ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist and medical doctor Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994, to April 2, 2009. The ER staff deals with the aftermath of the explosion including a severely injured doctor. An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident & emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility. Comedian Brian Regan goes into further detail about the ER. Emergency Room Doctors in the United States can expect to earn a very comfortable salary, with average salaries (in the ballpark of $204K) surpassing six. With Noah Wyle, Laura Innes, Laura Cerón, Deezer D. Michael Crichton has created a medical drama that chronicles life and death in a Chicago hospital emergency room. D. D5, D5W: The abbreviation for dextrose (glucose) given in a 5 percent normal saline solution. DB: ER abbreviation for a Dead Body. Dead Shovel: An NBC classic, the medical drama ER ran for 15 seasons from 1994 to 2009. Find photos from the show at NBC.com. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Mar 6, 2011. Emergency Room - Theme Song [Full Version] When you stop to think about it, it is rather interesting to consider that an emergency nurse is one of the few specialists in the medical field that rarely gets to.