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`Emergency: First Time Medics' takes an honest look at the drama of A&E from junior doctors' perspectives. It follows the real-time shifts of newly-qualified doctors at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, offering insight into how it feels to be at the sharp end of a demanding medical role. Cameras capture junior doctors, known as Senior House Officers (SHOs), as they are thrown into the deep end during their year-long placement on the challenging NHS frontline.

Documentary · 2023 · 43 min

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

It's induction day for 26 junior doctors as they pick up their passes and scrubs for the Emergency Department and try to get their bearings around the Royal Berkshire Hospital.

42 min · 25 Jan 2023
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Junior doctor Alex handles a paracetamol overdose and a high-risk heart patient, Adnan braves his first shift in Resus, and Claire deals with a woman in agonising stomach pain.

43 min · 1 Feb 2023
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

In their second week at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, the junior doctors begin to find their feet. Adrian does a tricky blood test on a critically-ill patient, while Tej spots some worrying test results.

43 min · 8 Feb 2023
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

The junior doctors are covering the night shift. Adrian's ego takes a hit as he bites off more than he can chew, while Ese must solve the mystery of a patient's unexplained collapse.

43 min · 15 Feb 2023
EPISODE 5

Episode 5

Claire confronts her fears with her first child patient, Tejas steps up to his first trauma case, and Adrian faces his first chest drain.

43 min · 22 Feb 2023
EPISODE 6

Episode 6

As the Reading Festival commences, no one can tell what is in store. The junior doctors must be prepared for everything from a drug overdose to a mosh pit injury.

43 min · 1 Mar 2023

Jacqueline Hewer

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Emergency: First Time Medics

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`Emergency: First Time Medics' takes an honest look at the drama of A&E from junior doctors' perspectives. It follows the real-time shifts of newly-qualified doctors at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, offering insight into how it feels to be at the sharp end of a demanding medical role. Cameras capture junior doctors, known as Senior House Officers (SHOs), as they are thrown into the deep end during their year-long placement on the challenging NHS frontline.

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