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From the Radiolab podcast: How a plane crash in Nebraska gave us the modern ER.
February 1976. A flight out of California turned catastrophic when it crashed into a farm in rural Nebraska. What happened that night at the local hospital, and crucially, what went wrong, would inspire a global sea-change in how emergency rooms operate and fundamentally alter the way doctors think in a crisis.
CONTENT ADVISORY: This episode contains graphic descriptions of the aftermath of a plane crash. Listen with care.
Special thanks to Jody and Jay Upright, Heather Talbott, Dr. Ron Simon, Dr. John Sutyak, Dr. Paul Collicott, Irvene Hughe, Maimonides Medical Center, Karl Sukhia and Vanya Zvonar.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Reported by Avir Mitra, with help from Maria Paz Gutierrez, Sarah Qari, Becca Bressler, Suzie Lechtenberg, Heather Radke and Ana Gonzalez.
Produced by Maria Paz Gutierrez, Becca Bressler and Pat Walters, with help from Ana Gonzalez.
Original music and sound design contributed by Maria Paz Gutierrez and Jeremy Bloom, with mixing help from Jeremy Bloom.
Fact-checking by Diane Kelly.
Edited by Becca Bressler and Pat Walters.
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From the Radiolab podcast: How a plane crash in Nebraska gave us the modern ER.
February 1976. A flight out of California turned catastrophic when it crashed into a farm in rural Nebraska. What happened that night at the local hospital, and crucially, what went wrong, would inspire a global sea-change in how emergency rooms operate and fundamentally alter the way doctors think in a crisis.
CONTENT ADVISORY: This episode contains graphic descriptions of the aftermath of a plane crash. Listen with care.
Special thanks to Jody and Jay Upright, Heather Talbott, Dr. Ron Simon, Dr. John Sutyak, Dr. Paul Collicott, Irvene Hughe, Maimonides Medical Center, Karl Sukhia and Vanya Zvonar.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Reported by Avir Mitra, with help from Maria Paz Gutierrez, Sarah Qari, Becca Bressler, Suzie Lechtenberg, Heather Radke and Ana Gonzalez.
Produced by Maria Paz Gutierrez, Becca Bressler and Pat Walters, with help from Ana Gonzalez.
Original music and sound design contributed by Maria Paz Gutierrez and Jeremy Bloom, with mixing help from Jeremy Bloom.
Fact-checking by Diane Kelly.
Edited by Becca Bressler and Pat Walters.
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🌝 We have some exciting news! In our “Zoozve” episode, Radiolab named our first-ever quasi-moon, and now it's your turn! We've teamed up with The International Astronomical Union to launch a global naming contest for one of Earth’s quasi-moons. This is your chance to make your mark on the heavens. Submit your name ideas now through September, or vote on your favorites starting in November: radiolab.org/moon
Listen to the "Zoozve" episode here: youtu.be/AA-1Xg2t0wQ
Photo illustration by Jared Bartman
Video by W. Harry Fortuna
