Netflix is currently surfing the wave of K-Drama content, having achieved global success with “Squid Game.” Interestingly, “The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call” (Original title: Jung-jeung-eui-sang-sen-teo) is a medical drama about a trauma center, released concurrently with “The Pitt” (2025), another show created in the US about a trauma center in Pittsburgh. It signals the resurgence of the medical drama genre, which never really died out but was given a much larger canvas and far greater sheen.

The difference is that the K-Drama, created by Choi-Kae Tang and directed by Lee Do-Yoon, is homaging the web novel and its webtoon adaptation and thus carries a very heightened nature. But since it doesn’t skimp on the stakes of the cases in the trauma surgery, as well as the gory nature of the operations, the show works.

The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call Episode 1 ‘Enter Doctor Maniac’ Recap:

The opening sequence of the show,...