A level-one trauma center in NM depends heavily on their Air Rescue Unit.

The Elvis Presley Trauma Center in Memphis treats some unique injuries.

San Francisco General is the only level one trauma center in the city.

Alcohol and recklessness can turn sport into nightmare.

Pittsburgh is ranked the safest U.S. city, but this doesn't count the injuries that people inflict upon each other and themselves. The Allegheny General's trauma team is pushed to its limit with head injuries, brain surgery and a horse attack.

The Barnes-Jewish Hospital trauma center handles life-threatening injuries.

Crisis is the mode of operation at the University of Texas San Antonio Hospital. A family is injured in a minivan roll-over, an elderly rancher is trampled by a bull, & one of the trauma team's own is stuck by a needle filled with a patient's blood.

Savannah's St. Patrick's Day celebration increases the emergency workload.

The trauma team at Legacy Emanuel Hospital is dedicated to its work.

Physicians at San Francisco General Hospital are both doctors and teachers.

Many people leave Pittsburgh but many people return for the rivers, fields & charm of the city. Pittsburgh's Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) is the city's finest level one trauma center & the staff do their best to treat every patient like family.

Oakland, CA, is home to a large population of people struggling with poverty & substance abuse and has more than a hundred gangs. Although they are on a low budget, the ER at Highland Hospital will manage to treat a wide range of injuries and people.

A Phoenix hospital treats stabbings, near-decapitation and more.

Denver Health Medical Center's trauma unit is equipped to handle disasters of any magnitude including Columbine High School shooting victims that were treated there. Join staff as they treat car wreck victims, gunshot wounds & snowboarding injuries.

Hennepin County Medical Center defies the county hospital stereotype. With state-of-the-art equipment & 84 private treatment cubicles, over 90k patients can be treated each year without overcrowding. Minnesota's oldest ER has kept up with the times.

Travel to 1 of the busiest trauma units in the nation at Louisville's University Hospital. With the only Level 1 Trauma Center for 100's of miles, the staff sees their share of domestic violence from the isolated rural areas surrounding Louisville.