Senior consultant Malcolm Tunnicliff and his team battle to save a patient bought in by helicopter with potentially fatal injuries.

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

Eleven-year-old Kofi is rushed into Resus, critically injured after being hit by a van; three quick trauma patients in a row: one shot in the face, one knifed in the skull and one stabbed in the chest.

Saturday evening drunks besiege the Emergency department including a 39-year-old who tripped over a clothes horse and broke his neck, 56-year-old who hit his head on the pavement and 26-year-old who cut his hand putting it through a window.

This episode reveals what can happen when something goes wrong with the brain, including when patients suffer a stroke.

Following Sister Jen's nightshift, with a 35-year-old stabbing victim rushed in by ambulance with injuries to his lung, arm and liver; 86-year-old who has spent her life alone, falls at home; former lawyer loses his family after years of alcoholism.

The team face a 12-hour night shift trying to treat young men with stab wounds that arrive after the same fight on the street; trouble is brewing when groups of their friends soon arrive; young woman has been punched; man had too much to drink.

John, 77, has been sent to A&E after a routine health screening revealed a potentially-deadly `Triple A' - abdominal aortic aneurism - making him a `walking timebomb'; the only option is major surgery; 92-year-old widow falls.

Every year 750,000 people are treated at A&E for injuries suffered during recreational activities, mostly at weekends; ball games account for 300,000 of those, with football the number one culprit.

This edition focuses on accidents such as the construction worker who broke his leg in three places and crushed his chest after being trapped under a cherry picker.