Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts

June 9, 2021

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.

June 16, 2021

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.

June 23, 2021

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.

June 30, 2021

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.

July 7, 2021

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.

July 21, 2021

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.

July 28, 2021

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.

August 4, 2021

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.

August 11, 2021

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.