24 Hours in A&E

Season 1

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A British medical documentary set in King's College Hospital. 91 cameras filmed round the clock for 28 days, 24 hours a day in A&E it offers unprecedented access to one of Britain's busiest A&E departments.

14 Episodes

  • Code Red
    E1
    Code RedThis episode includes a 33-year-old Greek student who was dragged under a bus while crossing the road, a 78-year-old man who fell head-first off a ladder while painting his daughter's landing and a confused cyclist with a severe head injury.
  • Red Phone
    E2
    Red PhoneThis episode includes 31-year-old Brendan, who has had a head-on collision between his motorbike and a car, a teenager with injuries after punching a wall and the team struggling to revive two patients in their eighties.
  • Back in Resus
    E3
    Back in ResusChris Lacy finds himself being tested to the limits after three trauma patients arrive in quick succession. One of them has been shot in the face, another has been stabbed in the chest and a third has been knifed in his head.
  • Booze Has Ruined My Life
    E4
    Booze Has Ruined My LifeThis episode focuses on the consequences of alcohol on A&E departments. It includes a 39-year-old who has fallen and broken his neck after a few drinks, 56-year-old David, a long-term alcoholic who collapsed in the street and hit his head and a 26-year-old who has been arrested after a day of heavy drinking, sent to King's as he cut his hand putting it through a window.
  • Brain Attack
    E5
    Brain AttackPeggy, who is 89, is rushed in with a suspected stroke. Sally has sliced her finger opening a jar. Charlie, 60, is back for the second time in a week after previously being discharged following a crash.
  • Woken at Gunpoint
    E6
    Woken at Gunpoint35-year-old Colin has been stabbed by a home intruder. Nancy, 87, collapsed at home, where she lives alone. And Robert, a former lawyer who's lost his family and home to alcoholism, is brought to A&E very drunk.
  • For Penetrating Trauma
    E7
    For Penetrating TraumaThis episode focuses on the stabbings dealt with by King's College Hospital. It includes 17-year-old Levi, who was stabbed after a fight in the street, and two other young men from different areas, with stab wounds. Also, a young woman, punched in the face, turns up at King's, as well as a man who has had too much to drink at the House of Commons.
  • Triple A
    E8
    Triple A22-year-old Claire is in A&E after being knocked off her bike. 73-year-old John is admitted after a routine health screening revealed a potentially-deadly abdominal aortic aneurysm. 92-year-old Eileen has fallen and spent the night on the floor at home.
  • Sport and Drink
    E9
    Sport and DrinkColin, 32, has been attacked with a knife and cut his arm. Father and son Morris and Colin sustain life-threatening injuries from gatecrashers to their family party. Catherine, 21, lost consciousness at a party.
  • Episode 10
    E10
    Episode 10William has broken his leg in three places, after being crushed by a cherry picker. Nick has fallen from a 10-metre ladder onto concrete. Darren has put his arm through a window while cleaning it.
  • There are Risks
    E11
    There are RisksThis episode includes 78-year-old Reginald, rushed to hospital after severe stomach pains; doctors suspect that part of his gut may have died, leaving him in a life-threatening situation. Other patients include Richard, who has twisted his knee moon-walking in a club, and a young cyclist brought in unconscious after coming off his bike.
  • Resus
    E12
    Resus88-year-old Omar is brought in after suffering severe stomach pains and a suspected abdominal aortic aneurism, 33-year-old Hanny is rushed in after attempting to take his life with a lethal cocktail of drugs and staff fight to save an 18-year-old who's been stabbed in a street fight. This episode also looks at the effects of working at King's on some of the non-medical staff.
  • Can't Say This or That
    E13
    Can't Say This or ThatThis episode includes 74-year-old Ted, on his 10th visit to A&E this year after being diagnosed with terminal bladder cancer, German doctor Roman, who is still getting used to the cultural differences between practising in Germany and the UK and a 40-year-old-man who's been kicked in the face during a football match needs stitches.
  • Memory Man
    E14
    Memory ManClive, who is 61 and an alcoholic, has come in with a suspected stroke. Joseph, 16, has had a stroke after collapsing at school. A regular patient who suffers from schizophrenia is admitted for the 19th time in a year.

 

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