999: Critical Condition

Time is of the essence in this episode with each critically ill patient’s life hanging in the balance. Will staff be able to act fast enough to save them?

In this episode Royal Stoke’s doctors face exceptionally challenging cases: Joanna, a mother-of-one suffers a ruptured brain aneurism, whilst a 17-year-old girl is critically injured in a car crash.

Ian is rushed in with a cardiac arrest. Staff worry that he has suffered lasting brain damage. Meanwhile a man arrives bleeding so heavily that he risks losing his entire circulatory system.

38-year-old Lesley’s heart suddenly stops while driving to work on the M6 and staff battle to bring her back to life. Meanwhile an elderly lady has been hit by a motor bike – can staff save her leg?

A victim of a frenzied stabbing and a young mum with a stroke who is paralyzed down one side and can’t speak, both come through the Emergency Department this week.

Samantha collapses at an adventure park unable to move or talk, whilst Huw is driving when he has a heart attack.

The clock is ticking as doctors have seconds to make the right choices for their patients. A life threatening aneurism and a potentially fatal fall have staff racing against time to help the patients.

A road traffic accident and a second heart attack in two weeks for a relatively young man, concern staff in this, the last episode in the series.