Geoff has been struck with excruciating head pain that left him semi-conscious, Stephen has suffered a potentially lethal stroke, and Adam is flown in by air ambulance after being involved in a car crash. In every case, the speed of the decisions made and the treatments that follow are vital.
Kieran is flown in from a road accident with multiple injuries and two ruptured arteries. Gary has a torn aorta and requires urgent but dangerous surgery. Roy needs emergency surgery to remove a blood clot in his neck. Jonty has numerous broken bones and possibly serious internal bleeding after falling through a skylight.
John has been stabbed numerous times and is rushed straight for emergency surgery. Teen footballer Adam has lost all sensation below his waist, so undergoes an MRI scan while his parents wait anxiously. Kevin was knocked unconscious by a cow's hoof on the dairy farm where he works, and could have a brain bleed.
David has been attacked with a machete, Richard's chest pains are not indigestion, Neil has come off his motorbike at 100mph, and Jack fell a substantial height onto his head. The hospital staff have seconds to decide on life-saving surgery.
Return of the documentary following the work of medical staff at Stoke's Royal University Hospital, as they strive to save the lives of sick and injured patients. A one-punch attack in the street leaves a man with a potentially devastating head injury, and trauma team leader Richard quickly realises he needs to perform emergency surgery on a bleed inside his brain. A young man arrives with multiple broken bones and suspected internal injuries following a motorbike accident, while a factory worker hopes the team can save his arm after a horrific accident with a circular saw.
A mother of one suffers a ruptured brain aneurism, leaving Dr Nayak just minutes to stop the bleeding. In resus, a patient's heart stops multiple times while Dr Mandava battles to save his life. A 17-year-old girl is critically injured in a car crash. As her parents race to her side, trauma leader Dr Hall works to identify her injuries and get her to emergency surgery.
Trauma team leader Julie Norton battles to save two patients whose lives hang in the balance. Father of four Ian is rushed in after suffering a cardiac arrest, while another man is bleeding so heavily he risks losing his entire circulatory system. Meanwhile, Ken has fallen from a roof onto a skip, leaving him with a gaping wound to his thigh and potentially life-threatening injuries to his pelvis and spine, and Dr Nayak helps Michael, who has suffered a severe stroke.
Thirty-eight-year-old Lesley is rushed in when her heart stops while she is driving to work, leaving Dr Morris battle to resuscitate her and investigate why a normally fit and well woman with no known medical problems would suffer such an attack. Abigail, aged 20, is treated for a painful neck injury caused by a riding fall, and 28-year-old Laura is brought in having a severe asthma attack. It is clear to Dr Fawcett she is deteriorating fast and that her heart could stop at any moment.
Will is rushed in after being stabbed multiple times by several assailants. Dr Pickering must quickly work out the trajectory of the knives used and how severe his internal injuries are. Fiona, a 38-year-old mother, has had a severe stroke, and Dr Nayak must remove the clot inside her brain, while Ivan arrives in cardiac arrest. Despite lifesaving CPR, he remains in critical condition - so now he needs a trip heart bypass.
A woman collapses unexpectedly during a day out with her family to an adventure park, and is left unable to move or walk. The trauma team leader diagnoses a bleed on her brain that requires urgent surgery. A neurosurgeon attempts to drain the build-up of fluid in her brain. A motorist suffers a cardiac arrest behind the wheel, caused by a large clot in an artery, and a van driver is airlifted to hospital after a major traffic collision.
Helen has a life changing aneurism in her brain which could burst at any time.
A woman who has been hit by a car while crossing the road has internal injuries which threatens her life.
A woman suffers a life-threatening head wound after a car accident; a firefighter is diagnosed with cancer despite his athleticism and requires immediate surgery to save his life.
Damion has sustained numerous traumatic injuries after being trapped upside down in his car following a crash. Despite numerous injuries to the head and chest, Trauma Team Leader Dr Chris Pickering is most worried about Damion's lungs as his patient struggles to breathe
Cara has fallen 50 metres down a waterfall. She has multiple obvious injuries that need urgent care, but trauma specialist Dr Richard Fawcett must also investigate hidden internal injuries that are an immediate threat to life
A man is rushed to the Royal Stoke University Hospital by helicopter after his parachute fails and he is slammed into the ground 100 feet below. Wayne immediately complains about chest pain, and a scan shows that he has broken his back, fractured his pelvis and has extensive internal bleeding
When a heavily bandaged Simon is helicoptered into hsospital following an industrial accident, trauma team leader Anthony immediately fears the worst.
