Trauma Code: Heroes on Call was released on January 24, 2025, on Netflix. The drama featured a star-studded cast, including Ju Ji-hoon, Choo Young-woo, Ha-young, Yoon Kyung-ho, and Jung Jae-kwang. It was helmed and penned by director and screenwriter Lee Do-yoon and Choi Tae-kang, respectively.
According to Mydramalist, the official synopsis for the series states:
"Baek Gang Hyeok, a genius trauma surgeon with experience in conflict zones, joins a university hospital to lead its severe trauma team. His confident, bulldozer-like personality clashes with the hospital's financial struggles as the team saves more patients."
The show's plot further reads:
"The team includes Yang Jae Won, a former proctology surgeon who becomes Baek Gang Hyeok’s first pupil, nurse Cheon Jang Mi, and anesthesiologist resident Park Gyeong Won. Under Baek Gang Hyeok's leadership, the team transforms from a symbolic unit into one that actively saves lives."
Trauma Code: Heroes on Call received positive feedback for its direction, storytelling, and acting. The series has left viewers impressed with memorable dialogues and scenes.
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10 memorable quotes from Trauma Code: Heroes on Call
According to Netflix, Trauma Code: Heroes on Call garnered over 11.9 million views on the streaming platform. It reached first place on Netflix's global non-English TV rankings within ten days of its release, and dominated the charts in seventeen countries, including Thailand, South Korea, Taiwan, Peru, Chile, and more.
Some of the unforgettable quotes from Trauma Code: Heroes on Call have been listed below:
1) "It’s important to consider the actual condition of a trauma patient rather than just referring to what you learned in a textbook. Cause if you don’t, you could end up killing a patient who should have lived.”
2) "You seem nice. You don’t need the cash and you have principles, too. What you don’t have is manners."
3) "We had to keep running. Even agonizing over a patient’s death was a luxury to us. Twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year. It felt as though if we stopped, even for a moment, someone’s heart would stop, too. So we had to keep running."
4) "Remember these words well. What you don’t know can’t hurt you."
5) “I’ve gotten into a number of dirty fights over the years. And do you know what the secret to always winning a fight is? You have to overwhelm the other side. So that means we need as many people as we can get on our side.”
6) "You must never forget where you started."
7) "You should find your own reason. Something that will keep you in place even when you’ve worked like a dog and treated like shit."
8) “But we don’t do this for the acknowledgment, do we? We don’t expect rewards either."
9) “You’ll be able to save lives. Isn’t that why you all became doctors in the first place?”
10) "To keep our patients’ hearts beating, we must keep running.”
For those unversed, the eight-episode drama Trauma Code: Heroes on Call was adapted from the web novel Jungjeungoesangsenteo: Goldeun Awo, authored by Hansan iga.