Coma

1997 · documentary · Jam Ghajar, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.). Science Unit. · Boston : WGBH Educational Foundation

Racing to New York Hospital, a doctor relays urgent instructions to the ER where a child, hit by a car, lies unconscious. In this real-life drama, NOVA follows neurosurgeon Jam Ghajar as he struggles to save a: a young boy with massive head trauma, using simple but crucial techniques that are dangerously absent from most hospitals across the country. 1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1/2 in Jam Ghajar Narrated by Roy Scheider ; music, Sheldon Morowitz ; additional music, Howard Shore