ER Files

Meet the staff at Charity Hospital as they treat a woman who had a serious foot infection that resulted in amputation, a 24-year-old woman who was stabbed defending her mother and a 9-year-old boy who was accidentally shot by his brother.

Meet the Chief Surgery Resident, Dr. Donna Tesi. Many of the patients treated in this hospital are victims of gunshots and stabbings. Learn how Dr. Mitchell and Dr. Tesi are able to deal with the extreme violence of the city.

Meet more of the staff as they treat a 15-year-old who was riding a three-wheeler through traffic and was struck by a truck, and a nine-year-old who was hit in the head by the metal A-Frame of a falling swing set. Both have…

Meet two new staff members as they treat a 17-year-old man who was shot in front of his parents' home, and his 12 year old neighbor who was shot in the neck by a policeman during a search of an abandoned building down the street from the…

Get to know two new staff members as they treat a young boy with a life-threatening gunshot wound. After hours of surgery they manage to stabilize him. Later the boy takes a turn for the worse and the doctors rush him back to the OR for…

A pregnant woman is rushed in after her car swerved off the road and flipped several times, sending her flying into a ditch where she lay for over two hours before being found. An unconscious man is rushed into the ER after a horrible car…

Residents anxiously await the results for the chief residency positions. An ambulance mechanic's hand is badly mangled and may need amputation. A man in a motorcycle accident slips into a coma and doctors must tell his father the…

A teenager is rushed in with six gunshot wounds. A man's face is smashed in a motor vehicle accident. A professor comes in screaming in pain from a broken leg and fractured skull. Some of the staff finally get a chance to relax at a…

A young couple involved in a drag race smash their van into a tree at 75mph. New Orleans Drs. Hymel and Tesi are compassionate, but realize their city is addictive and good food, good wine and good times can lead to tragedy.

One of numerous nightly gun shot victims is treated in Trauma. Then a dirt bike wreck leaves a young man with no feeling below the waist, and Dr. McSwain spends his day off volunteering as medical director for the Jazz Fest.

A man is treated for a gun shot wound to the temple. A 21-year old is in a three-wheeler accident, and the next day his best friend totals his truck. The residents discuss young men and risk-taking behavior, and then enjoy a lively night…

It's Friday the 13th. A man has been shot in the chest and taken to surgery. A 28-year-old arrives after being in a minor car accident, but suddenly starts vomiting and screaming. A three-year-old spilled hot soup on himself.

Meet a third generation surgeon, a hospital heartthrob, a country-gal nurse and a 30-year nursing veteran treating the patients of Memorial Health, including gunshot victims, car crash survivors and a doctor's Jack Russell terrier with…

A dedicated trauma team gears up to save a robbery victim who has been shot, a drunk driver who rammed his pickup into an 18-wheeler, a woman who has fallen down a flight of stairs and a man with a collapsed lung.

Doctors with a military background bring a new intensity to Memorial Health as they care for gunshot victims, a young man who lost control of his ATV, an elderly couple involved in a car crash while on vacation and a drunk driver who ran…

As doctors care for patient's physical needs, Father Adrian Pollard cares for their spiritual needs. A man is injured in a construction accident; a mother and son crash on the way to a family reunion and a woman is in respiratory distress.

As Savannah, GA transforms into a sea of green for St. Patrick's Day, Memorial Health awaits the casualties: a man with an aortic aneurysm; a skater with two broken wrists; an elderly woman who fell at the parade; and a partier who fell…

Memorial Health's trauma staff sees life change in the blink of an eye for a comatose car crash victim and a man with a severed spinal cord. A motorcyclist may have a ruptured spleen and a toddler has a mechanical pencil lodged in his ear.

Doctors treat a woman who was engulfed in flames while working outside, a man hit by a car as he rushed to the aid of another who had been struck, a gunshot victim who arrives drunk and on cocaine and a toddler with a peanut lodged in his…

Victims coming to Memorial Health include a young man with severe bleeding on his brain following a car collision with a train, a college student stabbed after a night of binge drinking and a bus full of school children followed by…

A boy nearly severs his arm in a fall from a motor boat, a teen has a broken pelvis from a car accident, a moving accident destroys a man's left kidney, and a young girl's injuries from a car accident may have resulted from being…

Spring fever brings serious injuries to Memorial Health including a man with head injuries following a car accident, a toddler strapped in a vehicle by only a front seat belt, two injured motorcyclists and a birth in the hospital parking…