Bringing out the Dead

[joeboo]

Just watched "Bringing out the Dead" with Nicolas cage

Great Christmas movie!!


Anyway, I thought it was pretty accurate(except for hollywood style chest compressions~akin to a deep tissue massage~ and electrodes sitting atop the hair on a mans chest)

Anyone seen it?

Are there any other cool ambulance movies out there?

Merry Christmas!!:birthday::birthday: to Jesus

 

[bigbaldguy]

Just watched "Bringing out the Dead" with Nicolas cage

Great Christmas movie!!


Anyway, I thought it was pretty accurate(except for hollywood style chest compressions~akin to a deep tissue massage~ and electrodes sitting atop the hair on a mans chest)

Anyone seen it?

Are there any other cool ambulance movies out there?

Merry Christmas!!:birthday::birthday: to Jesus

It's a great movie, I haven't seen it in a few years might be time to dig it out again.

You might look up mother jugs and speed. Kind of a movie about the very early days of ambulance serviices.

 

[Aprz]

I didn't like it.

 

[bigbaldguy]

I didn't like it.

Bringing out the dead? It was a little dark but I really like the Nicolas Cage character. I think that's pretty much the mental image I have of him when I hear the name now.

Mother jugs and speed I wasn't super crazy about but it had some pretty funny scenes. Plus it was wild to see doctor Huxstuble at 20 years old

 

[Tigger]

I really like that movie. I think it's a quality movie, not a quality EMS movie.

 

[titmouse]

I own it!

 

[lightsandsirens5]

I really liked it. Not totally on. But still a good movie.

My other favorite EMS movie... Mother, Juggs, and Speed. Lol!

 

[NomadicMedic]

The book Bringing out the Dead from Joe Connolly is much better than the movie. Connolly was a NY paramedic for 10 years, and you’ll notice the book is a lot darker and covers a lot more of the story than the movie.

Read the book and you'll see why Frank (the Nick Cage character) is so tortured.

 

[med51fl]

The movie wasn't bad, but I agree that the book was much better.

Mother, Jugs, & Speed I enjoy. You can't beat Raquel Welch :blush:

 

[Aprz]

I want to read the book, but I wanna read FireTender's (that's his name, right?) book first, Moments in the Death of a Flesh Mechanic.

 

[bigbaldguy]

I want to read the book, but I wanna read FireTender's (that's his name, right?) book first, Moments in the Death of a Flesh Mechanic.

I'm ashamed to admit I'm only about 60 pages into firetenders book but so far I'm really digging it. Definetly An entertaining read.

 

[Veneficus]

You might look up mother jugs and speed. Kind of a movie about the very early days of ambulance serviices.

The most accurate documentary of EMS and ambulance service ever published.

It is just as true today.

 

[Handsome Robb]

I'm still waiting for the opportunity to pull that song and dance with the narcan :lol:

 

[Shepard]

Good movie! Good actors... not necessarily accurate... but seeing as its one of few EMS movies out there I thought it was pretty good!

 

[Medic Tim]

I'm still waiting for the opportunity to pull that song and dance with the narcan :lol:

same here

 

[CANDawg]

From the Netflix description...

"An ambulance driver on the verge of a nervous breakdown...."

:angry:

Boycott! BOYCOTT!!

 

[Medic Tim]

From the Netflix description...

"An ambulance driver on the verge of a nervous breakdown...."

:angry:

Boycott! BOYCOTT!!

I am surprised they have it. Cdn netflix sucks. And get used to being called an ambulance driver... since you are one or will be one....lol

 

[CANDawg]

I am surprised they have it. Cdn netflix sucks. And get used to being called an ambulance driver... since you are one or will be one....lol

They actually don't have it - because they suck. That's why I use a proxy server and tap into the US Netflix. Subscription allows access to both and I can watch all the stuff the Canadian one doesn't have. (Plus none of the CBC programming - an added bonus!)