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‘The Pitt’s’ Medical Consultant on Coaching Actors Through Jargon and What Medical Emergencies the Show Gets Right
"The Pitt's" medical consultant on coaching actors through jargon, and what medical emergencies it gets right.
Speaking with Variety‘s Artisans, presented by HBO, Ferreira explained that while the scenes begin in the writers’ room, those eventually trickle down to the medical consultants whose job it is to bring that authenticity. The show, which is set in real time, with 15 episodes covering a 15-hour workday, features over 300 background extras as well as its principals, Noah Wyle, Tracy Ifeachor, Patrick Ball, Katherine LaNasa, Taylor Dearden and Isa Briones. While there are countless medical emergencies throughout the day on the show, Ferreira reveals the scene that stuck most to real-life was in episode 4 when an older patient has multifocal pneumonia and sepsis.
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