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A satirical medical comedy, Cardiac Arrest follows the perils and pitfalls of the staff in an NHS hospital. Idealist and newly qualified houseman Dr Andrew Collin arrives on the wards with the best intentions, ready to put his theoretical knowledge into action. Within no time, he realises that his optimistic outlook is at odds with that of Claire Maitland, the senior house officer; someone who sets about trying to teach the young doctor a lesson. Includes all the episodes from all three series.
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2.4 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Box Set, Interactive Menu, Multi-DVD Set, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: A satirical medical comedy CARDIAC ARREST follows the perils and pitfalls of the staff in an NHS hospital. Idealist and newly-qualified houseman Dr Andrew Collin arrives on the wards with the best intentions ready to put his theoretical knowledge into action. Within no time he realises that his optimistic outlook is at odds with Claire Maitland the senior house officer someone who sets about trying to teach the young doctor a lesson. Includes all the episodes from all three series. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: BAFTA Awards, ...Cardiac Arrest - Complete Series - 5-DVD Box Set ( Cardiac Arrest - Complete Collection ) ( Cardiac Arrest - Entire Series 1-3 )
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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I was a medical student when this originally came out, and thought it was great. Now I know it was actually superb. The blackest of black humour, and yet it so catches the flavour. I find myself cast back to those long weekend shifts, where the only time between Friday and Monday that you got to sit down was driving between the two hospital sites you covered, and the only food you had was a dried up sandwich you ate whilst driving. The best written medical drama ever.
36 of 37 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I was a final year Medical Student when the first series was shown, and a junior doctor for series 2 and 3. Only the same writer's "Bodies" has come close to really catching the world of the newly qualified and junior medics in the NHS. At the time there was an outcry over the portrayal of disillusioned, cynical doctors and especially the bitching and moaning of the nurses (who had never been shown on TV as anything other than "angels"), and I'm sure I remember the Health Secretary being questioned about it with politicians and journalists queueing up to denounce it. This usually means (and it certainly did here) that the satire is painfully accurate. The problem was that the institutionalized stupidity, sleep-deprivation, and continual confrontation with mortality and suffering which forged our camaraderie as junior docs can't easily be compressed into half an hour - it can appear too far-fetched to be credible for anyone who has not been there. Any one of the events shown, especially the infamous filling-a-catheter-balloon-with-tea incident, would have entered the junior medical folk-lore from which Jed Mercurio must have gathered them, but they would have occurred as moments of humour in long stretches of grinding fatigue and boredom that would not make great telly, not within 30 minutes! Watching this series again, I cannot quite believe it got made, but I'm glad it did, because I cannot think how else I could explain to anyone who has not experienced what we went through. It's the details that count, all the little bits of idiotic beaurocracy and pettiness which you spent so much time banging your head against that are so faithfully reproduced. They wouldn't mean much to a non-medic, but they give the programme such authenticity, though quite often they are almost in passing. It all came rushing vividly back! Swinging between high drama and farce with unexpected emotional sucker-punches, Cardiac Arrest distilled the whole hideous nightmare we loved and hated into the hard-hitting essence of the junior medic's experience, and as such it should be required viewing for all medical students. If you haven't been there you'll probably not believe it, but this is the closest anyone has ever come to catching the reality.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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It's been a long time since i was a house officer starting out, but watching this brought it all back, the never-ending bleep interruptions, the nights on the ward, endless jobs and walking miles through hospital corridors. Cardiac arrest is so very accurate to the life of junior doctors at that time it is a must for anyone either looking for a trip down memory lane, or new junior doctors starting out at a time of equal change in the NHS. It is a great shame that no further episodes were made.
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This was our life
No other "medical drama" captured the reality of a juniors life in the NHS in the late 80`s/early 90`s as well as this. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Dr. Michael J. Johnson
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excellent, its been a long time since we watched this and was well worth a revisit.
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Published 11 months ago by MR IAN COX
Top medical drama
I recently got this after having seen it in the 1990s and thought it might be a bit dated. Not really - it's stood the test of time, but there are fewer machines that go "ping"... Read more
Published 22 months ago by MFH
Frighteningly realistic
OK, so it's dated and the acting is a little hammed up in places, but this is easily the most accurate depiction of the life of a junior doctor. Read more
Published on 27 Feb 2010 by Doctorludo
thank god it made it to DVD ...
... for C A is exquisite. on taking delivery of the DVDs, I couldnt put it down til I'd caught up on the whole of 3 glorious series. Read more
Published on 16 Feb 2010 by jbs72008
Cardiac Arrest DVD box set
A painful, poignant reminder of junior medical training 15-20 years ago. Non-medics will struggle to appreciate the accuracy of this. A fantastic set of DVDs and a must see.
Published on 7 Feb 2010 by HB
Cardiac Arrest
I was hesitent when ordering this but because the reviews were so good thought it would be good also. Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2009 by jill pill
Fantastic!
I have just finished watching this again having made a point of watching all of it the first time it was broadcast. Read more
Published on 10 Nov 2008 by Mr. A. Poolan
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Dated only slightly by the onset of New Labour's NHS reform, this remains the most true to life hospital drama I've ever seen - forget Holby City and ER, this tells you about life... Read more
Published on 30 July 2008 by J. Wilson
Hauntingly real
It's stunning. Just buy it. It's compulsory viewing for any new doc about to step foot on the wards.
Published on 3 July 2008 by D. O'KANE
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