The University of the District of Columbia partnered with us to shoot our hospital scenes. Not only were we able to do the scene with the boy with appendicitis in a real hospital bed, but the team of nursing and respiratory therapy students all became actors, filling roles ranging from receptionist to nurse to physician assistant.
With their help we were able to have a fully-staffed "hospital" for the various scenes. We even had real oxygen tubing for our patient, Jecquan Jackson, who got a shock when it was turned on full blast for one scene.
Real-life husband and wife Ezra and Jane Karimi played the worried parents, and we had Jeremy Striblin playing the kind doctor.
UDC has a wonderful training facility, with every type of real hospital equipment. And, they've got some very talented students and faculty as well!
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