Island Medics

In this episode Brian, an engineer on an oil rig, is airlifted by helicopter to the hospital with suspected serious neck injuries. Coastguard and lifeboat teams are scrambled to the aid of a pleasure boat whose propeller has been fouled just feet from Shetland's jagged rocks. And the ambulance team race to the aid of a former nurse with a suspected stroke.

An oil worker with a severely injured back is helicoptered off his rig miles off shore and brought to the hospital. We also follows a GP with Britain's most unusual commute, as he takes to the skies to carry out a clinic on Fair Isle, the country's most remote community. And Eddie, a keen motorcyclist, comes into the hospital after colliding with a seagull while riding his motorcycle at speed.

A medical mystery concerns the team in A&E. Gary has been transferred from his North Sea rig to hospital after feeling dizzy with blurred vision. Fish factory worker Richard thinks he might have scratched his eye removing a contact lens, but Dr Lalla suspects something much more serious. And three-year-old Summer gets the attention of occupational therapist Marc Beswick.

A retired university administrator is treated for serious chest pains. Tests reveal he has had a heart attack and needs specialist surgery - and an air ambulance. Pharmacy technician Kieran Groat visits an elderly patient who has had trouble remembering to take her medication. A new plan to remind her and streamline her medicines means she can maintain her independence.

In this episode, fisherman Brian has to be evacuated by helicopter after inhaling some dangerous chemicals. Away from the wards, Jan and Pete from the Hillswick Wildlife Centre have been alerted to a pilot whale which is in danger of running aground in one of Shetland's 'voes', or inlets. They need to enlist the help of volunteers if their audacious rescue plan is to succeed.

The annual fire festival Up Helly Aa gets under way with a traditional visit to the hospital from the squads of men dressed in Viking garb. It is a night to remember for one reveller, who ends up in A&E with serious burns after an accident with a kettle. A specialist retrieval team beats the weather to get to a critically ill patient who needs urgent treatment on the mainland.