Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

In case of emergency / produced by Lisa Frank ; producer, Paula Silver ; director, Carolyn Jones.

Publisher, Date:

New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2021]

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

Director Carolyn Jones looks at how the USA's biggest public health challenges, from the COVID-19 pandemic to the opioid crisis to gun violence and lack of insurance, collide in emergency departments. She follows emergency nurses and their patients in seven unique settings across the U.S., shedding light on some of the biggest health care crises facing Americans today, and the opportunity that emergency nurses have to help break a vicious cycle for patients under their care.

Subjects:

Emergency nursing -- United States.

Public health -- United States.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Jones, Carolyn (Carolyn Elizabeth), film director.

Frank, Lisa (Film producer), film producer.

Silver, Paula (Film producer), film producer.

Almassalkhi, Lars, on-screen participant.