Geoff has an excruciating head pain that has left him semi-conscious; Alan is rushed into A&E after collapsing; every second counts as the team struggle to keep them alive.

Gary is admitted with a life-threatening condition where the main artery in the body, may rupture at any time; requiring urgent surgery, he says goodbye to his family for what may be the last time.

John arrives after being stabbed numerous times in his abdomen and needs emergency surgery; even if he survives, the operation will leave him with lifelong complications.

David is rushed in with life threatening injuries after being attacked with a machete; his deep neck wounds are shocking; as they fight to stabilize him, every moment counts in his fight for life.

A one-punch attack in the street leaves a man with a potentially devastating head injury, and trauma team leader Richard quickly realizes he needs to perform emergency surgery on a bleed inside his brain.

Royal Stoke's doctors face exceptionally challenging cases: Joanna, a mother-of-one suffers a ruptured brain aneurysm; a 17-year-old girl is critically injured in a car crash.