full 22 episodes every season. I have said I also enjoy Greys Anatomy, this was grey's on steroids and will be missed.
Kudos to the writers though-out the series, I found every episode great including the finale. I just wish the ending was in the far future, not the past. Details Edit.
Release date September 30, United States. United States. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 42 minutes. Related news. Sep 22 TVfanatic. Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content. Top Gap. What is the Hindi language plot outline for Code Black ? See more gaps Learn more about contributing. Edit page. Hollywood Icons, Then and Now. Season 1 Episode Guide A team of dedicated doctors are thrust into a medical maelstrom at a hectic ER.
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