Trauma Center (TV series)

Trauma Center
Genre	medical drama
Starring	James Naughton Lou Ferrigno Dorian Harewood Wendie Malick
Composer(s)	James Di Pasquale
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (3 unaired)
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	Glen A. Larson Productions Jeremac Productions 20th Century Fox Television
Distributor	20th Television
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 22 – December 8, 1983

Trauma Center is an American medical drama that aired on ABC from September 22, 1983 to December 8, 1983.^[1]

In the run-up to the 1983 Fall season, the series was promoted on-air and in the Fall Preview issue of TV Guide as Medstar, but was changed to Trauma Center prior to the first airdate.

Premise

The series followed the staff at Medstar Trauma Center, a special unit of the fictional McKee Hospital in Los Angeles County who dealt with numerous life-threatening medical incidents in each episode. The show also focused on two ambulance paramedics who often had to undertake unusual or dangerous actions in order to rescue injured people before delivering them to the Trauma Center.

Cast

• James Naughton as Dr. Michael 'Cutter' Royce
• Dorian Harewood as Dr. Nate 'Skate' Baylor
• Wendie Malick as Dr. Brigitte Blaine
• Bill Randolph as Dr. 'Beaver' Bouvier
• Eileen Heckart as Amy Decker, R.N.
• Arlean Dean Snyder as Dr. Charles Sternhouser
• Alfie Wise as paramedic Sidney 'Hatter' Pacelli
• Lou Ferrigno as paramedic John Six
• Jack Bannon as pilot Buck Williams
• Jayne Modean as Nurse Hooter

Episodes

1. Trauma Center (Pilot) (September 22, 1983)
2. Notes About Courage (September 29, 1983) *
3. No Easy Days (October 6, 1983)
4. Breakthrough (October 13, 1983)
5. No More Heroes (October 20, 1983)
6. Turnaround (October 27, 1983)
7. Trail's End (November 10, 1983)
8. Shock Waves (November 17, 1983)
9. Silent Sounds (November 24, 1983)
10. Out of Control (December 8, 1983)
11. Line of Fire (Unaired)
12. Win or Lose (Unaired)
13. Smash-Up (Unaired)

• This is a crossover begun in The Fall Guy series. The episode is called Trauma, which was aired on Sep 28, 1983.

References

External links

• Trauma Center at the Internet Movie Database