A 22-year-old arrives at the emergency department after crashing his motorbike at speed, and medical staff fear he may have suffered a life-changing spinal cord injury. Elsewhere, 60-year-old Nigel is preparing for an emergency operation to have a huge tumour removed from his stomach, and 80-year-old Alun is treated after suffering a traumatic accident at home.
When Duncan is admitted to Royal Stoke emergency department after falling down a full flight of stairs onto concrete, trauma team leader Richard Hall fears the worst. Elsewhere, a woman with a life-threatening brain tumour undergoes surgery to have it carefully removed, and a 21-year-old is treated after falling from a window and landing on metal railings.
When Rachel is admitted to the emergency department after a head-on collision with another car, trauma team leader Anthony Taylor fears the worst. Trapped inside her vehicle for over an hour, Rachel's condition is now critical. Anthony and his team know that time is of the essence. But before they can get her to a much-needed scan to assess the extent of her broken bones, her breathing deteriorates and it's a race against time to stabilise her and save her life. Across the hospital, Sally has been rushed in for emergency surgery. During a routine mammogram, it was discovered that Sally not only had breast cancer, but also an aortic aneurism. Already at twice its normal size, Sally's aorta is in grave danger of rupturing — which could prove life-threatening. Now Mr Warwick and his surgical team must navigate the risk of stroke and organ failure to perform complex open-heart surgery to give her the best chance of survival so she can begin her cancer treatment. Back in the emergency depar
This week, motorcyclist Danny is rushed into the emergency department following a highspeed road traffic accident in north Wales. He's already had two chest drains inserted into his lungs at scene to save his life, but what immediately concerns trauma team leader Diane Adamson is his blood pressure, which remains stubbornly low. Suspecting that he's bleeding internally, Diane rushes her patient to the CT scan, aware that his condition could deteriorate drastically if the problem isn't diagnosed quickly. Across the hospital, dialysis nurse Rita is booked in for life-saving surgery to remove her cancerous kidney. This is a time-critical procedure. The tumour is large and is starting to grow into Rita's veins, and consultant urological surgeon Mr Golash knows that he must act fast before the cancer spreads and the situation becomes inoperable. Back in A&E, trauma team leader Vicky Burnham helps Yuen, a 49-year-old female rushed in after being crushed by a tree. With a transected pancreas
It's a busy night for Trauma Team Leader Julie Norton, who is juggling two life threatening cases that arrive at the Emergency Department within minutes of each other.
7-year-old Dougie is rushed in by helicopter after a mountain bike accident leaves him with a catastrophic head injury.
When 52-year-old Helen is rushed into Royal Stoke emergency department after a head-on collision with a bus, trauma team leader Paul Hancock fears the worst.
Following a car crash, 26-year-old Tino is rushed into hospital suffering from a potentially life-threatening aortic tear. After falling backwards on an escalator, Frank impaled his head on a metal step and the threat of blood loss is a major concern, and a university student is rushed in to have a tumour removed
A man is rushed in with some of the worst facial injuries the team have ever seen, a woman has been badly injured in a road accident, and another has fallen in a care home
The pressure is on for Dr Jamil Aslam when 64 year-old Barry is rushed into resus with suspected sepsis. Lucy is rushed into the Emergency department after her horse somersaulted while she was riding it, catapulting her to the ground and landing on top of her.
A young man is in excruciating pain from what may be a dangerous pulmonary embolism.
A cardiac arrest patient is found to also have a perforated bowel, a gas explosion could cost a man his leg, and what is causing a woman's blood pressure to plummet dangerously?
Cases include a builder who's had a 25-foot fall through a roof and sustained spinal fractures, a woman having an acute asthma attack, and a pregnant cancer patient undergoing surgery.
Having plummeted 15 feet onto concrete, Michael is rushed into resus with a significant laceration to his head. And a driver has a crushed leg after being run over by his own van.
