24 Hours in A&E

The Fall (5x6)

Air date: Feb 12, 2014

This episode focuses on the huge variety of cases that come in to King's A&E every day and the even more varied life stories that the patients and their relatives have to tell. Sister Jen is on duty in Resus. She's looking after 48-year-old Bobby, who's been brought to King's by his partner, Jackie, after having seizures at home. Bobby has spent most of his adult life in prison, with a number of convictions for violent crimes. While doctors control Bobby's seizures he talks about his life, from being sent out by his parents as a six-year-old child to steal dinner, to being put into care, an approved school, borstal and eventually prison. And he reflects on how Jackie has helped him to turn a corner and change his life. Seventy-year-old Ronald is brought to King's by paramedics. He was celebrating his 46th wedding anniversary with his wife Carole when he had problems breathing and she had to call an ambulance. As doctors examine Ronald to find out what has happened the couple talk about their life together and the difference between nagging and asking. Meanwhile, seven-year-old Rienelle is rushed to A&E after falling two metres from the top of a climbing frame at school, landing on her back. She's come to King's with her teacher, while her parents are on their way to the hospital. It's a paediatric trauma call and for consultant Chris this makes it particularly challenging.