1.0A look at the busy emergency department at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, revealing the everyday pressures as well as the complex teamwork required to keep the department running.
BBC Two
Dean Lennox Kelly
Self - Narrator
1. Biker Crash
As the trauma team assess biker Luke for emergency spinal surgery, his friend Kieran arrives needing urgent care. Nurse Becky faces queueing ambulances and police call-outs.
2. Hit by a Train
The team battles to save Paul, whose leg has been severed after being hit by a train, and they question the story of a man with a deep wound who denies being stabbed.
3. Garden Shed Blast
Seventy-four-year-old John arrives with life-threatening burns after his shed explodes, and a young father with a brain clot needs an urgent specialist procedure.
4. Wrong Way Pile-Up
After his dangerous driving causes a head-on crash, Tom arrives in ED along with his victim. A young horse rider is paralysed after a fall, but doctors struggle to find the cause.
5. Attacked with an Iron Bar
Trainee team leader Matt must organise the response to a man attacked with an iron bar. And the plastics team face painstaking surgery when a carpenter arrives with severed fingers.
6. Mystery Infection
Kye’s abscess hasn't responded to treatment, and it's possible the 26 year old’s drug use has caused complications. 88-year-old Lady Carole needs surgery to retain her mobility.
