Set in the Accident and Emergency (A&E) department of the fictional Holby City Hospital, the programme was devised as a more authentic take on the US series St. Elsewhere and from the outset Casualty shied away from sentimentality and unrealistic success rates for treatments and cures.
A study published by the British Medical Journal illustrates the point. It revealed that a quarter of patients in Casualty who suffered a cardiac arrest survived after being resuscitated - a similar proportion to real life - while in American medical soaps like ER an over-optimistic three-quarters of patients pulled through.
Former Casualty producer Johnathan Young says that the programme's medical consultants ensure scripts are accurate. "We know very well that the audience wants to see our characters as doctors and nurses, and we also believe very strongly that it is the realism of it which makes the show sustainable," said Young. "If we didn't make it real, it would become melodrama very quickly."
Source:http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/481713/
Evaluation: This source compares the differences between Casualty and American dramas such as ER. comparing the 2 british dramas show more realism compared to American ones but there are some unrealistic features that british dramas like casualty are still evident
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