Shock-Trauma (1982)
1h 38m
Running Time
October 27, 1982Release Date
Plot.
Dr. R. Adams Cowley, the Baltimore physician who pioneered medicine's first shocktrauma unit, fights hospital bureaucracy to gain recognition for his center.
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Cast & Crew.

William Conrad
Dr. R. Adams Cowley

Scott Hylands
Dr. 'Tex' Goodnight

Linda Sorensen
Elizabeth Scanlan

Lawrence Dane
Dr. Jordan Tracy

Kerrie Keane
Jill Jackson

Ron Nigrini
Intern Ladd

Beau Starr
Gene Kowalski

Gairey Richardson
Paramedic Jones

Ken Pogue
Governor

Chris Wiggins
Dr. McCall

Leslie Carlson
Elton Bates

Brenda Bazinet
Carol Grady

Philip Akin
Sam Hooker

James Barron
Frank Grady

Murray Westgate
Police Superintendent Grier

Patricia Idlette
Nurse Malcolm

Andrew Martin Thomson
Dr. Silverthorn

Barbara Williams
Nurse Andrea Davidson

Linda Callow
Nurse

Jim Chad
John Grady

Michael Lepiner
Executive Producer

Dick Atkins
Executive Producer

David Jaquest
Art Direction

Alan Doelp
Writer
Details.
Wiki.
Shocktrauma is a 1982 television film produced in Canada and syndicated nationally in the United States by sponsor General Foods. The screenplay by Stephen Kandel is based on the book by Jon Franklin and Alan Doelp, which details the true story of the first trauma center in America, founded in Baltimore, Maryland. It was directed by Eric Till.
Dick Atkins and Michael Lepiner were the executive producers, with Christopher Dalton and Wayne Fenske as producers. The production stars William Conrad as Dr. R Adams Cowley, the heart surgeon who pioneered trauma care. The film's score was composed by Eric Robertson.