Macy Arn

For my first writing project, I wrote a documentary review. For the review, I watched a Code Black. This is a medical documentary that discusses how the healthcare system is broken and how the residents featured in the documentary plan on fixing it within the LA County Hospital.

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Agenda

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Audience:  People interested in the Medical field. 
    Publish to – Scientific American 

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Area of Emphasize:  The Broken Healthcare System

Synchronicity Introduction -- Did not use this in my final film review
Arrive at Hospital -> check in -> wait for 15-20 hours -> see nurse (maybe) -> physician care (if critical condition in C Booth) -> wait for paperwork to be filled out -> care/treatment given. 
    
Anomalisa Modeled Paragraph – Used in film review
               In the old LA County Hospital, there was a different connection between patients, doctors, and everyone involved. Code Black director, Ryan McGurry states, "If you are an outsider, I see total chaos. But I see unity in that chaos, there is a team here coming together to save someone’s life" (McGurry, 1). As McGurry says, the chaos had unity within the C Booth in the Old LA County Hospital because there is a different mindset within it, drawled in many residents, patients, and viewers to this hospital. As the documentary continued, the building of the new LA County Hospital changes the purpose. The purpose is focused on the ER layout, new codes, and HIPPA. This ultimately caused the residents to believe "When we start all of this, it seemed so simple. We were going to help people, but the doctor, the system is sometimes bigger than you. It becomes this bucket of paperwork of saving someone's life" (Code Black). Unfortunately, because of all the new updates and codes the residents must follow, they do not feel the same connection they felt in the C Booth. This forces residents to look for ways to fix/change the system to improve the flaws.

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Intentions:  I am encouraging medical professionals and those interested in the medical field to watch this movie to see the true meaning of code black and to understand what the busiest ER is like in real time. My theme is to critique the healthcare system and to show that the US healthcare system needs to be changed.