Car crashes, home injuries, fires, natural disasters. The difference between life and death often depends on the speed and efficiency of emergency care services. The work of doctors, paramedics, and nurses being in the first line of the battle against early and meaningless death or paralyzation is extremely difficult and inspirational at the same time. Sometimes there are only seconds left to save a patients life. In case of high-risk patients, each minute waiting for treatment significantly reduces their chance of surviving. This includes cardiac arrest patients, where brain damage typically starts within four to six minutes.No wonder that millions of people (including The Medical Futurist team) jittered through more than 300 episodes of Chicago County General Hospitals ER starting from the 1990s, and that the gig ensured a standing place for George Clooney among the biggest stars. The suggestive power of doctors and nurses saving lives also gave a rise to medical documentaries, such as the BBCs An Hour To Save Your Life, the American docudrama entitled Untold Stories of the ER with re-enactments of real-life medical stories or the more recent incarnation of ER, entitled Chicago Med.

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