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An Hour To Save Your Life

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Series exploring key decisions facing doctors in the first critical hour of emergency care

Medical science series exploring the life or death decisions facing doctors in the first critical hour of emergency care

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An Hour To Save Your Life: Series 3

Simon Gilchrist

Fiona Caldwell

Boundless Productions

Chris Wiseman

Jonathan Low

Anne Weaver

Bill Leaning

Gary Shaw

Phil Blance

Soham Maitra

Baz Sen

John Hogan

Peter Coyne

Matthew Kennedy

Roshan Weerackody

An Hour To Save Your Life: Series 3: Episode 4

Series 3

Episode 4

BBC Two - An Hour To Save Your Life, Series 3, Episode 4

In central London, Michael collapses at work with a suspected cardiac arrest.

Medical science series. Michael collapses at work with a suspected cardiac arrest. Doctors must work out whether issues with his heart or a brain haemorrhage caused the collapse.

An Hour To Save Your Life explores the critical decisions facing doctors in the first hour of emergency care. Against a ticking clock, each episode follows three patients from the moment the 999 call is made, minute by minute, as frontline doctors and paramedics battle to keep them alive and treat their injuries. Combining medical detail with compelling actuality, this series gives a unique insight into the most life-and-death moments in medicine.

In central London, Michael collapses at work with a suspected cardiac arrest. After being resuscitated by his colleagues, doctors and paramedics must try to work out whether a problem with his heart or a brain haemorrhage caused the collapse. After scans, he is taken to Barts Heart Centre for stent surgery to widen his narrowed arteries.

In Newcastle, young mother Gidia is rushed to hospital with multiple stab wounds to her neck and chest. Concerned that she may be bleeding internally, doctors explore the severity of the knife wounds with scans before sending her for emergency surgery to repair them.

In Durham, cyclist Ben is involved in a collision with a bus and is brought in to Newcastle's major trauma centre with major internal bleeding. Having received a blood transfusion at the scene, doctors continue to give him blood before sending him for emergency surgery to remove a shattered spleen.

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