Baghdad ER is an HBO documentary shot over a two-month period which captures the day-to-day lives of doctors, nurses, medics, soldiers and chaplains in the Army's premier medical facility.
It chronicles those two months, paying tribute to the heroism of U.S. military and medical personnel while offering an unflinching and at times graphic look at the realities of war.
Baghdad ER allows viewers to experience the physical and emotional toll of war by capturing soldiers and care providers in personal moments amidst intense crises inside the 86th Combat Support Hospital.
Located in Baghdad's Green Zone, the facility was formerly the site of an elite medical center for Saddam Hussein's supporters.
The documentary offers a taste of daily life in the thick of war, including frontline rescue footage of the 54th Medical Company Air Ambulance Team, and dangerous missions of soldiers patrolling "IED Alley," also known as "Route Irish," the most dangerous road in the world.
IEDs (improvised explosive devices) are homemade bombs, which are the leading cause of injuries and death in Iraq.
Sometimes graphic in its depiction of combat-related wounds, Baghdad ER is an emotional, devastating and honest account of modern-day war.
Baghdad ER was directed by 12-time Emmy winner Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill.