24 Hours in A&E

Senior consultant Malcolm Tunnicliff and his team battle to save a patient bought in by helicopter with potentially fatal injuries.

The 'red phone' from the ambulance service rings, signaling the imminent arrival of a seriously-ill patient; thirty-one-year-old Brendan has had a head-on collision between his motorbike and a car, bulls-eyeing the windscreen.

Eleven-year-old Kofi is rushed into Resus, critically injured after being hit by a van; three quick trauma patients in a row: one shot in the face, one knifed in the skull and one stabbed in the chest.

Saturday evening drunks besiege the Emergency department including a 39-year-old who tripped over a clothes horse and broke his neck, 56-year-old who hit his head on the pavement and 26-year-old who cut his hand putting it through a window.

This episode reveals what can happen when something goes wrong with the brain, including when patients suffer a stroke.

Following Sister Jen's nightshift, with a 35-year-old stabbing victim rushed in by ambulance with injuries to his lung, arm and liver; 86-year-old who has spent her life alone, falls at home; former lawyer loses his family after years of alcoholism.