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#21 Postby Andrew92 » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:08 pm

MSRobi911 wrote:Duckie the credits at the end say it was filmed in Canada......do what? since when do they have Hurricanes or Tropical Storms....

The movie was OK, but like the others said, it had a lot of potential but it wasn't done, I guess being a made for TV movie. Wish they would have had a bigger budget to do a better job, would have been a good full length feature film.

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2003. Hurricane Juan.

However, I really do think that was a serious oddball. I just wanted to pick on someone.

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#22 Postby MSRobi911 » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:18 pm

Ok Andrew.....I get it....rare occurance :) :)

Didn't totally check my facts on my statement :)

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#23 Postby GalvestonDuck » Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:17 am

Yup, I scanned through my taping of it this morning (no way was I going to stay up til midnight and suffer through it -- I'll watch the whole thing later). So, I saw at the end where it says "Filmed on location in Vancouver, Canada." Figures. They say it's cheaper there to make movies, especially made-for-TV ones.

I got to the part where the nurse in the neonatal unit is giving report on one of her patients. She says that the baby had a "28-week gestational period. Mom delivered him prematurely." Um...duh! Redundancy. Obviously, you DON'T have to tell other NICU nurses that 28 weeks is premature and most viewers would know that too (wouldn't they?). Also, in an earlier scene, a paramedic bringing in the young girl from the car accident (see? I couldn't even watch long enough to learn the character's names) said, "Glascow coma score of 15 out of 15." That's redundant too. All he really needed to say was "GCS 15" which most medical personnel know means the patient is fully alert and responsive. No need to say "out of 15." But in that case, I suppose it was good for the viewers to understand. We never ever did the GCS unless it was someone with some sort of actual deficit.

And just what was with putting a cake in a fridge in a patient care area? Food goes in breakrooms, far away from any specimen handling or medical supplies. That fridge was right there in their charting area. The Joint Commission guys would have a field day fining them for stuff like that!

And to think, that's just nit-picky medical stuff from the first half-hour or so. :roll:

I don't know if I really want to watch the rest of it.
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#24 Postby MSRobi911 » Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:35 am

Duckie

There isn't a whole lot of medical after that...hahahaha....but the Joint Commission and OSHA both would have a field day with food and medication in the same fridge!!!! let alone eating in a patient area, gimme a break.

Just like can you believe only 1 person in the blood bank in a 9 floor hospital???? Unbelievable!!

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#25 Postby Andy_L » Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:43 am

Just for the record, as a Canadian, you would be amazed at the number of hurricanes/TS's that affect eastern Canada. Granted that most have disipated by the time they reach Canadian soil, that doesn't mean that ALL have. Hurricane Juan was just one example. Hurricane Hazel was another i believe. Its enough of an issue in eastern Canada that we have our own hurricane prediction centre

http://www.atl.ec.gc.ca/weather/hurrica ... anes5.html

Some interesting information in there btw :)

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#26 Postby GalvestonDuck » Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:48 am

MSRobi911 wrote:Duckie

There isn't a whole lot of medical after that...hahahaha....but the Joint Commission and OSHA both would have a field day with food and medication in the same fridge!!!! let alone eating in a patient area, gimme a break.

Just like can you believe only 1 person in the blood bank in a 9 floor hospital???? Unbelievable!!

Mary


Oh, I know! Heck, that medical center looks bigger than UK and I KNOW there were at least 3 techs on staff in the UK blood bank, even on night shift. And what's with labeling it "Blood Lab?" There ought to be an entire clinical laboratory area with areas for blood bank, bacteriology, hematology, histology, cytology, blood gases and chemistry, tox and drug screens, and several others. Just based on the size of the blood refrigerators shown in the movie, I know HM is comparable in size to UK.

I think a LOT was added for dramatic effect. I'm sure they had a better contingency plan than that. Even if they didn't have a *plan," they had more staff available to help with the basement evacuation.
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