TV survivors of injuries are only transferred to long-term care programs 6% of the time as compared to 22% of real patients.
The rapid recovery on TV could very well mislead real-life patients about their own recoveries.
According to data accumulated by the Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open journal, the rate of mortality on Grey’s Anatomy is 22%, which is a big bump up from the real-life rate of 7%.
Basically, patients with traumatic injuries on the small screen usually head to the OR right out of the ER and survivors are sent home sooner rather than later.