24 Hours In A&E

Senior consultant Malcolm Tunnicliff and his team face a battle to save a 'Code Red' (a patient with potentially fatal injuries) brought into A&E by helicopter.

The 'red phone' from the ambulance service rings, signalling the imminent arrival of a seriously-ill patient. 31-year-old Brendan has had a head-on collision between his motorbike and a car, 'bulls-eyeing' the windscreen.

Kofi is rushed into Resus, critically injured after being hit by a van. His father, Wayne, sits by Kofi's bedside praying for his recovery.

The Emergency Department is besieged with Saturday night drunks. 39-year-old Sean has had one too many, tripped over a clothes horse, fallen and broken his neck. Andrew, 26, has been arrested after a day of heavy drinking.

King's is a specialist Stroke Centre, treating on average three cases a day. Today in A&E is 89-year-old Peggy Pierce. Her husband Derek woke to find her slumped semi-conscious over the bed and she's been rushed into King's with a suspected stroke.

During the night shift, Colin Richards is rushed in by ambulance with knife injuries to his lung, arm and liver. He's accompanied by his girlfriend, Esther, who was lying in bed next to him when they were awoken at gunpoint.

Levi is the first stab victim to arrive after a fight on the street. Then, two young men from different areas with stab wounds from the same fight come in, and the staff know trouble is brewing.

Former motorbike racer John has been sent to A&E with wife Brenda after a routine health screening revealed a potentially-deadly problem that makes him a "walking timebomb.

Every year 750,000 people are treated at A&E for injuries suffered during recreational activities, mostly at weekends.

Construction worker William has been trapped under a cherry picker, breaking his leg in three places and crushing his chest. Nick has fallen from a 10-metre ladder onto concrete, landing on his head.