Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts

Junior doctor Patrick's shift starts with an elderly man with a suspected heart attack. John checks over a young man who fell six feet on to concrete. An 81-year-old has accidentally taken double the dose of medication he should have.

A 2-year-old girl is brought in while she deals with dangerously low blood sugar levels and 88-year-old former merchant navy man Bill has heart and breathing problems. Junior doctor Alex Chatburn has his own views on emergency admissions.

Barnsley Hospital's A&E department struggles with too many patients and not enough room for them as they work to treat internal chest wounds, a collapsed lung and a back injury.

The casualty department at Barnsley hospital treats a broken leg from a forklift accident, a debilitating neurological disease, a possible spinal infection, and an injury from a fall.

It's been a busy night at Barnsley Hopsital's casualty department, so when Sister Benita Wainwright arrives to head the shift, the corridors are already packed full of patients.

Paramedics rush in a teenager who has suffered major trauma when his car left the road and hit a tree. A 56-year-old in resus needs their dislocated shoulder popping back into place. An 86-year-old man has complications from 'flu.

Barnsley Casualty faces a tough shift, with no children's beds available across the whole of Yorkshire the department is filling up with children. A man may have spinal injuries after being the passenger in a high speed crash.

The emergency department is bursting at the seams as patient numbers have rocketed to more than 300 a day. An 85-year-old woman is rushed in struggling to breath. A 48-year-old is having breathing problems after a fall.

A trainee nurse assesses a 49-year-old man rushed in by ambulance. A 58-year-old woman has a life-threatening allergic reaction to nuts. An 86-year-old man has an arm injury. Dr Julian Humphrey has some big news for the staff.